I don't know how long it has been, but I can only hear the noise of gongs and drums for a few miles outside the city gate, and the bells are ringing, which is heading in the direction of the imperial city, and the crowd looks at each other, for some reason.

Bajie smacked his mouth, shook his head and said: "Well, this seems to be a Taoist priest doing things, but I don't know what happened to cause such a noise, I'm afraid there are hundreds of people." ”

Wujing was unconvinced when he heard this, and retorted: "You are clever, how can you conclude that you are a Taoist priest, as if a monk does not know how to do it?"

Bajie didn't get angry when he heard it, he only smiled and scolded: "You idiot, after all, you don't know how to change, this is the country of Chechi, where is the place where the monks worship the Tao and destroy the monks, in addition to our class of monks, where is there any side? You listen carefully, in the bell, there are many bells, and only the Taoist priest can shake the bell, how have you ever seen a monk can shake?"

Wu Jing saw that he couldn't say anything, so he had to stare at him and say, "The light Taoist priest can ring the bell, but what does the monk shake?"

Bajie laughed and exclaimed: "You are asking funny, the monk is knocking on the wooden fish, except for shaking his hands and feet and shaking his head, I am afraid that he will not shake anything else." ”

Seeing that the two were arguing, Tang Sanzang was extremely impatient, raised his eyebrows and squinted his eyes, and said: "You two are not annoying, as the saying goes, hearing is false, seeing is believing, instead of arguing here, it is better to go over and take a look, and you will know the end." Bajie, you are clever, look at the clouds for me, and come back quickly. ”

The old pig turned over the clouds according to his words, looked far away towards the place where the bell came, only to see that the city gate was a few miles away, there were more than a dozen horses to open the way, that was the soldiers of the tiger power country guarding the city, behind the soldiers, the yellow flags were displayed, a crowd of people in Wuyang, pushing incense carts, carrying jade chariots, I am afraid that there are really tens of thousands of people. The funny thing is that these people are dressed as Taoist priests, holding the flag, rattling the bell, beating the drum, beating the bell, it is really like a Taoist parade, and the scene is very spectacular. Bajie fixed his eyes and looked at it, on the yellow jade chariot, crossed Erlang's legs, pointed fingers, and looked like the second ancestor, it was his own senior brother, Sun Wukong.

Bajie couldn't help but be curious, hurriedly pressed the cloud head, and galloped towards the crowd. Seeing that it was his own brother, Sun Wukong stopped the noisy crowd, was proud in his heart, and said with a high spirit: "Bajie, you came just in time, how about watching my brother's pomp?"

Bajie was full of disdain when he heard this, and deliberately ridiculed: "Brother Monkey, this pomp is quite big, there are so many Taoist priests, I want to put on a big show, carrying you like this, I should be going to worship the sky, right?"

Wukong heard the unkindness in his words, and scolded with a smile: "This pig's head, scolding me around the corner, if you really want to sing a drama to worship the sky, you should be carried there." You are also blind, it is the people of this side who heard that my Sanzang army killed the three demon paths, cheered, and pushed the cart to welcome us into the court as kings. ”

As soon as the words came out, the old pig's face changed greatly, and he lost his voice: "Okay, you monkey, but I missaw you, it turns out that you are also a greedy person for merit and profit, so good, you are all kings here, and I old pig went west to find Xiuning." ”

Hearing him say sadly, the monkey couldn't bear it in his heart, shook his head and said: "This pig's head has hysteria again, and my grandson has not finished speaking, so he dares to make judgments." It was the people on this side who insisted on asking us to be kings, but my grandson couldn't shirk it, so he picked them and pulled them to see the master, when did he say that he was going to be the king here?"

The old pig was in a sad place, and when he heard this, he was overjoyed in his heart, and immediately sobbed and said: "Then you still take their jade chariot, it is clear that you are greedy and happy, and you want to be the king here. ”

Wukong laughed angrily, shook his head and sighed: "This dead pig's head, I also look down on my grandson, the surname pig is willing to be the king of this small country, my grandson has exterminated the three demon paths that have oppressed the good and tyrannical for them for two hundred years, how can you not sit still? ”

Bajie was full of joy when he heard this, and said with a hippie smile: "Haha, I see, I know that Brother Monkey is not such a person, so I just tried it with words, don't be surprised." In this case, I will go to inform the master and ask him to come and greet you, so that many of you will have to walk slowly, and let him wait for a long time. ”

The monkey nodded and scolded: "This is like a human saying, it is better to remind the master earlier, so as not to see so many people suddenly, so that he is frightened and not beautiful." ”

Sure enough, as Wukong expected, when he heard that so many people had come to support him as the king, Tang Sanzang was so frightened that his legs and feet became weak, and he almost fell to the ground. The archmage didn't say a word, but climbed into the saddle and rode straight to the city gate.

The two sides happened to meet at the gate of the city, and saw the holy monk riding a horse from a distance, the people of the three kingdoms of tiger, deer and sheep stopped, and bowed down in unison.

Frightened, Tang Sanzang hurriedly jumped off the horse, and said again and again: "I can't help it, I can't help it, everyone hurry up, everything is easy to discuss, don't torture the poor monk." ”

The leader of the Huli National Soldiers, who was kneeling in the front row, was overjoyed when he heard this, and quickly got up and shouted backwards: "Your Majesty has an order, and all the people should get up and enter the inner hall to ascend the throne. ”

As soon as the words came out, all the people were overjoyed, shouting to thank the Lord Longen, kowtowing and getting up, faintly like wind and thunder surging, shaking the Quartet, some people were happy in their hearts, and they couldn't stop crying and crying.

Tang Sanzang smiled bitterly, and said with his hand: "You are so gracious, the poor monks dare not be ashamed, I am a monk, and I have no talent to govern the country in Anbang, how dare I take this big position, it really torments me." ”

The leader was so anxious that he hurriedly bowed down and said: "Why should the holy monk be so humble, you have eliminated these tyrannical and ferocious three demons for all the people of my world, virtue is like the sun and the moon, and grace is recreated, only a mere throne, and you can't repay the kindness in case of anything, how can you shirk it?

Facing the master's fierce eyes like murder, Sun Wukong was at a loss, grabbed the leader's arm, and said hatefully: "You guy is also despicable, how can you slander my old grandson in a dignified manner, my old grandson is not afraid of shadows, when did he say that he wanted to be the king, you pull a witness out, and I confront him." ”

Seeing that the monkey was annoyed, the leader was not afraid, but only smiled cheaply: "The Great Sage has not expressed it verbally, but he has already proved in action that you have sat on the yellow banner and jade chariot that His Majesty can only sit on, don't you recognize our request to support you as the king?"

Before the monkey could speak, Bajie was already behind him, and complained without a mouth: "This stinky monkey who suffered from the plague, I said that you don't want to take other people's jade chariots casually, this is good, people have become dependent on you, and they are reasonable, this is a big court, but it depends on how you end?"

Sun Wukong laughed angrily, nodded and said: "Wonderful, wonderful, actually waiting for me here, okay, my old grandson has admitted it, since this jade chariot is sitting on me, but it has nothing to do with my master and brothers, you let them go on the road, and I will stay and be your king." ”

Ignoring the cheering expressions of the people behind him, the leader smiled slightly, shook his head and said: "The great sage is also cunning, this trick is called a delaying strategy, you just wait for the elders to go away, and then you have to leave on your own, like you, you have a magical power, you can change everything, but we are all mortals, even if there are millions of heroes, how can we prohibit it? But as long as all the elders stay, be the king of my tiger, deer and sheep three kingdoms, enjoy this glory and wealth, and have boundless power, how can it be better than the suffering of the long journey and westward journey?"

The monkey smiled when he heard this, and sighed: "You, the leader, are also a character, and since you know the methods of my grandson, you should let us go west, so as not to look good on our faces when we get it." As the saying goes, the twisted melon is not sweet, but how can there be a reason to force others to be kings, although your three kingdoms have been separated for a long time and the people's livelihood has withered, there are always tens of thousands of people, just pick a few virtuous people to come out as kings and ministers, it is better than our gang of people who have no fame and fortune, right?"

As soon as the words came out, the leader shook his head and smiled bitterly, sighed and said, "The great sage doesn't know anything, and we also have a last resort, so we insist on keeping you as kings. It's just that our Che Chi Kingdom was divided by the three demons a hundred years ago, closed off the country, attacked each other, and the customs and habits between the three kingdoms were very different. Now that the three demons have been annihilated, although our three kingdoms have the intention to return to unity, the royal family has been extinct for a long time, nowhere to be found, and the national strength of the three kingdoms is almost the same. ”

"Later, after the elders mentioned something, we and the others suddenly opened their mouths, since the elders relieved our people from hanging upside down, and it is only natural for us to implore you to be kings, and this move is fair and popular with the will of the people, and there should be no opposition from the people. Since then, we have smashed the Sanqing Taoist Temple, opened the mountain, erected a temple, built a Buddha statue, shaved the practice, ate fasting and recited the Buddha, and made a place to worship monks and destroy the Tao.

As soon as the words fell, all the people bowed down together, all of them wanted to invite the holy monk to be the king, and the cry shook the sky for a while, one after another, endlessly.