Tianshu also blinked, and asked curiously: "Then since this iron fan immortal has such a treasure, even if she extinguishes the flames on this mountain and benefits the people of the four directions, it can be regarded as a merit for her." Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info"

The elder shook his head when he heard this, and sighed repeatedly: "But how can it be so cheap, the iron fan fairy's real name is called Rakshasa Girl, and I don't know where it came from, she was born with a pair of iron and stone hearts, with a delicate banana fan in her hand, and the people in my village have to fan out the flame mountain temporarily, and people are waiting for this treasure to make money, how can you send a mercy to extinguish the volcano, it is really tantamount to seeking skin with the tiger, and the Arabian Nights is also." ”

"That is, with the wealth of our villagers today, we only ask the immortal to temporarily fan out the flame mountain twice a year, and refuse to give it easily, that is, according to the old practice, the spring equinox once, the autumn equinox once, this is the mercy of the immortal, while fanning out the flame mountain, along with some rain and our villagers, so that we can sow food on time and rely on our stomachs. ”

"It's just that the rain that falls in these two seasons is far from enough for me and other villagers to drink and wash, and where can it be used to irrigate the fields, so the food produced in the fields is extremely limited. Therefore, when the main source of income was to dig up the red dansha and sell it to other countries, no one in my village wanted to work in the fields, and most of the drinking water and food were bought by other countries, that is, the fish, shrimp and crabs that were usually rare to see were already on the table, but the price was slightly more expensive. ”

Tang Sanzang nodded and continued to ask, "Dare to ask which countries are around your land, and where are all the red dansha sold?"

The old man took a bite of food, stroked his beard and explained: " There are two countries around us, one is the Yuetuo country in the southeast, and the other is the Zhu Ziguo in the west, the Yuetuo country is next to my village, and the road is convenient, but the price of red dansha is also relatively cheap, and although it is very profitable to go to Zhu Ziguo, after all, there is an eight-hundred-mile flame mountain in the middle, and when you need to rush to Zhu Ziguo for a long road, you must first go to the Yuetuo country to get enough drinking water mules and horses, and take advantage of three days to drive through the eight-hundred-mile boundary, otherwise the three-day period of the iron fan fairy will pass, and when the flame mountain is ignited again, it can really burn people to death in the mountains。 Rao is that you rushed over, and you have to wait until the next time to extinguish the fire before you can come back, this back and forth, most of the time has passed. ”

Bajie snatched a shrimp and threw it into his mouth, and asked with a snort: "That old man, you have said this, but my old pig has something unclear and needs to be consulted in person." Since your realm has become so rich because of the sale of red dansha, and the realm of the Yuetuo country is close to you, and the other side is a nomadic people, who have lived in water and grass for many years, and the people are fierce, if the harvest is not good in any year, will they not wave their swords and come down to rob you?"

The old man sighed when he heard this, and said: "The situation that the elder said was also in previous years, but the tens of thousands of troops went halfway to the head, and they were frightened back by a Taoist with a sword on his back, and the Taoist held a Qingying sword in his hand, and randomly slashed a sword in the void, and drew a wide chasm on the ground. ”

Seeing this, the Dao man didn't embarrass him, but just pointed to the deep chasm and warned the soldiers and civilians of the Yuetuo country, using this chasm as the boundary, and not allowing one of the people in the Yuetuo country to step on the boundary of my flame mountain with a sharp blade in his hand, otherwise he would use this sword to cut off the head of the person on his neck, although he was thousands of miles away, he would be punished. ”

"With such cruel words from that person, after a hundred and eighty years, it is really fortunate that the army of Wuyuetuo Kingdom dares to set foot in my village. ”

As soon as the words came out, Sha Wujing scratched his scalp and said ignorantly: "It is also from Taoism, one warns you to dig out the red dansha buried deep in the Flame Mountain, and you rely on your life, and the other hand holds a Qingying Sword, and retreats the tens of thousands of troops of the Yuetuo Kingdom, why are you so favored by the Taoists for the people of the Flame Mountain Realm?"

Tianshu shook his head when he heard this, waved his hand and said: "Third Senior Brother, you have thought about it, how can you know that they are two Taoists, I see such an act, the technique is relatively unified, and it may not be known if it comes from the handwriting of one person." ”

When the old man heard this, he stroked his palms and laughed, and exclaimed: "Yes, yes, this female Bodhisattva understands that they are really a person, that is, the land that has blessed the people on my side, just because he thinks that he has received the blood and food offerings of our villagers and other villagers, and there is no way to repay him, so he held a sword in his hand and repelled the tens of thousands of troops of the Yuetuo Kingdom, and protected our whole life under the sword." ”

"In fact, the land grandfather is really too modest, he and my villagers have a great grace of food and clothing, how to think that it is impossible to repay, but really let me and other people admire and sigh, bow and worship, so every household is in the inner hall ** to worship his holy icon, morning and evening melon fruit blood food offerings, kowtow to worship, but when there is a request, there is no fulfillment, at this time has become a party of the sage also, blessed by hundreds of creatures on my side. ”

As soon as the words came out, Sun Wukong's face was full of admiration, and he sighed: "Wonderful, wonderful, like this side of the land, it can be regarded as a generation of gods who care for living beings, but it aroused my old grandson's impulse to see him." ”

Bajie was disdainful when he heard this, and said disdainfully: "Brother Monkey, what do you do when you see him, although he is a little virtuous, when he encounters tens of thousands of iron horsemen in that Yuetuo country, he is willing to raise the sword in his hand to drink them back, but he only dares to go against the banshee on the burning plain, and only allows them to come out on the night of the fifteenth day of every month to snatch the population without hindrance, so bullying the weak and afraid of the hard, stupid and incompetent, how can he be worthy of the false praise of a sage?"

The elder looked gloomy when he heard this, and nodded reluctantly: "What the elder said is not unreasonable, firstly, it may be that the ability of the god is not as good as Her Majesty the Queen on the burning plain, and secondly, it is also the fate of the villagers of my Flame Mountain, and there should be such a catastrophe, so the god does not stop the bloody killing of the banshees, but even so, his kindness to the people of my village is more generous than heaven and earth, and it still can't change the admiration and gratitude of our villagers for his fist." ”

Tang Sanzang couldn't help but shake his head secretly, and sighed faintly: "So you just accept your fate, just let it be slaughtered like this, without resistance?"

The old man couldn't stop being sad when he heard this, and wept on his cheeks: "Alas, the situation is stronger than people, and the strength is not enough, so I have to accept my fate, if I don't resist, the one who dies is just a groom, if I resist a little, I'm afraid that all the people present at the banquet will be reimbursed. ”

Wen Tianshu nodded, and said with sadness in his eyes: "Therefore, after the night of the full moon, it will be the carnival of your new life after the catastrophe, and it is the safest to hold a wedding at this time." ”

When the surrounding people heard this, they couldn't help but nod their heads and said: "This female Bodhisattva is really wise, since the sacrificial activities are over, it is really like meeting an amnesty, the people of the whole village celebrate together, at this time to hold a wedding, it is the most auspicious for the groom, but always so frightened, people have become timid, do not dare to hold a wedding at night, but choose in the daytime, the festive red clothes have also been changed to filial piety clothes, the day of joy is like a funeral, looking at the hearts of people is very unpleasant." ”

Bajie nodded, and said narrowly: "That's it, I think you still have to be scared, if one day Her Majesty suddenly has a whim, or remembers the wrong day, and comes out to arrest someone during the day on the sixteenth, isn't it self-defeating and arrests the groom?"

As soon as the words came out, the villagers were all sweating and embarrassed: "This, this elder is too unfounded, and Her Majesty the Queen chose the date very accurately, and in the past hundred and ten years, there has never been a case of someone who did not come out on the fifteenth day to arrest someone." ”

The old pig snorted and continued: "Then since this day is a good day for the groom, why let many of your villagers and friends sit in the seat, and send him a master to come out to greet the guests, fortunately, he met our Sanzang army, if you unfortunately meet a bandit and robber from any side, or a monster who is really coming to rob people, and he is not in his arms, he is taken back, but the bride is left alone, how can it be a gift?"

The villager waved his hand vigorously when he heard this, shook his head and said: "Elder, you are too worried, our people are very rich, and there is no mountain, forest and wilderness to nourish robbers, but who is full of food and support to be a robber, if there is no food and water supply, let alone robbery, even livelihood has become a problem, but where can it be done?" If it is really a monster, we will not resist, but just give up the groom, let them rob it, and leave our people alive, which is also a way to abandon the car and protect the handsome. ”

"If you are worried that the bride will not be able to make the ceremony alone, our ancestors have passed down the method, you can choose a young man of the same age in the groom's house, if you agree, you will choose him to marry the bride, if you do not agree, you can also choose one of the relatives and friends who go to the banquet to marry the bride, in short, we must find a way to make the marriage complete, so that the bride will not be widowed. ”

Bajie couldn't help nodding when he heard this, and exclaimed: "Wonderful, wonderful, the wisdom of the ancients is really beyond the reach of today's people, no matter what, this bride can be regarded as not suffering, but only suffering the groom, not only can not marry the bride, but also be sacrificed with heart, lose his life, and it is not worth it." ”

As soon as the words came out, everyone was sad, and couldn't help crying: "The master is right, but I'm afraid that God will be responsible, and the man who wants to blame me for the birth of the child, the long-term place is the joy of giving birth to a child, the worry of giving birth to a daughter, the joy of giving birth to a daughter in my place, and the worry of giving birth to a child." Just as the old saying goes, those who give birth to daughters will eventually end up in whiteness, and most of the children will die young. ”