Seeing the clouds of black smoke in the sky gradually searching into the distance, Sun Wukong couldn't help but say: "This is a loyal person, it's good luck that the monk can accept him!"

Ma Fan smiled: "What about you, don't you really plan to save Tang Seng and let him feed the monsters?"

Sun Wukong said: "There is a person in heaven and earth, who is more kind to me than the sky, and I promised him to escort this monk to the west safely and obtain the true scriptures, so it is naturally impossible to ignore him." ”

Ma Fan said: "Since this is the case, then you still watched Tang Seng being arrested, and now you don't come to the rescue?"

Sun Wukong said: "If you came to cheat back then, you pressed me into the Five Elements Mountain for more than a hundred years, I haven't forgotten this hatred, and I don't have a good impression of Buddhism, especially the monk we protect, who treated me as a cow and a horse all day long, and chirped crookedly that I wasn't.

I don't think the red boy will eat him for a while, and I don't need to rush to save him, let him suffer in that cave for a few days. ”

Ma Fan asked Zhu Bajie again: "What about you, do you really want to break up, don't care about Tang Seng?"

Zhu Bajie shook his head and said: "Although I was forced to worship him as a teacher, he didn't teach me anything, and he didn't have any kindness to me, but I helped him a lot along the way, and he suffered so much with him, he owed me more, but after all, I called him a master for so long, he and I already have a master and apprentice, how can I ignore him?"

Ma Fan said: "Then you just proposed to divide the luggage and break up, in case the other few are serious and really break up with you, what are you going to do?"

Zhu Bajie said with a smile: "Those are two different things, the matter of learning scriptures is beneficial to Buddhism, but it is extremely harmful to Heavenly Court." The Jade Emperor treats me well, since he will give me the task of destroying the scriptures, I will naturally try my best to complete it, if they really share the luggage with me and break up, then I will be fine. ”

Ma Fan smiled slightly and said, "I am a little envious of the Jade Emperor, I can make you do this step with all your heart." I really don't know what he used to impress you. ”

Zhu Bajie said with a smile: "The emperor treats me well, I can't do anything for him, but my destruction of the scriptures is not all because of the Jade Emperor, you are also a smart person, you should be able to figure it out." ”

Ma Fan said: "Yes, Nanzhan Buzhou has always been the most powerful of your human religion, and it can be regarded as the foundation of your human teaching. The blow to the Human Sect is also very great, so even if you are not the Jade Emperor, as a disciple of the Human Sect, you must try your best to stop it. But what about Tang Seng? Isn't it a contradiction that you plan to manage him and don't want to succeed in learning from the scriptures?"

Zhu Bajie said: "I think that after everyone disperses, I want to get him out of the hands of the red boy, and then find a place to imprison him for a hundred years." When his longevity is naturally exhausted, send him to reincarnation!"

Sun Wukong said: "Okay, you idiot." I have long seen that you have two hearts, and it seems that you have never wanted to succeed in learning from the scriptures, but it turns out that you really have such thoughts. Since my grandson wants to protect the monk from learning the scriptures, but you want to obstruct the success of the scriptures, from now on, you and I will be the biggest enemies. ”

Zhu Bajie shook his head and said, "Hehehe." Didn't you take me as an enemy a long time ago, and you targeted me everywhere. ”

Sun Wukong said: "Mutual friend, don't you always want to drive me away?"

The two of them said, but they laughed at the same time, and then asked Ma Fan at the same time: "What about you?" What are our intentions?" "Do you want to protect or destroy?"

Ma Fan shook his head and said, "Since you have all confessed to me, I can't help but treat you with sincerity. Anyway, you don't really want to strengthen Buddhism, so it doesn't hurt if I tell you my intentions.

In fact, I saw that Buddhism was learning scriptures from the west, but there was a conspiracy against my sect interception, that is, to take advantage of the fact that everyone was not paying attention to my sect, and eradicate those predecessors of my sect interception all the way from Nanzhan Buzhou to Lingshan, recapture Xiniu Hezhou, and severely damage my sect interception.

Therefore, I will do my bidding, watch you closely, prevent you from having a conflict with my sect, send you safely out of the territory of my sect, and prevent my fellow sects from being harmed along the way, so as to break the conspiracy of Buddhism. ”

"Is that really the case?" asked Sun Wukong suspiciously.

Zhu Bajie also asked a little suspiciously: "It's so simple?"

Ma Fan said: "It's not easy, I'm going to waste a lot of time to follow you all the way to the west, and because of protecting you, I don't know how many friends I have to offend, I'm in the bright place along the way, but the danger has increased a lot, didn't I almost be done by the Nine Heavens Xuannu some time ago, do you think it's simple?"

If it is changed to a few other people to learn the scriptures, I will start directly in Nanzhan Buzhou, and cut off all the people who learned the scriptures, and it will be a hundred, alas, who let the people learn the scriptures are a few of you, who owe you a favor before, and owe you a few lives, so I have to take the risk and accompany you through this journey with difficulty. ”

Zhu Bajie said: "No wonder you were so angry in Baoxiang Country that day. ”

Sun Wukong said: "But it's difficult for you, in fact, I don't want to take this road, and I don't want to conflict with some old friends on this road, since you have this idea, then we can cooperate, and we can complete this section of the road together safely and quickly, and then everyone will be free." ”

Zhu Bajie smiled: "Hehehe, in fact, if you cooperate with me, we can stop learning the scriptures here, and then go our separate ways, the rest of the way, the rest of the hardships don't have to be eaten, but it is more cost-effective than cooperating with him." ”

Ma Fan said with a smile: "If the Buddha Gate rescues Tang Seng, Taishang Laojun will not make a move, are you sure that you can imprison Tang Seng for a lifetime?"

Zhu Bajie said: "If it is up to me, naturally I dare not guarantee that he will not be rescued, but if you are willing to cooperate with me, then I think I can still imprison that monk for a hundred years." ”

Ma Fan shook his head and said: "But I don't want to cooperate with you, if I cooperate with you, I'm afraid I won't be able to do anything in a hundred years, so I can only guard this Tang Seng with all my might, which is a bit expensive."

And even if it succeeds, a hundred years later, Tang Seng will re-enter reincarnation, come back to learn scriptures in the next life, and even change Buddhism to learn scriptures. Isn't that a waste of my efforts? In that case, I might as well finish the rest of the journey with you, and that would be just three or five years of work.

Moreover, I had planned to travel all over this Xiniu Hezhou once, and visit relatives and friends along the way, if possible. If I find a foothold here and continue to follow you, these three things can be done at the same time, so to speak, I have not even delayed those three or five years of hard work. ”

After listening to Ma Fan's words, Zhu Bajie and Sun Wukong both felt reasonable, and Sun Wukong couldn't help laughing and said: "Now that your hope of destroying the scriptures is shattered, do you want to leave, or follow us?"

Zhu Bajie hesitated for a moment and said, "I'll continue to follow you." ”

Sun Wukong said: "If you go together." It's not impossible, but if you follow us, you can't use any means to obstruct the study of the scriptures later, otherwise you won't blame me for being polite. ”

Zhu Bajie couldn't help but smile bitterly: "You all have one heart to finish this road and obtain the true scriptures, is it still useful for me to do anything? Just make a little mess with the scriptures and destroy them. ”

Sun Wukong said: "My agreement with people is only to escort Tang Seng to obtain the true scriptures. As for the transmission of the Fa after that, there will be nothing for me to do, and after obtaining the true scriptures, I can't control you destroying the true scriptures, so let's go together!"

At this time, Ma Fan smiled: "Since everyone doesn't like Buddhism. I don't like it, I have an idea, it's not feasible for you to help me see it. ”

Zhu Bajie asked, "What do you think?"

Ma Fan said with a smile: "I heard that the golden cicada was a heart admirer of the Taoist Method, and he was sent into reincarnation by Rulai if he didn't like the Dharma, if we quietly passed on the monk to cultivate the Taoism along the way." And secretly erased the memories of his other lives, but he guided out the memories of the golden cicada who was in the heart of the Taoist law, you say, can you add to the blockage of Rulai?"

Sun Wukong said with a smile: "Wonderful, it's best to guide the memory of the golden cicada when you arrive at Lingshan, and see if Rulai wants to send him into reincarnation again or give him positive results." ”

Zhu Bajie also smiled: "Haha, when the time comes, even if you get the true scriptures, no one may be going to teach the Fa, but it is a wonderful idea, you can try it, if the operation is good, I don't have to find a way to destroy the true scriptures." ”

Sun Wukong said: "Okay, since this is the case, then we will work together to complete the rest of the journey as soon as possible and obtain the true scriptures." ”

Zhu Bajie said: "Don't worry, I won't deliberately cause trouble in the future." ”

Ma Fan also smiled and asked, "Okay, since that's the case, then let's go find the Huoyun Cave now and get Tang Seng out!"

Zhu Bajie said to Ma Fan: "Actually, I asked the red boy to get the monk before, and I promised him that as long as he got Tang Seng away, he obstructed the matter of learning the scriptures, so I helped him intercede and let you accept him as an apprentice." ”

Ma Fan smiled: "I know!"

Zhu Bajie was slightly stunned, and couldn't help but say: "I can't even hide the exchange of divine thoughts from you?But don't you know that eavesdropping at will is immoral?"

Ma Fan smiled: "Hehehe, can the person who let the monster catch his master talk to me about moral issues?"

Zhu Bajie shook his head and said, "If you don't mention this in advance, I'm going to find the red boy, I just ask if you can accept him?"

Sun Wukong said with a smile: "Take it, that baby will be a master after a few years of training in the door, and I will not lose it!"

Ma Fan said with a smile: "Hehehe, I don't dare to say that I am not moved by him, I suppressed him before I had the idea of accepting apprentices, but now I know that he has such a deep background, and it is a bit big to accept him as a beginner, but now it is not easy to decide." ”

Sun Wukong said with a smile: "It's not good that he has a deep background, how many people can't look forward to it, why do you hesitate, if you want to accept him as an apprentice, then do it quickly, don't let people take it first, then you have no place to cry." ”

Zhu Bajie also said: "Although I don't know why you came to Tushi Palace after you were injured by the Nine Heavens Xuannu before, and what happened in it, but I always feel that you have received a lot of benefits, and I feel that it seems to have something to do with the red child, the ancestor seems to see your master-apprentice fate and give you some benefits in advance, don't make a mistake about yourself!"

Ma Fan listened to what Zhu Bajie said, thinking of everything he had experienced in the Tushi Palace, and couldn't help gritting his teeth and saying: "Okay, I'll accept this red child!" (to be continued......)