The ruins are broken, and the yellow sand is rolling.

Not far away, is the almost abandoned Fengxian County.

Xuanzang, who was covered with yellow sand, took a sip of a bowl of water and looked back from afar.

Beside him, an old man was laboriously rolling up a bucket of water from a well, exhausted and panting.

Turning around, Xuanzang sighed lightly: "Old man, how deep is this well?"

"It's about fifty zhang, and in the entire Fengxian County, there is still water in this well. ”

"On weekdays, do you bring water from this well and plant crops?"

"Grow food?" The old man suddenly laughed and said leisurely: "This well is not only deep, but also produces less water. People are running out of drink, so where can they be used to grow crops? As early as a year ago, no one in the entire Fengxian County planted crops anymore. ”

Hearing this, Xuanzang was slightly stunned, looked down at the precious water in his bowl, and sighed helplessly.

"There are no crops in the whole Fengxian County, and there are no cattle and sheep, and it doesn't look like you can hunt...... Old man, what should I do with my daily food?"

Wiping his face with the gray towel around his neck, the old man exhaled deeply, walked to Xuanzang's side and half-squatted down, and said, "Look at me, what kind of character do you look like?"

"Huh?"

"That's it...... What do I do on weekdays?"

"Make a living...... Xuanzang frowned and thought about it, and sighed softly: "Old man, although you have calluses on your hands, they are not thick, not like a farmer." Listen to you as if you've read a book for a few years. This is a ...... The poor monk is really hard to guess. ”

The old man stood up, crossed his waist and smiled proudly, and said leisurely: "I can't hide it, I am the king of the county here." ”

"County King?" Xuanzang was slightly taken aback.

The king of a county, according to his knowledge. Even if it's an empty title, it won't be reduced to this.

"Yes, the county king. The old man turned his face and stretched out his hand, and said very proudly: "This radius of a hundred miles is the fiefdom of the ancestors. Although it is worthless now, I am an old man. You still have to keep it, and you have to be worthy of your ancestors. It hasn't rained here for several years, and everyone else is gone, so I'm still here. Because, I still have a little food left. Although I gave a lot of money when I dismissed my family, there was still a little more. A little bit ......"

The old man stretched out his hand and gestured, revealing a very playful smile.

"Not much, though. If it doesn't rain for another three or five years, I'll starve to death. Hahahaha. ”

Turning around, the old man saw Xuanzang staring at the only half bowl of water in his hand and the pancake beside him hesitating, and chuckled: "Eat, although the king of this county is poor, he is not lacking in this." If God really wants to die of thirst and starvation for me, even if you are a little more. I can't live either. You're welcome. ”

Xuanzang finally squeezed out a smile, nodded and smiled at the old man.

"Besides. I'm counting on your Buddha to bless me. We are guilty of death in the East Heavenly Court, and we can't count on it. There may still be some hope in the West. ”

"Dongtian Court is offended and died?"

"That's right. ”

"Old man, aren't you the king of the mortal realm, how can you have anything to do with the heavenly court?"

"This ...... I can't tell for a while, in short, the Jade Emperor issued an order, and it will not rain in the local area for a hundred years. Dreams are given to everyone. Just in the beginning. I thought it was a joke, but now it seems that it's true......"

As he spoke, the old man sighed helplessly and glanced at Xuanzang twice. He urged: "Master hurry up and eat, after eating, we should go back." It's cold at night in this place, so let's go and live in my house. ”

In the distance, the monkey was standing in the wind and sand, watching from afar.

"Is the Bull Demon King back?"

"Not yet, go to heaven, I'm afraid it's not so fast. ”

......

At this moment, the Bull Demon King was standing outside the Nantian Gate and exchanged eyes with Li Jing.

The Bull Demon King frowned, and said with some confusion: "Fengxian County doesn't rain because of Huaguo Mountain?"

"Yes. Li Jing nodded silently: "Ruining the temple of the gods is just an excuse." If it really angers the Heavenly Court, where is it possible to dream in advance and inform the local people that the rain is about to be banned?"

"What's the matter for the Huaguo Mountain Method......? I didn't get it. ”

"The amount of rain in the Three Realms is constant, and if there is more in one place, there will be less in one place. ”

"Then why was it forbidden to rain in Huaguoshan before, but it still rained in our rain. It seems that the Ten Thousand Saints Dragon King has one move, and there are not so many miscellaneous things. ”

Li Jing straightened his waist slightly and said, "The dragon clan can call the wind and rain, this is their talent. But it's not endless. Once it goes too far, the rain dries up. Even if the dragon is summoned, it can't be summoned. Besides, you didn't need much rain in Huaguo Mountain at that time, and now Huaguo Mountain has been dry for hundreds of years, and everything is waiting to be rebuilt, if you don't step up the rainfall, I'm afraid you won't be able to recover anyway. And, that's just one of them. ”

"The second is ......"

"The second is the soul. Moistened by rain and dew, everything recovers. But where does this revived soul come from? Even if it is an ant, it must be corresponded to by a wisp of soul in the underworld. There is life, and there is death. ”

"What do you mean, the Jade Emperor destroyed the entire Fengxian County for the sake of Huaguo Mountain?

"First of all, hundreds of years ago, Fengxian County was a piece of loess, and a few years ago, because of an accident, everything had already withered. There is nothing wrong with returning to loess now. After a slight pause, Li Jing sighed lightly: "In addition, Your Majesty is not doing this to please your great sage, but for the sake of the female snail mother." Huaguo Mountain, there is the mansion of the female snail mother. ”

After that, Li Jing pursed his lips and said, "This matter, you should report it to your Great Sage Master first." Look what he has to say. If he really wants to sacrifice Huaguo Mountain to complete Fengxian County, he will report to His Majesty at that time, and then make a decision. ”

The Bull Demon King nodded silently.

This was his first time on behalf of the monkeys. On the way here, he also thought about how to intimidate the Heavenly Court and the immortals countless times. Unfortunately, things were not at all what he had thought at first. The Jade Emperor didn't even need to see it, the other party threw him over with a few words, and he was already speechless.

Especially once it is involved in Huaguo Mountain, this matter is not his master.

Sighing helplessly, the Bull Demon King could only turn around and rise into the air.

......

On the way back, Xuanzang folded his hands and walked silently with the old man.

Walk through empty neighborhoods, walk past pavilions that are silent in darkness.

Looking at the scene in front of him, Xuanzang could only be silent.

In the past, this town should have been very prosperous, but now it has become a deserted place because of a will of the Heavenly Court......

In front of the heavenly court and the Buddha Gate, mortals, and even everything in the mortal world, are like ants, without the slightest autonomy.

Now that I think about it, wouldn't it be ridiculous to think of myself as a mortal?

In the absence of any external force, there may be only one choice left for all this in front of you. It's like the old man in front of you to bear it. However, can patience really wait for the day when the dark clouds are lifted and the moon is seen?

What you are waiting for may just be death.

Along the way, the old man didn't speak, and Xuanzang didn't talk much.

Soon, the two came to the old man's mansion.

It was a dilapidated mansion, the walls of the courtyard had collapsed due to drought, and the plaque at the door had been eroded so that it was impossible to read. Almost every corner is filled with a sense of imminent death.

Pushing open the hidden door, Xuanzang saw an old woman sitting at the door of one of the huts, who looked to be eighty or ninety years old, with so many wrinkles on her face that she looked like a ravine in the yellow earth, and it seemed that she couldn't even walk.

"Lord Wang...... Coming back?"

It was an extremely hoarse voice.

"I said don't call me a prince, I'm not a prince anymore. ”

As he spoke, the two old men laughed.

Xuanzang asked in a low voice, "Who is this?"

"It's ...... A folk. ”

"Folk?" Xuanzang was a little stunned.

This courtyard is very large, and it can be seen that although the old county king is not a person who indulges in luxury and pleasure, he still has a family background.

It wasn't until he went deep enough and was sure that the old woman couldn't hear it anymore that the old king whispered, "The young people have fled to the famine, and the old man, who is too old to walk, can only entrust it to me." There are four or five more in this courtyard. Now I'm the youngest, and I can still carry water and do some physical work. ”

"That'...... What about your sons and grandchildren, the prince of the county?"

Hearing this, the old county king wanted to speak and stopped, and finally just turned into a sigh.

......

"Fengxian County doesn't rain because of Huaguo Mountain?"

"Yes, that's what Li Jing said. ”

The monkey laughed out loud: "The Jade Emperor will die so well?"

"Li Jing said, the Jade Emperor made this will, not for you, the Great Sage, but for the female snail Niangniang. ”

"Fart!" The monkey roared out, and the Bull Demon King suddenly shrank his neck: "Female Snail Niangniang, how long ago was this? Fengxian County, it has not rained for several years! It has rained in Huaguo Mountain before, but it is all a drop in the bucket, the next little meaning, the fucking Lao Tzu doesn't know anything? They are fooling you! Go again, this time you don't make it clear, you don't come back!"

"No...... No!" The Bull Demon King turned around in fright and left.

Turning his face, the monkey pointed at Lu Liu, who was guarding the side, and said, "You, go see what the monk has to say!"

"I ...... Me?"

"Do you want me to put my hot face on his cold ass?"

Helpless, Lu Liugui had to run out of the door with his trouser legs.

The rest of the room frowned one by one, looking at the angry monkey.

......

In the blink of an eye, Lu Liugui had already come to Xuanzang's room.

He rolled up his sleeves and said loudly: "The Great Sage Lord said, Master Xuanzang, you want to follow the path of Pudu, and he supports it." You have to feel the suffering of all things, be self-reliant, and he will follow you. He will ask you a word now: The suffering of this Fengxian County is caused by the sky. If you want to solve it, it is not difficult, send a letter to the Jade Emperor, and everything will be solved. Whether you want to go or not depends on what Master Xuanzang means. (To be continued.) )