Chapter 615: Mausoleum
"Great Sage, please take a seat. Rue Xiang held her long sleeves and made a "please" gesture.
Although the whole hall was added with a bit of familiar flavor from the past, for some reason, there was an indescribable discomfort in the monkey's heart, to be precise, it was a little awkward.
Nodding silently, the monkey walked up the steps without saying a word, and did not refuse.
"Ladies and gentlemen, please take a seat. Rue Xiang nodded kindly to Xuanzang and the others.
As if seeing something, Rue Xiang personally poured a glass of wine, presented it to the monkey table through the handmaid's hand, and said softly: "This is a family banquet, and please don't be too restrained." ”
The monkey nodded, sort of an answer.
After everyone sat down, Rue Xiang clapped her hands gently, and more than a dozen maids came in from outside the hall and presented various dishes.
The drums sounded in unison, and the entire hall suddenly came alive, and there was a warbler and swallow.
At this time, the monkey noticed that not only to himself, but even to Xuanzang and others, the meat and vegetables seemed to be deliberately matched according to their respective identities.
Lowering his voice, the monkey said, "This ...... Isn't it a bit too much?"
"What does the Great Sage refer to?"
"I heard that men are not welcome in the daughter country. Not only were we welcomed, but we were treated as guests and hospitality, which is a bit ......"
Rue Xiang covered her lips, smiled faintly, and said, "If it is other men, the daughter country is naturally not welcome." But you are the Great Sage. ...... to the
Glancing at the maid serving beside her, Rue Xiang looked at the dancer in the middle of the hall in front of her and said, "The Great Sage is kind to the slave and maid. Nature cannot be generalized. ”
"Well, what do you say?"
Picking up the wine glass, Rue Xiang said in a low voice: "The Great Sage has saved the entire demon clan. Rue Xiang is also a demon, isn't this a blessing?"
With that, she turned to her courtiers and shouted, "To our distant visitors!"
Seeing this, the civil and military officials of the daughter country who had not yet figured out the situation at the bottom of the stairs hurriedly followed one by one with their wine glasses: "To the visitors from afar!"
Xuanzang and the others also politely raised their wine glasses.
The monkey also symbolically raised the wine glass in return, but only lowered his head and took a sip, and said softly: "Whether I have merit or fault for the demon clan, I know it myself." ”
Hear the words. The smile on Ruexiang's face was immediately retracted.
Although there are many banquets in the daughter country, wine is not a common thing. A group of courtiers participated in this banquet. Purely at the request of the Queen, for the sake of politeness. Xuanzang and others are even more so. Naturally, under the high-pitched music, the atmosphere is always low.
Left and right. It's just a polite nod and smile when they occasionally make eye contact.
The monkey had such a gloomy face from beginning to end. Even looking at the specially arranged dance, it is an absent-minded look.
This reminded Rue Xiang of the celebration held in Huaguo Mountain many years ago to welcome the return of the monkeys, and at that celebration, in the first half, the monkeys were also so wooden, looking absent-minded. It wasn't until he left the scene halfway through to watch the fireworks with Yang Chan, and after that, the whole person was completely different. No one knew that it was in the attic at the time. What did the Three Virgins say to the monkeys?
At that time, Rue Xiang could only look at this great sage he had always admired from afar. You can't even get closer. Who would have thought that one day he would be able to sit beside him in a dignified manner.
The position of the Three Holy Mothers and the position of the Great Holy Master at the banquet seem to be similar to now, right?
No, it should have been a little closer, at the time, they were sharing a table.
But...... It's all in the past, it's all in the past.
Taking a deep breath, Rue Xiang retracted her attention slightly, straightened her waist, and looked at the monkey again.
This banquet was actually not successful at all. Maybe she's too self-acquainted, and the monkey line has a more dull relationship than the other.
The monkey barely touched the dishes on the table, and only took a few polite sips of the wine. Xuanzang's cup was full of water. Canopy sat cross-legged on his knees, his eyes constantly scanning back and forth. As for the black bear spirit and the roller blinds, they were all indifferent.
At the climax of the music, a red-clad dancer waving her water sleeves in the middle of the main hall.
Rue Xiang picked up the wine glass and saluted the monkey again: "The Great Sage said that he knew that he was wrong, and Rue Xiang was inconvenient to evaluate, but the Great Sage's kindness to Rue Xiang was real." If there were no Huaguo Mountain, Rue Xiang might have died long ago, and would not have had the opportunity to be literate, let alone the king of this daughter country. Therefore, this cup, rue must be honored to the great sage. ”
The monkey looked like he had just woken up from a dream, turned his face sideways to look at Ruxiang, picked up his wine glass and symbolically replied, "When did you arrive at Huaguo Mountain?"
"Rue Xiang was born in Nanzhan Buzhou, and arrived at Huaguo Mountain in the twenty-fifth year of the Great Sage's canonization by the Heavenly Court. ”
"At that time, Yang Chan was taking care of Huaguo Mountain, you should thank her, not me. ”
Bowing her head and taking a sip, Rue Xiang gently put the wine glass on the low table: "The Great Sage wants to thank you, the Three Holy Mother, naturally it is indispensable...... If there is a chance to see the Three Virgins again in this life, Rue Xiang should personally thank the Three Virgins. ”
"There will be a chance, in a few years. In a few years, I'll pick her up. ”
"Yes. Rue nodded silently.
......
Twenty miles away, boundless, but as calm as a mirror on the shore of the Mother Lake, an area of 100 acres, like a Buddhist temple, stands quietly.
In the middle of the temple is a seven-story tower-like building.
Different from the general Buddha Gate Futu, the base of this tower-like building is extremely thick, boxy, the bottom two floors are ten zhang wide, to the third floor, but suddenly shrink to only three zhang in size, and then up, it is no longer shrinking, like a pillar.
The three female generals came from the east and hurriedly landed in front of the temple. As soon as they landed, the female soldiers who were guarding came up one by one.
......
After a short time, a female official hurriedly walked into the main hall where the banquet was still being held, carefully bypassed the sight of the courtiers in the palace and walked into the corner, and secretly beckoned to the little maid waiting beside the queen.
The little maid took it away. After looking left and right for a while, he bowed down and took two steps back, quickly turned behind the screen, and soon came to the side of the female official.
Rue Xiang glanced at the two who were whispering, intentionally or unintentionally.
Not much. The maid returned to Rue's side. Taking the opportunity to pour wine, she whispered something to Ruexiang.
I saw Ruxiang's eyes widen slightly, and she looked at the green-clothed prime minister who was sitting on the second seat on her right hand with a little horror.
At this time, the green-clothed prime minister watched the dance unchanged, smiling and applauding from time to time.
The little maid whispered, "Your Majesty, don't worry, the priest is trying to hold them back." For a while, it was impossible for them to enter the mausoleum. ”
Rue Xiang nodded slightly. He looked at the monkey and happened to have his eyes met.
Rue Xiang quickly withdrew her gaze and hesitated slightly. He said in a low voice: "Rue Xiang is a little urgent, I'm afraid I will miss it for a while, and I ask the Great Sage not to be surprised." ”
"Don't be afraid, we don't need to be accompanied. The monkey plucked a melon seed. Throw it in your mouth. He smiled at Rue.
Rue Xiang also hurriedly responded with a smile, nodded, got up and dragged her skirt away. The maid hurried out.
"Where is she going?" said the canopy's voice in the monkey's head.
"I don't know. ”
"Did you ask her about her practice?"
"Not yet, go back and wait for her to come back, just ask. ”
The green-clothed prime minister raised his glass to the monkey from afar, and the monkey returned the salute from afar.
......
At this time, Rue Xiang had already rushed to the gate of the palace with her long whip.
Several of the female soldiers guarding the palace gate were startled by Her Majesty's anxious look.
Stuffing a piece of jade slip into the maid's hand, Rue Xiang whispered: "Remember not to neglect the Great Sage. ”
Let's talk about it. She spun and soared into the air, whistling towards the west at breakneck speed.
......
in the temple. Outside the closed stone gate of the tower, a group of female soldiers were forming a wall in front of several female generals.
"Get out of the way!" the red-robed woman at the head had already pressed one hand to the hilt of the sword.
One by one, the female soldiers did not move.
Standing in front of those female soldiers, the priestess in gray robes said softly: "Niangniang is sleeping, how can you allow idlers and others to trespass?"
"The mother has instructed that if there is really an emergency, you can report it immediately. ”
"How do you know if what you want to report is really urgent?"
"Your Majesty allowed foreign men to enter the palace without the permission of the mother, breaking the rules set by the mother. Isn't that urgent?"
"As you just said, the intruder is strong, maybe, Your Majesty is just a false snake?"
"Since you also know that the other party is strong, then you should be even more enlightened!"
That's not true. The priestess raised her head slightly and said, "I think that since Your Majesty did not order to report to Niangniang, it means that Your Majesty does not feel the need to report to Niangniang." Since Your Majesty thinks that we can solve it ourselves, why bother Niangniang and disturb Niangniang's dormancy?"
"You!"
"It is a rule that men are not allowed to enter the border of my daughter's country. The subjects of my daughter's country have been serving her mother for generations, and this is also the rule set by her mother. If we disturb Niangniang's dormancy because of this trivial matter of sesame mung beans that we can solve, wouldn't it be the other way around, and become Niangniang serving us?"
Hearing this, the red-robed female general was furious and roared: "If Niangniang breaks the rules of her daughter country because of her old love outside her daughter's country, what can you say?"
Looking at the already angry female general, the priestess said slowly: "Your Majesty, it is the queen hand-picked by Niangniang. Since Niangniang has made this decision, it means that Niangniang can trust His Majesty. Are you trying to question your mother's decision?"
In the end, it is the civil minister to the general.
For a while, the red-robed female general was so open that she couldn't speak, and took a step back.
The two colleagues behind him hurriedly grabbed him.
"What should I do? They don't recognize the Prime Minister's warrant. ”
"Why don't we go back first and discuss with the Prime Minister. ”
"No, there's no time. They must have informed Your Majesty that if we go back like this, we will never come again. After a slight pause, the red-robed female general asked in a low voice, "Do you dare to break into the mausoleum with me?"
With that, the red-robed female general looked at her two colleagues with wide eyes.
After a moment, the two men nodded hesitantly.
Almost at the same time, the hands of the three of them were on the hilt of the sword, and the female soldiers on the opposite side, even the priestess, were taken aback.
This mausoleum is located in the center of the daughter country, in the middle of the daughter country's layers of defense circle. On weekdays, he is the most sacred existence in the hearts of the subjects of the daughter country. If the enemy can get here, then it is almost certain that all the defenses have been breached, and the daughter country has no troops to use. It is precisely for this reason that the guards in front of the mausoleum are only symbolic, and more often than not, they actually act as a kind of honor guard. If you really want to fight, where is the opponent of these three female generals?
"What are you going to do?" exclaimed the priestess.
The three female generals did not say a word, and stepped forward step by step with the hilt of their swords in their hands, forcing the female soldiers to retreat step by step.
"Stop! are you going to rebel?"
At this moment, only a loud "bang" was heard, and a figure fell from the sky like a thunderbolt, instantly smashing between the two parties.
Everyone was stunned.
The smoke and dust cleared, and everyone saw Rue Xiang standing firmly in the center in an orange and yellow dress, the long whip coiled around her left hand like a poisonous snake, trembling slightly under the surging spiritual power.
A pair of widened apricot eyes revealed a thick hostility.
If standing next to the monkey, Rue Xiang showed the posture of a complete little woman, then now, she is a complete queen.
"See Your Majesty!" the priest and the female soldiers knelt down. The three female generals still stood motionless, looking at Ruxiang, and the look of horror on their faces did not dissipate. The hand holding the hilt of the sword clenched slightly.
"Come back with me at once, or you will have to suffer. ”
With that, Rue Xiang flicked the whip in his hand, and with a loud bang, like a galloping lightning, directly scraped a deep trace on the hard stone slab beside him, setting off bursts of smoke and dust.
The whole ground trembled slightly.
At this moment, even the priests who stood firmly on the queen's side were a little dumbfounded.
The kings of the daughter country of the past generations have taken it as their duty to serve Nuwa Niangniang. This is the Nuwa Temple, as the king of Nuwa Niangniang's daughter country, are you ready to do it here?
This kind of thing has never happened in the thousands of years since the founding of the daughter country.
What reason is there to force the king of the dignified daughter country to do something with a few subordinates here?
Knowing that their strength was not good, at this time, the three female generals helplessly glanced at the closed stone door behind Rue Xiang and knelt down on their knees.
"The last general obeys!"
Seeing that they had succumbed, Rue Xiang breathed a sigh of relief.
"Alright, let's go back. Go back with this king, and this matter can be blamed in the past. ”
After that, Rue Xiang was about to take a step. At this moment, I only heard a roar, and behind me, the huge stone door slowly opened...... (To be continued......)
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