Chapter 208: Che Chi Demon Dao
After crossing the Heishui River, the group braved the wind and snow and continued westward.
In addition to cultivating, Ren Qinglian encountered all kinds of rare and exotic herbs along the way, and she would always move them into her dantian world with great interest.
Many of these were discovered by Ren Qinglian herself, but more of them were thanks to Pol's pair of bird's eyes.
I don't know which breed of parrot it is, in addition to the ability to not be afraid of fire, the biggest specialty of this bird is that it can easily sense all kinds of magical flowers and plants.
After walking for more than a month, the climate gradually warmed up, everything was shining, and Ball became more and more busy.
"That dead starling went to collect flowers and plants again?"
When Zhu Gang came back from fasting, he didn't see Ren Qinglian and the parrot, so he asked.
Ren Qinglian didn't explain to them that she had the existence of the dantian world, so in the eyes of Zhu Gangguan and the others, the parrot spirit was so concerned about collecting all kinds of rare and exotic herbs, most likely to please his master.
But he didn't know that for Pol, it was one thing to please Ren Qinglian, and he himself was more keen to dress up his bird's nest beautifully.
Ren Qinglian has agreed to divide a large area around the Huoyun Fruit Tree to Pol, and after being a bird for so many years, Pol finally got out of the way and had his own territory~ Although Ren Qinglian's movable creatures in the dantian world are also it and the blue sky jade Gu, but for decorating its own home, it is still happy to do it.
It happened to be early spring, after Xuanzang and the others had eaten fast, they chased Ren Qinglian and the bird demon while watching the scenery and walking slowly.
Suddenly, there was a shouting sound in the distance, which sounded like there were tens of millions of people.
Xuanzang was scared in his heart, hugged the horse, turned around and asked, "Wukong, what kind of sound is this, like a landslide?"
The monkey smiled and said, "Master don't worry, I'll know when Ren Jushi comes back and asks." ”
Every time the master and servant of Qinglian go out to pick flowers, the monkey can be idle for a while, and there is no need to continue to explore the road ahead.
After speaking, the group continued to enjoy the spring colors along the way.
On the other side, Ren Qinglian naturally heard the noise, and after a little thought, she guessed that not far ahead should be the location of the next catastrophe, Che Chi Kingdom.
"These three monsters should be chess pieces arranged by Heaven on the way to learn scriptures!" Thinking of the mention in the original book that the monks could dream of Tai Bai Xing in their dreams, and specially instructed them to wait for the scripture learners to come to the rescue, Ren Qinglian grinned, this play is too fake, but thinking of the actions of the three monkeys in the Sanqing Hall in the original book, he couldn't help laughing, and at the same time had some doubts, these three guys really dared to be so presumptuous in front of the Sanqing statue.
As soon as the thought moved, the foot stepped on the sky, and the person had already walked in the direction where the voice came.
It was a group of ragged monks, who were being scolded and whipped by several Taoist priests, shouting trumpets incessantly, dragging carts, and doing hard labor against wood and stones.
However, Ren Qinglian's eyes were not on them, looking at the building they were building, and said with some surprise: "Three Talents Gathering Spirit Array?"
The three demons of Che Chi Kingdom are fanatical believers in the three Qings of the Daomen, in addition to protecting the peace of the country and the people on weekdays, and the wind and rain are smooth, it seems that they have never done anything evil, and now it seems that although they enjoy glory and wealth, they have never forgotten to practice.
It's a pity that ants are ants after all, they don't have enough strength, and they are just a chess piece in the hands of others that can be sacrificed at any time.
Ren Qinglian shook her head, and he could only see from the Spirit Gathering Array in front of him that he couldn't get on the table, and the skills of these three monsters in Che Chi Kingdom were limited.
"That's it, let's leave this limelight to the monkey!" Compared with these monks, he was more curious about the performance of Xuanzang and the others for a while.
Soon, Ren Qinglian returned to Xuanzang and the others in a parrot.
"Ren Jushi, what's going on in front of you?" Xuanzang and the others immediately looked at Ren Qinglian.
Ren Qinglian said with a smile: "There is a Chechi country in front, there are many temples in the country, countless monks, and the incense is continuous every day, but twenty years ago there was a great drought, the whole country was in a desperate situation, the king and the people donated money and incense to the monks, hoping to let these monks pray for rain to solve problems, but nothing was found, just at that time, there were three Taoist priests passing here, there was a way to call for wind and rain, solved the crisis, and was also named the national teacher of the dynasty by the monarch......"
Speaking of this, Ren Qinglian subconsciously glanced at Xuanzang.
"Poor monks don't call for wind and rain, but their hearts are sincere, maybe those three Taoist priests appeared because of the monks' prayers!" Xuanzang said indifferently.
Ren Qinglian pursed her lips, this monk is really capable of nonsense, and continued: "But the people of the Li people of Chechi Country and even the monarch and queen of the country will not think like this, these years have changed to worship Taoism, demolished temples, cut off incense, and the original monks have become the coolies of Taoist priests. ”
Xuanzang frowned, there is no harm if there is no comparison, the monk and the Taoist priest are polarized in the eyes of the people and officials of Chechi Kingdom, and it is not surprising that they have become the difference between cloud and mud, but it is not surprising that the monk has become the coolie of the Taoist priests, but it makes him a little difficult to understand, and even a little angry, for a while, silently reciting the Heart Sutra, without saying a word.
The monkey suddenly said: "Those three Taoist priests came too coincidentally, and the means are not small, what kind of monster is Xu!"
"Senior brother is right!" Sha Wujing seconded.
Pig Gangguan was busy talking to Pol and didn't interject.
Xuanzang was silent, although he was a monk since he was a child, he also read poetry and books, and after listening to Ren Qinglian's words, he understood that the real root of the disease was not in the Taoist priest, but in the body of the king of Chechi and the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, and even in the body of every common person in Chechi.
After a long time, he said: "Ren Jushi, can we only watch them suffer?"
Ren Qinglian shrugged her shoulders, "The mage wants to save those more than five hundred monks from the sea of suffering now, I'm afraid I can't do it with just words." ”
Although he didn't meddle in this matter, he searched the memories of those Taoist priests with the help of the power of the Liuhe Desire Lotus Array, and naturally understood that not only these Taoist priests were crazy Sanqing believers, but the entire Chechi country was a mad Sanqing believer, in their eyes, those monks were a group of liars, and the deeper they loved, the deeper they hated, and it was actually light to punish those monks to build a Taoist temple for the Taoist priests, after all, that group of monks did not accept their money and incense at the beginning.
It is almost impossible to save those monks without blood, and in the original book, the monkey killed those Taoist priests before letting those monks out.
Xuanzang paused for a moment, noticed Ren Qinglian's gaze that fell on the monkey, and soon suddenly realized, "Let's go over and see the specific situation first, Wukong, you can't hurt people's lives when the time comes!"
After saying that, the group continued to travel west, walked for a few hours, and finally met the group of monks shouting the trumpet.
The monkey remembered Xuanzang's advice that after saving those monks, he did not kill those Taoist priests, but shaved their heads, changed into monks' robes, and pushed several Taoist priests into the monk pile and reformed them.
Those monks who worked as coolies knew that they were finally looking forward to someone who had learned the scriptures, so they naturally thanked them in a thousand words, telling about the misfortunes of themselves and others.
Ren Qinglian is not a monk and does not empathize, Xuanzang even called Amitabha Buddha, but the three monkeys were very angry when they heard it, and they were very angry at the persecution of the three demons of the monks, and decided to tease them at night.