In fact, since the beginning of the four continents, all the places that the West Heaven does not actually control are directly worshiped by the Heavenly Court or the Dao Ancestor

Lao Jun nodded and said, "If you come to arrange this experience, if you succeed in the end, the place under your actual control will inevitably expand, and we will also make some concessions." ”

"I'm also thinking about having such a result, so how to deal with this matter, please Dao Ancestor make it clear. ”

What the Jade Emperor thought in his heart was how to minimize the impact of this study of scriptures intended for expansion, and not confront the West Heaven head-on.

"The Western Heavenly Master is famous, you can't oppose it openly, since the Western Heavenly Sect is here to discuss the matter of the selection with the Heavenly Court, then you can take this opportunity to make some arrangements in terms of personnel. ”

Hearing Lao Jun say this, the Jade Emperor seemed to have woken up, and said: "Yes, that Guanyin is coming to discuss with me, saying that the candidate for the blessing of the scriptures is soliciting the opinions of the heavenly court, I don't know if Lao Jun has a suitable arrangement?"

Taishang Laojun thought for a while, and said to the Jade Emperor: "Since it is to ask for the opinion of Heavenly Court, then I want Heavenly Court to send someone to go together." ”

The Jade Emperor nodded and said to Lao Jun: "Lao Jun is reasonable, but I, the immortals of the Heavenly Court, perform their own duties, and they all have placements, and there are no idle people, so how can I send them to learn from the scriptures?"

"The incumbent person, since there are no superfluous people to arrange, but as long as one is arranged related to Heavenly Court, it can be regarded as Heavenly Court's contribution. ”

The Jade Emperor seemed to have a plan when he heard the meaning of Lao Jun's words, so he asked, "I don't know who Lao Jun thinks can meet the requirements?"

Lao Jun smiled: "I think that Marshal Tianpeng, who has degraded the Heavenly Court, can take on this position. ”

When the Jade Emperor heard this, he said, "Wonderful, this person meets all the requirements, and he is not among the people of the Heavenly Court. ”

What the Jade Emperor thought was that Tianpeng was originally designed by himself and the Queen Mother to degrade the mortal world, which was considered an unwarranted crime, and then arranged for him to be on a mission, and he had always obeyed the orders of the heavenly court, and he did not disobey him.

It's just that I don't know what Lao Jun's deeper plans are for choosing Tianpeng.

Lao Jun saw that the Jade Emperor had doubts in his heart, so he said to the Jade Emperor: "That Xitian passed on the scriptures, Mingli can't object, but I can arrange for my Taoist people to participate, I think that Tianpeng is suitable, if the scriptures are successful, Tianpeng is a heavenly immortal, and you can also be a helper of Tianting in Buddhism, just like the original arrangement of the golden top immortal, is the same meaning." ”

When the Jade Emperor heard this, he was reasonable, and even said that the old monarch was clever.

The Jade Emperor wrote it down and sent the Taishang Laojun away, and the Jade Emperor went back to the Queen Mother.

The Jade Emperor saw the Queen Mother, told the Queen Mother about the discussion he had just had with Lao Jun, and asked her what she thought.

When the Queen Mother heard this, she pondered for a while, and said to the Jade Emperor: "I think you should fully support Na Rulai to learn the scriptures. “”

When the Jade Emperor heard the Queen Mother say this, he couldn't help but be surprised, which was very different from Lao Jun's opinion on learning scriptures just now, and he didn't know the meaning of the Queen Mother's words, so he hurriedly asked, "Oh, why is this?"

The Queen Mother signaled: "There are three reasons, one of them, people worship the Buddha and respect the Tao are all respectful to the heavens, the Jade Emperor is the Emperor of Heaven, the representative of the heavens, ruling the heavens and the earth, and the Buddha's way belongs to the heavenly court. ”

When the Jade Emperor heard this, he nodded yes, and asked what other two reasons there were.

The Queen Mother continued: "Second, the Sanqing Taoist family relies on the ancestor of the Open Heaven, and the people of the Heavenly Court are all from their Taoist sects, and many of them do not take into account the laws of the Heavenly Court, develop their own forces, and even send their disciples to directly give orders to the subordinates of the Heavenly Court, which is suspected of being beyond the majesty and laws of the Heavenly Court, so why not take this opportunity to strengthen the power of the Buddhist Sect, so that the Heavenly Court can rely on it one more time to deal with it, so that the two sides can check and balance each other." ”

"Yes. The Jade Emperor nodded again.

The queen mother said the third reason: "The act of learning the scriptures is that it has been arranged in advance, you see, he does not want to invite the immortals to invite the gods to pass on the scriptures to the east in one fell swoop, but to send a mortal, that is, to ask him to descend all the way to the demons and eliminate the evils, which is also beneficial to the heavenly court." And at the beginning, the act of peaceing the chaos of Rulai'an had already established a prestige, do you think you should support Na Xitian's trip?"

After listening to the three reasons of the Queen Mother, the Jade Emperor suddenly realized, praised the Queen Mother's foresight, and said to the Queen Mother: "What the Queen Mother said is exactly what I want, then not only can I not arrange someone to obstruct it, but I should have to find someone to help." ”

"That's nature, you are the Emperor of Heaven, this is not difficult, there are many soldiers in the heavenly court, you can send someone to help, if the person who learns the scriptures is in trouble, you can help in time." ”

The Jade Emperor said again and again, and he was ready to plan according to this intention.

In the morning of the next day, all the immortals lined up, and the matter of learning the scriptures became the most important matter at present.

The Jade Emperor spoke first: "It is a great good deed for the Buddha to preach the scriptures in the eastern land of the Southern Ganbu Prefecture, and my Heavenly Court should vigorously support it. ”

When the immortals heard this, the Jade Emperor's attitude seemed to be very supportive of learning the scriptures, so they echoed it.

Guanyin saluted and thanked him: "Thank you Jade Emperor, with the support of the Jade Emperor, you will be able to achieve positive results smoothly." ”

The Jade Emperor replied, "Since this is the case, I need my Heavenly Court to arrange the accompanying people. ”

Guanyin thanked and said, "Thank you Jade Emperor, we are also thinking about this matter, if we have the help of Heavenly Court, it will be better." ”

"Okay, when I ask everyone, I will inform the Buddha that I will arrange six Ding Liujia first, and the four values of Gong Cao will protect it. ”

"Thank you. ”

The Jade Emperor then arranged for Liuding Liujia and the Four Values of Gong Cao to accompany him to help and protect the people who learned the scriptures to go to the Western Heavens.

The matter of learning the scriptures was discussed in court for the time being, and the Jade Emperor arranged other things, and then dispersed the court.

After the dispersal of the dynasty, the Jade Emperor left Tai Bai Xing, and the Jade Emperor asked Jin Xing: "Do you remember the Marshal Tianpeng back then?"

When Jin Xing heard this, he immediately came to his senses and nodded: "I remember, the minister also interceded for him back then. ”

The Jade Emperor said: "Exactly, at the beginning, he degraded him to the lower realm because of his sin, just because he was a person from the heavenly court, he could follow and learn the scriptures." ”

"Let him go to get the scriptures of Buddhism, whether he is interested in taking refuge in Buddhism, I don't know, but, according to my understanding of him, Tianpeng has always liked fish, meat, wine, and even beauty, and Buddhism is forbidden to this, so he must have no interest in entering the Buddhism, why arrange such people into the list of taking scriptures. ”

"I see, I haven't thought of this, it turns out that Taishang Laojun actually has such a plan, and I didn't ask in detail at that time. ”

"Holy Lord, do you think! There is such a person who has no interest in entering the Buddhist sect in that scripture study team, can this scripture still be obtained? Perhaps, before he reached the west, he had already stopped picking and doing it, wouldn't this be wonderful. ”

When the Jade Emperor heard this, he woke up and said, "Seconds, seconds! If Lao Jun still thinks of Zhou Dao." ”

"It is just right to take advantage of the west to discuss with my heavenly court about the matter of taking scriptures, and arrange such people to be included in the scriptures. ”

After listening to Jin Xing's words, the Jade Emperor seemed to think of something again, and said to Jin Xing, "I still don't understand, why doesn't Lao Jun directly arrange a person who is close to my Heavenly Court, or maybe he can also use some counterforces, wouldn't it be better." ”

Jin Xing waved his hand and said, "No, this is exactly the wisdom of Lao Jun, what kind of people are the Buddhas in the West Heaven, I am afraid that they have already been investigated, such a measure, very people grasp, and show the wisdom of Lao Jun." ”

The Jade Emperor smiled and said, "I also know this, so I consider asking you to persuade him to agree to go and learn the scriptures together, because you are kind to him, and I will send you there." ”

Jin Xing hurriedly saluted: "The Holy Lord knows people and is good at his duties, so there is a place for my Tai Platinum Star." ”

The Jade Emperor smiled and asked Tai Bai Xing to go back and make careful arrangements.

Let's say that the Jade Emperor arranged for Tai Bai Xing to go to find the canopy that was degraded to the lower realm, and said that he was moved to join the list of learning scriptures, and Lao Jun already knew that Lao Jun's disciples were all over the heavenly court, and every move of the heavenly court was under his control.

Before Tai Bai Xing set off, Lao Jun invited him to him and discussed important matters secretly.

Seeing that it was Lao Jun who was affectionate, Venus did not dare to slack off, so he came immediately.

The military generals of the heavenly court are all the disciples of the old gentleman, and they must often listen to the teachings of the old monarch on weekdays, and there are no exceptions to the Venus, the old monarch commands things, straightforwardly, and is not polite, the old monarch said to Jin Xing: "The Jade Emperor sent you to persuade the Tianpeng to learn the scriptures?"

Jin Xing hurriedly replied: "Exactly, I don't know what the ancestor has to say." ”

"You listen to the instructions of the Jade Emperor and persuade him to follow the scriptures, but there is one thing, you ask him to follow all the way, but don't contribute, when you have the opportunity, you may be able to break up the people who learned the scriptures and so on. ”

When Venus heard this, he was greatly surprised, and he wanted to ask what was going on, but he didn't dare, that Venus had served in the heavenly court for many years, and he knew the depth of such things, so it was better not to find out, so he immediately agreed.

Lao Jun said again: "If you can achieve it, count it as your merit, and if Peng Ruo can also achieve it that day, I will also record his merit here." ”

Venus received the order, left Lao Jun's place, and thought about the arrangements on his own.

It is said that Venus received two wills, but in fact they were one, and immediately set off for the place of exile of Tianpeng, Fuling Mountain.

Along the way, Jin Xing thought hard, one was the Supreme Jade Emperor of Heavenly Court, his own top boss.

One is the ancestor of the opening of the sky, Taishang Laojun, his own teacher.

One ordered him to persuade Tian Peng to join the scriptures, and the other was to let him break up and learn the scriptures, but they couldn't be violated.

Venus felt that he and the degraded canopy that he had not yet met had already fallen into the same path, which was really nerve-wracking.

After meditating all the way, Tai Bai Xing came to Fuling Mountain, went straight to the Yunzhan Cave, and opened his mouth to call the name of the canopy.

That day, Peng was alone in the cave to relax and be happy, listening to someone outside the door calling, the voice was familiar, went out to see, saw that it was Venus, the old benefactor, immediately welcomed into the cave.

Venus entered the cave, saw that there were many decorations in the cave, and it was also comfortable, it seemed that the days of the canopy were quite moist, so he sat down and said to Zhu Gangguan: "Dashuai went to kill the demon monkey with the Bull Demon King before, but did you have a result?"

When Zhu Gangguan heard this, he said: "Venus laughed, you must have known that the demon monkey was difficult to deal with, and there were still people secretly protecting it, so you didn't end it." ”

Venus asked, "Do you know who is secretly protecting that demon monkey?"

"I don't know, but it seems that the Buddha of the West Heaven sent someone to take care of it, and I don't know why, if you come to press the demon monkey under the mountain, but send someone to protect it, it's strange. ”

Jin Xing replied: "What the marshal said is right, this demon monkey is indeed protected by Xitian Rulai. ”

"Ah, I see, this Jade Emperor is really harmful, knowing that he is secretly protecting him, he didn't dare to make a move, but he asked my old pig to go out to kill the demon monkey, wouldn't he put all this offending thing on my head!"

Jin Xing hurriedly said: "Marshal, don't worry, the Jade Emperor also has difficulties, otherwise how could he ask the Bull Demon King to go with you?" But this time the demon monkey was not eliminated, but it made you have a grudge against Na Xitian. ”

Zhu Gangguan asked: "That's it, this Jade Emperor is too desperate to do things this time, and you, Venus, are always mixed in it, and I don't know if it's to harm me or help me!"

Jin Xing waved his hand and said, "It's not that the Jade Emperor and I hurt you, but I didn't expect this matter to be so tricky, and the non-marshal didn't do his best." ”

"That's it, it's still you who know me too well. ”

Jin Xing said again: "Emperor Jin Jade also knows that it is unfair to settle the marshal, so he specially sent me to give the marshal a way to get rid of him." ”