Chapter 400: "Save or Not Save"

However, he said that Li Shu, the monarch of the bhikshu country, sent the Tang monks out of the city, twenty miles away, and refused to give up. Sanzang reluctantly got down and rode a horse to say goodbye. Those who watched it did not return until they were nowhere to be seen. The four groups traveled for a long time, and after the end of winter and spring, they could not see the wildflowers and trees, and the scenery was fragrant. In front of me, I saw a high mountain and a steep mountain. Sanzang was shocked and asked: "Apprentice, is there a road in the high mountains ahead?" The walker smiled and said: "Master's words, it doesn't look like a long road, but it looks like a prince and grandson, sitting in a well and watching the sky." Since ancient times: the mountain does not block the road, and the road leads to the mountain. Why is there no way to say that there is no way?" Sanzang said: "Although the mountain does not obstruct the road, I am afraid that there will be monsters between the dangers, and there will be goblins in the depths of the secret investigation." Bajie said: "Don't worry, rest assured! This place is not far from Bliss, and there is nothing to do!"

The master and apprentice were talking, and they arrived at the foot of the mountain unconsciously. The walker took out the golden hoop stick, walked up the stone cliff, and shouted, "Master, this is the way to turn the mountain, so take a good step." Come on, come on!" the elder had to put a cup and ride his horse. Sha Seng taught: "Second brother, you carry the burden on your shoulders." "It's really Bajie who took the burden and picked it up. The sand monk held the reins, the master sat firmly in the carved saddle, and the entourage all ran to the cliff on the main road. But see the mountain:

The peak of the cloud cage is surging in the stream. The road is full of potpourri, and the trees are dense. Plum green and plum white, willow green and pink. The cuckoo is crying in the twilight of spring, and the Ziyan Murmuring Club is over. Saga stone, emerald cover pine. The rugged ridge road is abrupt and exquisite. The cliffs are steep, and the grass and trees are stalks. Thousands of shores compete like halberds, and thousands of ravines compete for the distant waves.

The old man slowly watched the mountain scenery, suddenly heard the sound of birds, and felt homesick again. Douma shouted, "Apprentice:

I passed the will from the heavenly pai, and received the customs under the brocade screen.

The fifteenth day of the lantern was separated from the eastern soil, and it was separated from the Tang Dynasty.

Fu can be a dragon and tiger, but he is a master and apprentice.

Walking to the twelfth peak of Wushan, when will you see the son today?

The walker said, "Master, you often think of homesickness, and you don't look like a monk at all. Don't worry about it. The ancients said that if you want to survive and be rich, you must work hard. Sanzang said: "Apprentice, although it is reasonable, but I don't know that Xitianlu is still there!" Bajie said: "Master, my Buddha is reluctant to take the Sanzang Sutra, knowing that we have to take it, I think it is moved; Only work him, and there must be a day when it will come. ”

The master and apprentice were talking to themselves, and they saw a black pine forest again. Tang Seng was frightened, and shouted again: "Wukong, we have just crossed that rugged mountain road, how can we meet this deep black pine forest again?" The walker said: "Afraid of what he will do!" Sanzang said: "Say what you say! If you don't believe in being straight, you must guard against benevolence." I have also walked with you through several pine forests, which are not as far-reaching as this one. "You see:

The east and west are densely placed, and the north and south are in line. The east and west are densely placed through the sky, and the north and south are in line to invade Bihan. The knots around the thorns were carefully examined, but the knotweed was entangled in the branches and discs. Vine to entangle, kudzu to entangle vine. It is difficult for the east and west to travel to the east and west; to entangle the vine, how to enter the north and south to do business. In this forest, I lived for half a year, the sun and the moon, and I walked for several miles, but I did not see the stars. Look at the shaded place, a thousand scenes, and thousands of flowers in the sunny place. There are also the thousand-year-old acacia, the cypress for ten thousand years, the cold-resistant pine, the mountain peach fruit, the wild peony, the dry hibiscus, a dense pile, chaotic gods and difficult to paint. I can also hear the sound of a hundred birds: parrot whistle, cuckoo cry, magpie through branches, birds and crows feeding, yellow orioles flying, hundred tongues tuning, partridges singing, purple swallow language, starlings learn to speak, thrushes can also read scriptures. I saw the big insect swinging its tail again, the tiger knocking its teeth, the fox wearing makeup for many years, and the wolf roaring in the forest. Even if the King of Tota comes here, even if he will be coquettish, he will lose his soul!

Sun Dasheng was openly unafraid. Make the iron rod step forward to split the road, lead the Tang monk into the deep forest, leisurely, after half a day, did not see the road out of the forest. Tang Seng shouted: "Apprentice, I have come to the west, countless mountains and forests are dangerous, but fortunately this place is elegant and peaceful. I want to sit here, one is resting, the other is hungry, you go there to fast, I will eat. The walker said: "Master, please get off the horse, and the old grandson will come here." The elder dismounted. Bajie tied the horse to the tree, and the sand monk rested his luggage, took the bowl and handed it to the walker. The walker said: "Master sit firmly, don't be afraid. I'll come when I go. Sanzang sat under the pine shade, but Bajie and Sha Seng went to look for flowers and fruits to play.

But it was said that the great sage was somersaulting, and when he reached mid-air, he stood in the clouds, and when he looked back, he saw the auspicious clouds in the pine forest, and the mist was misty. He suddenly shouted: "Okay, good!" What do you say he is good for? It turned out to praise Tang Seng and said that he was the reincarnation of Elder Jin Cicada and a good person who practiced in the tenth life, so he had this auspicious cover. "If my grandson, when Fang made trouble in the Heavenly Palace five hundred years ago, he traveled to the cape, debauchered the world, gathered a group of spirits and proclaimed himself the Monkey King, subdued the dragon and subdued the tiger, and eliminated the death. Wearing three golden cowards on his head, wearing golden armor, holding a golden hoop stick, stepping on the clouds, there are 47,000 groups of monsters under his hands, all of whom call me the great sage grandfather, and I am really a human being. Now that I have gotten rid of natural disasters, I am a little low, and I have become an apprentice with you, I think that there are auspicious clouds and mist on the top of the master's head, and he will go back to the eastern soil, there must be some benefits, and the old grandson will definitely get a positive result. ”

In the middle of his own boastful thoughts, he suddenly saw a black gas in Lin Nanxia, and the bones were about to come up. The walker was shocked: "There must be evil in that black gas, but my eight precepts and sand monks will not release any black gas." "The great sage is in mid-air, uncertain.

But it is said that Sanzang was sitting in the forest, seeing the nature clearly, reciting the "Mahaprajnaparamita Heart Sutra", and suddenly heard the muffled cry "save people". Sanzang exclaimed: "Good, good! Who is there in such a deep forest? I think it was the wolves, insects, tigers and leopards who bluffed down, wait for me to see." The elder got up and walked through the thousand-year-old cypress, separated by the thousand-year-old pine, attached to the vine, and looked closer, and saw a woman tied to the big tree, the upper half of which made Gerten tie to the tree, and the lower half buried in the earth. The elder stood firm and asked him, "Female Bodhisattva, what is the matter with you tying you here?" When the strange man came to ask, tears welled up in his eyes. You see his peach cheeks weeping, with the appearance of a sinking fish and a goose, and his starry eyes are sad, and he has the appearance of a shy flower in the closed moon. The old man didn't dare to come closer, and asked again: "Female Bodhisattva, what kind of sin are you doing? The goblin was clever and thoughtful, and hurriedly agreed: "Master, my family lives in a poor country, more than 200 miles away from here. Parents are in the hall, very kind, and love and friends all their lives. When it came to Qingming, I invited all my relatives and the old and young of the family to worship the ancestors, and a group of sedan horses went to the wilderness. In front of the ceremony, the sacrificial ceremony was opened, and the paper horse was just burned, only to hear the sound of gongs and drums, and a group of strong men ran out, holding knives and sticks, shouting and killing, and we were so panicked that our souls were scattered. Parents and relatives, who got the horse and the sedan chair, each escaped with his life. The slave was young, couldn't run, bluffed to the ground, and was abducted by the strong men to the mountain, and the king wanted to be a wife. The second king wants to be a wife, and the third and fourth love me beautifully. Seventy or eighty families quarreled together, and everyone was not angry, so they tied up the slaves in the forest, and the strong men scattered. It's been five days and five nights now, look at the end of my life, and I will die soon! I don't know if it was the ancestors in that world who accumulated virtue, and today I met my master here. Ten thousand great mercy, save my life, under the nine springs, never be ungrateful!"

Sanzang was so compassionate, he couldn't help but cry, and his voice was choked. shouted, "Apprentice." The Bajie and Sha Seng were looking for flowers and fruits in the forest, and suddenly heard the master's cry sadly, and the idiot said: "Sha Monk, the master has recognized his relatives here." Sha Seng smiled and said: "Second brother is entangled! When we left these days, no good person ever bumped into one, where did the relatives come from?" Bajie said: "It's not a kiss, is the master crying with people? I'll go with you to see." Sha Seng really turned around the old place, led the horse, picked up the burden, and came to him and shouted: "Master, what do you say?" Tang Seng designated the tree with his hand and called: "Bajie, untie the female Bodhisattva and save his life." "Nerds don't distinguish between good and bad, just do it.

But he said that the great sage was in mid-air, and when he saw that the black qi was thick, he covered the auspicious light to the fullest, and said: "It's not good, it's not good! The black qi covers the dark auspicious light, I'm afraid it's not the demon that harms my master! But he returned to the clouds and fell into the forest. I saw Bajie untying the rope messily. The walker stepped forward, grabbed his ear, and pounced. The nerd looked up, got up and said, "Master taught me to save people, how can you be strong enough to knock me down!" The walker smiled: "Brother, don't understand him." He's a monster, making a fuss and deceiving us. Sanzang shouted, "You monkey, you're talking nonsense again! Why do you recognize a woman like this as a monster!" The walker said, "Master didn't know. This is all the business that Lao Sun has done, and he wants to eat human flesh. You know it!" Bajie pouted and said, "Master, don't believe that this Bima is coaxing you! We have come from far away, and we are not compared with each other, and we are not relatives, how can we say that he is a goblin! He sent us away, but he turned somersaults, made magic tricks to do tricks with him, and stepped on the door!" The walker shouted: "Tamp the goods! Don't talk nonsense! My old grandson has come to the west, where is there any laziness? Like you, a heavy and light-hearted naan, who sees profit and forgets righteousness, and does not know what to do, he coaxes a son-in-law for others and ties him to a tree!" Sanzang said: "It's okay, it's okay." Bajie, your senior brother often sees it well, since he says this, don't care about him, let's go. The walker was overjoyed and said, "All right, Master is alive! Please get on the horse." Outside the pine forest, there are people who eat fasting. The four went all the way and left the monster behind.

But he said that the monster was tied to a tree, gritted his teeth and said hatefully: "I have heard that Sun Wukong has great powers, and when I see him today, it is true." That Tang monk is a child practice, a little Yuan Yang has not leaked, and he is about to cooperate with him, becoming a Taiyi Golden Immortal, but I don't know that this monkey has broken through my law and rescued him. If you untie the rope and let me down, and catch me as I go, but it is not my person? ”

Good goblin, don't move the rope, put a few kind words, with a gust of wind, blowing in Tang Seng's ears. He shouted, "Master, if you don't save the lives of the living, what scriptures do you have to worship the Buddha and take from them?"

Tang Seng heard such a call on the horse, that is, Le Ma shouted: "Wukong, go and save the woman down." The walker said: "Master is walking, why do you think of him again?" Tang Zeng said: "He is there again." The practitioner asked, "Bajie, do you hear?" Bajie said, "My ears are covered and I have never heard it." Then he asked, "Sha Seng, do you hear?" Sha Seng said, "I carried the burden forward, but I did not have it in my heart, nor did I hear it." The walker said: "Lao Sun has never heard it." Master, what is his name? Tang Seng said: "He is rightly called." Said: 'If the lives of the living are not saved, what scriptures can be taken by worshipping the Buddha with one mind?' Saving a person's life is better than creating a seventh-level floating slaughter. Hurry up and save him, it's like learning scriptures and worshipping Buddha. The walker smiled and said, "If the master wants to be good, there will be no medicine." You want you to leave the east and come all the way to the west, but you have also passed through several mountain fields, and you have encountered many monsters, often taking you into the hole, and the old grandson comes to save you, making iron rods, and often kills thousands of people. Today, the life of a goblin is reluctant, and you want to save him?" Tang Seng said: "Apprentice, the ancients said: Don't take the good as small, don't take the evil as small." Go and save him. The walker said: "Since Master is like this, it's just this burden, but Lao Sun can't afford it." If you want to save him, I don't dare to persuade you, and after persuading him for a while, you will be annoyed again. It's up to you to save it. Tang Seng said, "Monkey head Modo talk, you sit, wait for me and Bajie to save him." ”

Tang Seng returned to the forest and taught Bajie to untie the upper half of the rope and build the lower half of the body with palladium. The strange stumbling shoes, the skirt was tied, and he followed Tang Seng out of the pine forest. Seeing the walker, the walker just sneered. Tang Seng scolded: "Splash the monkey's head! Why are you laughing?" The walker said: "I laugh at you when you come to meet friends, and you go to meet beautiful women." Sanzang scolded again: "Splash the monkey! Nonsense! I will be a monk since I came out of my mother's belly." Now that he has been ordered to come to the west, he pious to the Buddha and seek scriptures, and he is not a member of Lilu, so he has even retreated!" The walker smiled and said: "Master, although you have been a monk since childhood, you can only read the scriptures and recite the Buddha, and you have never seen the laws of the king. This woman was born young, and you and I are monks, and we will walk with him all the way, and if we meet a wicked person, we will be brought to court, no matter what we have learned, and we will all be adulterous. Even if there is no such thing, you must ask about the abducted population. The master chased Du Mu and gave him a small death, Bajie should ask the army, Sha Seng also asked to set up a station, my grandson must not be clean, spare my mouth, how to argue, you have to ask a question. Sanzang shouted, "Mo Hu said, "In the end, I will save his life, and I will not be able to do anything!" Take him with you. All things are on me. The walker said, "Although the master said that something happened to you, he didn't know that you were not saving him, but harming him." Sanzang said: "I rescued him from the forest and got his life, how could I harm him?" The walker said: "He was tied to the forest at that time, or three or five days, ten days, half a moon, he had no food to eat, starved to death, and had to return to the yin with a complete body." Now take him out, you sit on a fast horse, and walk like the wind, we have to follow you, that woman has small feet, and it is difficult to move, how can she keep up?

Sanzang said: "Exactly." It's a matter of owe to you. What to do?" the walker laughed, "Carry him up, and ride with you." Sanzang groaned: "I'm there to be with him!" "How can he be born?" Sanzang said: "Teach Bajie to carry him away." The walker smiled and said, "The nerd has been created!" Bajie said: "There is no light burden on the long road." Teach me how to carry people, what is the creation?" The walker said: "Your mouth is long, carry him, turn your mouth, and care about personal words, but it is inconvenient to benefit?" Hearing this, Bajie beat his chest and said: "It's not good, it's not good! Master wants to beat me a few times, I'd rather endure the pain." Carrying him on his back must not be clean, and the senior brother will bury people in his life. I can't do it!" Sanzang said: "It's okay, it's okay." I still have a few steps to walk, wait for me to come down, slowly walk together, and lead the empty horse with Bajie. The walker laughed and said, "Nerds have a deal." Master takes care of you and leads the horse. Sanzang said: "This monkey head is talking nonsense again! The ancients traveled thousands of miles, and no one could go by themselves." If I walk slowly on the road, you will lose me, and if I am slow, you will be slow too. Everyone walks down the mountain with this female Bodhisattva, or goes to the temple of Nunnery, where there is a home, and leave him there, and we will save him. The walker said, "Master is right. Hurry up, please move forward. ”

Sanzang walked forward, the sand monk picked, Bajie led the empty horse, and the walker held the stick. Lead the woman and move forward. Not more than twenty or thirty miles, it will be late. and a towering palace. Sanzang said: "Apprentice, there must be a temple in the temple, so I will spend the night, and I will go tomorrow morning." "The Walker said," Master said. Walk around a little. "Suddenly I arrived at the door. He commanded, "Stand a little farther away, and wait for me to spend the night first." If it is convenient, someone will call you. "And all the people stood under the shade of the willows, but the doer had the rod of iron, and ruled over the woman.

The elder dragged forward, only to see that the door was staggered and scattered. When I opened it to see, I couldn't help but feel miserable in my heart: the corridor was silent, the ancient temple was sparse, the moss was full of gardens, and the artemisia was full of paths, but the flying lamp of the fireflies only leaked out with the sound of frogs. The elder burst into tears. The real one is:

The temple carvings collapsed, and the corridor was lonely and decadent. There are more than ten piles of broken bricks and tiles, all of which are crooked beams and broken columns. The grass is green before and after, and the dust is buried in the rotten fragrant kitchen. The bell tower collapsed, the drum had no skin, and the glass incense lamp was damaged. The golden body of the Buddha is colorless, and the Arhat lies upside down. Guanyin was drenched into mud, and the willow bottle fell to the ground. There are no monks during the day, and the fox sleeps at night. Just listen to the wind roaring like thunder, all of which are hiding places for tigers and leopards. The walls on all sides are falling, and there are no doors to close in.

There is a poem as evidence, and the poem says:

The ancient temple has not been repaired for many years, and it is even more restful in embarrassment.

The fierce wind blew the surface of the garan, and the heavy rain poured the head of the Buddha statue.

King Kong falls and is sprinkled with water, and the land is not harvested at night.

There are even more embarrassing places, the bronze bell is not hanging on the ground.

Sanzang hardened his courage and walked into the second-floor door. And when he saw that the bell and drum tower had fallen, there was a bronze bell in the ground. The upper half is as white as snow, and the lower half is as green as indigo. It turned out to be a long time and deep, and the top was white by the rain, and the bottom was the copper green on the earth. Sanzang touched the bell with his hand and shouted, "O bell!

It has also hung the roar of high-rise buildings, and also sounded the sound of distant colorful beams. It was also reported when the rooster crowed, and it was also sent to dusk every night. I don't know where the Taoist who turned copper belongs, and the coppersmith does it there. I want him to return to hell with his second life, and you are silent without a trace of him. ”

The elder exclaimed loudly, unconsciously alarming the people in the temple. There was a Taoist who was serving incense, and when he heard the words, he picked up a broken brick, and went away according to the bell. The bell rang and frightened the elder, and when he struggled to go, he stumbled on the roots of the tree and threw himself again. The elder fell to the ground, looked up and shouted, "Bell:

The poor monk sighed at you, and suddenly there was a clanging sound. I think that no one has arrived on the West Heaven Road, and it has become fine over the years. ”

The man rushed forward, hugged him and said, "Master, please get up." I don't do what the bell is fine, but it's the bell that rings. Sanzang looked up and saw that his appearance was ugly and dark, and said: "Are you a demon and evil? I am not an ordinary person, I am from the Tang Dynasty, and I have an apprentice who subdues the dragon and subdues the tiger." If you bump into him, your life will not survive!" the Taoist knelt down and said, "Don't be afraid, master. I'm not a demon, I'm a Taoist who serves incense in this temple. But when he heard the old man's kind words, he wanted to come out to greet him, but I was afraid that an evil spirit had knocked at the door, so he picked up a broken brick, and struck the bell and swept it before he dared to come out. Sir, please get up. The Tang monk said solemnly: "Abbot, you almost bluffed me." You take me in. ”

The Taoist led Tang Seng to the three-story door, which was very different from the outside. But see that:

The blue bricks are built on the colorful cloud wall, and the green tiles are built into a glazed hall. The statue is dressed in gold, and the steps are made of white jade. The hall of Daxiong danced with blue light, and His Excellency Piluo was angry. Manjushri Palace, knotting and picking flying clouds; The tip of the treasure bottle on the top of the three eaves, the flat embroidered cover in the Wufu Building. Thousands of green bamboos shake the meditation couch, and 10,000 kinds of green pines reflect the Buddha door. There is a golden light in the Biyun Palace, and a mist floats in the purple mist. Smell the fragrance of the four fields in the morning, and listen to the drums of the mountain paintings at dusk. There should be a rising sun to make up for the break, is there no remnant of the moon? I saw half of the wall lighting in the backyard, and a line of incense mist illuminating the atrium.

Sanzang saw it and didn't dare to go in. Called: "Taoist, you are very embarrassed in front, and so neat in the back, why not?" The Taoist smiled: "Master, there are many demons and evil in this mountain, the sky is clear, robbery along the mountain, Tianyin came to hide in the temple, he pushed down the Buddha statue to sit on the cushion, and the wood plant moved to burn the fire." The monks of this monastery were weak and did not dare to talk to him, so they gave up all the dilapidated houses in front of them to rest with those strong men, and rebuilt some benefactors to build that monastery. This is a matter of the West. ”

Sanzang said: "I see. In the middle of the line, I saw five big characters on the mountain gate, which was "Zhenhai Zenlin Temple". Only then did he step into the door, and suddenly saw a monk approaching. Look at what he looks like:

Wearing a left velvet brocade hat, a pair of copper rings fell to the ear roots.

Dressed in a woolen jacket, his white eyes are as bright as silver.

Shaking the drum in his hand, he can't really hear the Sutra.

Sanzang didn't recognize it, this is a lama monk on the western road.

The lama monk walked out of the door and saw Sanzang with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, broad forehead and flat top, earlobe shoulders, hands over knees, like an Arhat Linfan, very handsome. He stepped forward and grabbed him, twisted his hands and feet with a smile on his face, touched his nose, and pulled his ears to show his closeness. Brought to the abbot, after the salute, he asked, "Where did the master come from?" Sanzang said: "The disciple is the one who was sent by the Eastern Tang Dynasty to worship the Buddha and learn scriptures from the Leiyin Temple of the Western Tianzhu Kingdom. Suitable to travel to the treasure side of the night, go to the brake to spend the night, tomorrow morning. It's convenient to look down. The monk smiled and said, "Not a son of man, not a son of man!" We don't have good intentions to become a monk, but because our parents were born and were destined to commit a canopy, and our family couldn't support it, so we gave up our renunciation. Since you are a disciple of Buddhism, don't say anything about getting out of emptiness. Sanzang said: "I'm honest. The monk said: "How many distances are there from the east soil to the west sky! There are mountains on the road, there are holes in the mountains, and there are essences in the holes." Like you, who is single, and born delicate, there is like a person who learns scriptures!" Sanzang said: "The master of the courtyard can also see it." How can a poor monk come here? I have three apprentices, who open the road in the mountains and stack bridges in the water to protect my disciples, so I can get to the brake. The monk said, "Where are the three high disciples?" Sanzang said: "Now we are waiting outside the mountain gate." The monk panicked and said, "Master, you don't know that I have tigers, wolves, demon thieves, and ghosts here to hurt people. I didn't dare to go out during the day, and I closed the door before it was night. Put people outside sooner or later!" called: "Apprentice, go quickly, please come in." ”

Two little lamas ran out, and when they saw the walker, they bluffed, and when they saw the Bajie, they fell again, and they picked up and ran backwards, saying, "Grandpa! Your apprentice is gone, and only three or four monsters are standing at the head of the door." Sanzang asked, "What's the appearance?" The little monk said: "A thunder mouth, a straight mouth, and a green-faced fang." There was a woman next to her, but she was oily and noodle. Sanzang smiled: "You don't recognize it." Those three ugly ones are my apprentices. That woman was saved by me in the pine forest. The lama said, "Grandpa, these handsome masters, how can you find such an ugly apprentice?" Sanzang said: "He is ugly and ugly, but he is useful." Invite him in. If it's a little late, then Lei Gongzui is a little troublesome, and he is not raised by his biological parents, so he will come in. ”

The little monk hurriedly ran out, knelt down tremblingly, and said, "Rank master, Master Tang, please." Bajie smiled and said: "Brother, he just asked, but he is so trembling, why not?" The walker said: "I am afraid to see our ugliness." Bajie said: "But nonsense! We were born, and that is so ugly!" The walker said: "Clean up the ugly and clean it up a little." The idiot really put his mouth in his arms, lowered his head, led the horse, the sand monk carried the burden, the walker was behind, holding the stick, ruling the woman, and the group went in. I passed through the porch of the inverted bed room and entered the door on the third floor. He tied his horse, rested his burden, entered the abbot, met with the lama monks, and sat separately. That Zhishang entered the room, and brought out seventy or eighty little lamas, and after seeing the ceremony, they packed up and fasted. Precisely:

The accumulation of merit must be in the compassionate mind, and the monks praise the monks when the Dharma is prosperous.

After all, I don't know how to leave the temple, and listen to the next decomposition.