Chapter 218: "The Four Saints Test the Zen Heart"

Sha Wujing hurriedly stepped forward to salute Hui'an: "Venerable, what about the Bodhisattva?"

Hui'an said: "My master didn't come, so he sent me to tell you, hurry up and return to Tang Seng, the person who learned the scriptures, and make him an apprentice." ~Sui~Dream~Small~Say~щ~Suimеng~Lā Bodhisattva asked you to put the nine skeletons hanging around your neck, and my red gourd, according to the shape of the Nine Palaces, make a Dharma boat, and send Tang Seng across the quicksand river, and then you can take good care of him to go to the west to learn scriptures!"

Sha Wujing asked, "Where is the person who learned the scriptures?"

Hui An pointed with his hand: "Isn't there one sitting on the east bank?"

Sha Wujing looked at it and said: "That long-mouthed monk and I have been fighting for two days, today he said that he was a scripture learner, I believed him, and he came to the water, the monk of Lei Gongzui hid in the water, and the cold was an iron rod to knock down, if I hadn't hid quickly, he would have been killed by him! Are they really scripture learners?"

"Why isn't it true? I think there was a misunderstanding in the middle. The one with the long mouth is Zhu Bajie, and the thin one is Sun Wukong, all of whom were persuaded by the Bodhisattva. That white and fat monk is the master Tang Seng you want to worship. Don't be afraid, I'll go with you to meet them. ”

Sha Wujing relieved his heart at this time, took the demon scepter, straightened his clothes, went ashore, came to Tang Seng and knelt down on his knees, and shouted respectfully: "Master, the disciple has eyes but no beads, he doesn't recognize the master's dignity, there are many collisions, and I hope to forgive my sins!"

Tang Seng said: "I don't blame you for this, let me ask you, do you really want to take refuge in my Buddha and worship me as a teacher?"

Sha Wujing said: "The disciple was enlightened by the Bodhisattva, pointed to the river as his surname, and gave me the Dharma name, called Sha Wujing, how can there be a reason not to sincerely obey the master!"

Tang Seng was overjoyed: "Okay! Wukong, bring the ring knife and shave his head!"

Sun Wukong answered, took the ring knife over, Sha Wujing looked at Sun Wukong's fierce appearance, and was a little scared: If the knife was cut down on the neck, wouldn't it be to move the head and melon seeds! With fear in his eyes, he looked at Hui'an.

Hui An knew his intentions and said, "You can take refuge at ease!"

Sha Wujing was calm and calm, and knelt in front of Tang Seng with a numb heart. Sun Wukong walked over, pressed his head with one hand, held a knife in the other, and raised and fell with his hand. Sha Wujing only felt a chill on his scalp, and the red hairs in front of him fell one after another.

After a while, Sun Wukong put away the knife, Sha Wujing touched it with his hand, fortunately the head was still there, but it was already a slippery bald head. Sha Wujing bowed to Tang Seng a few more times, and then went to worship Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie, called the senior brother, the second senior brother, and the three of them divided the size.

Tang Seng has always liked to give his apprentices another name. Sun Wukong took a Sun Xingzhi, and Zhu Wuneng took a Zhu Bajie. This Sha Wujing, Tang Seng saw that although he looked ugly, he was more like a human than the first two apprentices, and his behavior was more like a monk, so he simply gave him another name and called him Sha Monk.

Seeing that they had finished worshipping their master, Hui An said loudly: "Wujing! Since you have worshiped your master and recognized the sect, quickly make a Dharma boat and send your master across the river." ”

Monk Sha took off the skeleton around his neck, connected it with a rope to form a nine-palace pattern, and asked Hui'an to put the red gourd in the middle and come to the river to put it in the water.

As soon as it was wet, the boat made of red gourd and skeleton suddenly became the size of a house, and the depression in the middle of the red gourd was like a saddle.

Monk Sha invited Master to the river, helped him to board the Dharma boat, and sat in the middle of the saddle-like place. Zhu Bajie supported on the left, Monk Sha protected on the right, Sun Wukong led the dragon horse to follow in the back, and Hui'an flew beside him.

The red gourd skeleton boat was steady, castrated like an arrow, and it didn't take long to cross the river for eight hundred miles and reach the west bank. Everyone crossed the quicksand river, and Tang Seng stepped off the boat, not dripping with water on his body.

Seeing that everyone was down-to-earth, Hui'an pressed the cloud head, made a move with his hand, and accepted the red gourd. The nine skeletons suddenly turned into nine yin winds and drifted away.

Tang Seng thanked Hui'an, and thanked Guanyin Bodhisattva to the south. Hui'an said goodbye to the four Tang monks, drove the auspicious clouds, and returned to the South China Sea.

Tang Seng said something to the three apprentices again, looked at the sun, the sun was already half slanting, said a hurry, and climbed on the horse's back. The apprentices led the horses, the burdens, and the roads, and went west.

The maple leaves are full of red mountains, and the geese are flying south, which is really like an arrow, and before you know it, it is late autumn again.

On this day, seeing that the sky was about to dusk again, Tang Seng asked: "Apprentice, it's getting dark, where are you going to rest tonight?"

Sun Wukong walked in front with an iron rod on his shoulder, and when he heard the sound, he turned around and said, "Master, what you said is wrong! The monks sleep in the open air, sleep in the moon, and sleep in the moon, and there are homes everywhere, why do you ask where to rest?"

"Brother Monkey, you don't have a backache when you stand and talk! You are relaxed by yourself, and you don't know the hardships of others. The old pig carried such a heavy burden of luggage, walked for a day, was very tired, and had to find someone to eat some fast, rest well, and nourish his spirit before he could walk. Zhu Bajie walked behind the white horse, and the burden on his shoulders swayed from side to side.

"Idiot, you say that as if you are taking revenge. You still want to be like in Gao Laozhuang, lazy and lazy, it's impossible. Since you have entered the Buddha Gate and become a monk, you have to endure some hardships and fatigue before you become the master's apprentice, go to the Western Heavens, obtain the true scriptures, and achieve positive results!"

Zhu Bajie saw that he was reasoning one by one, and he was dissatisfied: "Brother Monkey, how much does this luggage weigh?"

"Senior brother, since I have you and Monk Sha, I haven't picked it again, how do you know how heavy?" Sun Wukong turned his head away from looking at Zhu Bajie.

"Brother Monkey, this luggage burden is not as heavy as when you picked it! Now it is getting heavier and heavier, my old pig carries it alone every day, why is your apprentice doing it comfortably, and I have to do a long job?"

"Idiot, did you say this to Senior Brother Sha, or did you say it to me?"

Zhu Bajie knew that Sun Wukong was unwilling to carry the burden, he originally thought that now that he was also a second senior brother, he should give the luggage to Monk Sha to carry it, but now that Sun Wukong said it, he was embarrassed to say it again, so he had to say: "I'll tell you!"

"Hehe! It's wrong to tell me! Everyone has his own life, Lao Sun only cares about Master's safety, you and Monk Sha are in charge of luggage and horses, if you are a little lazy, you will have a thick stick on your ankle first!"

"Brother Monkey, don't talk about beating, saying that beating is a loss, and you are bullying others with your strength! I know that you are arrogant, and you will definitely not bear the burden. But the white horse that Master rode was tall and fat, and only one person was carried, so it was also a brotherly affection to ask him to carry a few more pieces of baggage!"

"You also know, he is not a horse, he is the third prince of the Dragon King of the West Sea, because of the fire burned the night pearl on the palace, his father went to the Jade Emperor to sue him for disobedience, violated the rules of heaven, Guanyin Bodhisattva saved his life, and then the master came to the Eagle Stream, the Bodhisattva personally came to remove the dragon scales on his body, plucked the dragon horns on his head, picked the dragon ball in his mouth, became this white horse, and carried the master to the West Heaven to worship the Buddha. This is everyone's own achievement, you don't want to compare with him, if you are asked to carry the master, you can't carry it, right?"

Monk Sha listened to it for a long time, he was once an official and became the Jade Emperor's personal guard general, but he was not a fool. Listening to the meaning of Bajie, I want him to carry the burden. Sun Wukong said again, the task of the horse is to carry Tang monks, not to carry luggage. It seems that they can't be allowed to talk about it, and if they continue to talk about it, they have to talk about themselves, so they hurriedly diverted their words: "Senior brother, is it really a dragon?"

"It's a dragon!"

"The dragon is a divine beast, and he has the magical power to turn over rivers and seas, why is he walking so slowly now?" Monk Sha asked again.

"If you want him to be quick, I'll tell him to show you quickly. Sun Wukong smiled, holding the golden hoop stick in both hands, holding it with ten fingers, the bone joints snapped, turned around, walked behind the white horse, and raised the golden hoop stick, whirring in the wind, and the golden light was dazzling.

Bai Ma knew that Sun Wukong had done everything, and thought that Sun Wukong was really going to beat him, and he beat him with a stick, even if he just patted his butt gently, it was a shame and an embarrassment. The white horse hurriedly spread its hooves, and with a whoosh, the hooves flew and ran away like arrows.

The white horse scolded in his heart while running, Sun Wukong laughed in the back, and Monk Sha also laughed proudly. Only Zhu Bajie carried the burden silently, watching Sun Wukong and Monk Sha stride to chase the white horse, helpless, sighed, and rushed up.

The white horse ran too fast, Tang Seng strangled the horse rope, wanted to slow down, but couldn't hold it back, so he had to hold on to the reins, clamped his legs, and let the white horse run happily. The white horse ran over a hillside, and a three-way intersection appeared not far ahead.

Left or right, that's the question.

The white horse turned his head and looked, but Sun Wukong did not chase after him, so he slowed down his pace, so that Tang Seng could choose which way to go.

Tang Seng saw that the horse had slowed down, and he was frightened, raised his head with a breath, and saw the three-way intersection in front of him from a distance. As he was hesitating which way to go, he suddenly saw in the distance a fork in the left road, and in the shade of the trees, several houses were peeking out, tall and magnificent, with a wall on the outside, and they were obviously large families.

The three people behind also caught up. Monk Sha asked, "Master didn't fall off the horse, did he?"

Tang Seng scolded: "Wukong, you monkey, scared the horse, fortunately I can still ride!"

Sun Wukong said with a smile: "Master, don't scold me, it's all because Monk Sha said that the horse walked too slowly, so I let the horse run faster, and showed Monk Sha how he was doing." ”

Zhu Bajie ran out of breath and complained: "Dead monkey, the old pig is carrying such a heavy burden, it is tiring to walk, and it will cause me to chase the horse!"

Sun Wukong was about to speak, Tang Seng said: "Apprentice, you see, there is a fork in the road, one left and one right, although they are all to the west, there may be some differences, there is a courtyard on the left, let's go and see, spend the night, and ask for directions by the way." ”

Sun Wukong looked up and saw that there was really a big courtyard with blue tiles and red walls, he looked at it, and found no ferocity and demonic energy, "Okay! It's a good family, let's spend the night!"

Zhu Bajie was overjoyed, he could finally rest!