Chapter Thirty-Eight: Twin Forks

The three of Tang Seng were hungry and thirsty all the way, and walked in silence.

Ten days later, I passed through Gongzhou. After a few more days, I arrived at the border of Datang and Hezhouwei. The general soldiers guarding the frontier and the monks of Hezhou took the imperial brother Tang Seng into the Fuyuan Temple in the city, arranged an evening fast, and entertained the good students.

The next day, as soon as the rooster crowed, the east was not white, Tang Seng was in a hurry, woke up the two walkers, and ordered the horses to set off. The monks in the temple saw that the monk was in a hurry to leave, so they hurriedly arranged a meal for the three of them.

The three of them fasted, bid farewell to the monks, and rode away to the west.

In late autumn, the bright moon is still hanging in the sky. The three of them walked in the morning dew and walked by the moonlight. After a while, I walked into a mountain range, the grass is deep and the forest is thick, and the mountain road is rugged and difficult to walk.

The three of them didn't know the way, so they had to look for the direction and slowly pull out the grass and trees to find the way to walk.

As they were walking, their feet suddenly emptied, and the three of them fell into a dirt pit with men and horses.

The three of them were so frightened that they were about to try to climb out, when suddenly a gust of wind blew, and a shrill voice shouted, "Catch it!"

A few scary-looking monsters jumped down from the pit, tied up the frightened and paralyzed Tang Seng and two entourages with a rope, and pulled them out of the pit.

Tang Seng trembled and saw that there was a tiger-headed demon king sitting there, with sharp fangs and steel claws like hooks. After just one glance, Tang Seng was so frightened that he almost fainted. Unexpectedly, when I arrived at the border of the Tang Dynasty, I encountered such a vicious demon, and my life is over!

The white-fronted tiger spirit was about to arrest someone to eat, and a little demon came to report: "General! Xiong Shanjun and the two special sergeants are here." ”

Tang Seng was bold and opened his eyes to see: there were two more demon kings, one in front of him was dressed in black, and his body was stout, like a black bear. The one in the back was also wearing a blue robe, and he was a fat man with two horns, like a cow spirit.

The two demon kings staggered over, and the tiger spirit hurriedly got up to greet him.

Xiong Shanjun, who looks like a bear, laughed and said as he walked: "General Yin, you have always been safe and sound, and the spring breeze is proud, congratulations!"

The special sergeant like a cow also greeted with a smile: "General Yin's Fengzi is better than in the past, congratulations!"

"Where can I compare to the two of you! I have not visited the two of them on official business, no wonder! What gust of wind blew the two of you here today?

The three of them sat down, and General Yin asked, "Is there anything wrong with the two of you coming to the barren mountain?"

"There is nothing to do, one is to describe the friendship, and the other is to have a letter to bring to the general. The sergeant pulled out a letter from his sleeve.

General Yin took it, opened it and saw that it read:

"Shuangchaling Chief Military Officer Yin: Since the town guards the side hammer, Hu Xie does not commit Middle-earth, and his public merit is great. Today, there is Chen Xuanzang of the Tang Dynasty, who is the reincarnation of Jin Chanzi, the second disciple of Rulai, who is clearly ordered by the emperor and secretly obeys the Buddha's instructions, and wants to go to the west to get Buddhist scriptures. Its westward journey, must pass through the double fork ridge, but if to rely on the order of the Jade Emperor Datianzun to pass on the scriptures, there are six Ding Liujia, five parties to reveal the truth, four values of Gong Cao, 18 apologists Jialan secretly protect Chen Xuanzang, Buddhism does not allow it to be lost, the public deterrence can be carried out, killing is not possible, remember! ”

After reading it, General Yin looked up at Xiong Shanjun and the special sergeant, and the latter two nodded, indicating that they already knew the meaning of the letter. General Yin took a deep breath and took the letter into his arms.

Xiong Shanjun looked at Tang Seng and the three of them, licked his lips and said: "We came from the west, thousands of miles along the way, there are only demons full of mountains and caves, and it is impossible to catch someone to eat, presumably because there are not enough people to eat, and they have all eaten it." General Yin has caught three of them here at once, and they are white, fat and meaty, and they have a good mouth today!"

The two attendants were still crying bitterly, but when they heard this, they rolled their eyes and fainted.

Tang Seng was already frightened, he heard that there were too many demons on the road ahead, and there were not enough people to eat, so he fell into the hands of these demon kings, and it was about to become their meal in the blink of an eye. Remembering that he swore that he wanted to go west to learn scriptures, but now that he has just left the border of the Tang Dynasty, he will die in the tiger's mouth, and he will never go to the west again, and he can't help but feel sad and tears like rain.

"Hehe, the so-called heaven has a way, he doesn't go, and hell has no door to cast. I didn't catch these three people, they sent them to the door themselves, they don't live freely in the Tang Kingdom, they just want to rush to the west, which is full of demons, they are destined to die!" General Yin's gloomy voice penetrated Tang Seng's ears again.

"General Yin, can these three people be used for hospitality?" Xiong Shanjun smacked a few times in his mouth, it seemed that his saliva was about to flow out, and his two big eyes stared at Tang Seng with a hungry light.

"I haven't caught anyone to eat, and the birds are fading out of my mouth! That white and chubby monk seems to taste good!" said Sergeant Special, swallowing.

"Of course you can! Flattery! Flattery! Friends from afar, it's a pleasure? Since there is food, of course you have to share it with the two of you. General Yin laughed.

Tang Seng was weak all over, shivering, and wanted to faint to death.

"I'm so hungry, let's take those two sturdy ones and eat them first, that white and fat monk seems to taste good, you have to fill your stomach first, and then come and taste it carefully, or I'm afraid I won't taste it!" the special sergeant proposed.

The other two clapped their hands and applauded, and General Yin immediately shouted an order to his subordinates: "Fish eat and jump, people eat and scream! This human flesh must be cut in his scream, and the meat will be delicious! Pour a few buckets of cold water on me, wake up those two people, wash them clean, and then go under the knife!"

The little demons had to order, in front of Tang Seng, to bring cold water in the early morning of late autumn and early winter, and splash it on the two entourage.

The two walkers were drenched and woke up from their stupor, screaming in fright at the sight of the fierce head of the youkai in front of them that had almost hit their noses.

The little demons screamed strangely, stripped the clothes of the two people clean, washed them with cold water, and in the terrible screams of the two walkers, they took the bright ox ear sharp knife, cut off the limbs and arms of the two walkers, cut out the abdomen and heart, and dedicated the head and heart and liver to Xiong Shanjun and the special sergeant.

General Yin took one leg himself, and the rest of the flesh and bones were distributed to the little demon.

For a while, the sound of tearing meat, biting bones, and chewing meat sounded, and the monsters ate with relish.

Master Tang Seng closed his eyes and didn't look, wanting to recite Amitabha, but the cannibalistic sound came into his ears, and he couldn't help but roll in his stomach, vomit nonstop, and vomit out all the bitter gall water, where can he still chant Buddha?

The little demon who had finished eating walked over to Tang Seng with a sharp knife, gesturing up and down, as if he was not full and was about to cut Tang Seng's meat.

Tang Seng tilted his head, and finally fainted, and Xiong Shanjun ordered the little demon to wake up Tang Seng with cold water again. Tang Seng was excited, his heart trembled, and he recited the scriptures in his mouth.

The special sergeant suddenly said: "I have eaten all my life today, this fat monk will save it for tomorrow." ”

Xiong Shanjun also said: "Tie him to a tree to prevent him from escaping, if he runs west, he is afraid that he will be eaten by demons elsewhere, if he runs back to the east, we can't cross the border, and there is no good fortune." ”

"Exactly! Exactly!" General Yin ordered the little demon to bind Tang Seng to the tree well.