These words reached Sun Wukong's ears, if it was five hundred years ago, Wukong would definitely agree and applaud loudly. But now that I have entered the Buddhist gate, how can I not be angry when I hear others insulting my door like this. But he couldn't show his true body, so he listened to the little Taoist priest continue.

"When he asked for rain, the king asked these monks to do things. These monks only know how to sit and chant sutras, and the wooden fish don't know how much they have been knocked out, but there is still not a trace of clouds in the blue sky, where does the rain come from? Later, as soon as my master came, he immediately called for wind and rain, rained nectar, and relieved all the people.

The king was furious and said that the monks were useless, and sent a decree to tear down their mountain gates, destroy their Buddha statues, and chase them down as punishment. If they are not allowed to return to their hometowns, they will be given to us Taoist workers to work, and they will be called as small servants. They are the ones who light the fire in our house, they are the one who sweeps the floor, and they are the ones who guard the door. Now because there are some houses in the backyard of Guanli that are not fully built, these monks are called to pull bricks, haul wood, and build houses. These monks like to be lazy and playful, and they don't work hard, so Master asked the two of us to check and check!"

They are all monks, and they can't imagine that the monks here will work as servants and coolies for the Taoist priests! Sun Wukong can't help but feel sour in his heart, how can Buddhism and Taoism not be in harmony with each other.

"Daoist, what's wrong?" Seeing that Sun Wukong's face suddenly changed, the two Taoist priests asked with concern.

Sun Wukong was moved, and said with a tearful face: "Hey, it's no fate, it seems that I can't see the face of the respected teacher!"

"Why can't you see my master?" the Taoist priest was a little puzzled.

"The Taoist chief doesn't know that over the years, the poor Dao has traveled all over the world, one is to practice, and the other is to find relatives. "Sun Wukong said it as if it was true.

"What are you looking for?"

"I have an uncle who became a monk since he was a child. In recent years, there was a famine in his hometown, and he also came outside to beg for fasting. I haven't seen him come home for a few years, so I traveled to find him. When you heard that the monks here were all imprisoned by the king and could not return to their hometowns, I thought, "My uncle may be here, and he can't help himself and can't go home." Thinking of him suffering here, why should I find him, see him, and say goodbye, so that I can go to the city with you to see the old master with peace of mind!" Sun Wukong rubbed his eyes.

"It is human nature to be concerned about relatives. Helping others is also my Taoist duty. The family teacher often taught: Monks are desperate to extinguish their desires and cut off people's nature, which is not the right way. The two of us are just sitting here waiting for you, please help us to count the number of monks. There are 500 of those monks in total, you count them and see if any of them have escaped, and by the way, look for them, and see if Uncle Ling is inside? If so, we will let him go home and go into the city with you for the sake of the same way. The Taoist priests saw that Sun Wukong was sad and hurriedly comforted him.

Sun Wukong's face was overjoyed, he let out a long sigh, said goodbye to the Taoist priest, beat the fishing drum and walked to the open space over there.

When the monks saw a Taoist priest coming, they knelt down and kowtowed together, shouting: "Grandpa, we are not lazy, five hundred people, half a lot, are all pulling the cart here!"

Sun Wukong smiled secretly: "These monks are scared by Taoist priests, and they are so frightened when they see me, a fake Taoist priest, if they are a true Taoist priest, they may not be able to live." ”

Sun Wukong shook his hand and said, "Don't kneel, don't be afraid." I am not here to oversee the work, I am here to look for relatives. ”

When the monks heard that they were looking for relatives, they all surrounded them, dancing their hands and pointing their heads to squeeze hard in front of Sun Wukong, and those who couldn't squeeze in coughed loudly and shouted loudly, all wanting to attract Sun Wukong's attention, so that he could see it, wishing that Sun Wukong would recognize the wrong person and recognize himself as his relative.

"I don't know which one is related to him, maybe he can go back!" the outermost monks were chattering and arguing.

Sun Wukong suddenly laughed.

"Master, why don't you recognize your relatives and laugh?" the monks were anxious.

Sun Wukong smiled and said, "Do you know what I'm laughing at? I laugh at you monks who don't know how to grow up at all! Your parents gave birth to you because you were destined to commit a canopy, a father and a mother, or to dislike your brothers and sisters, or because your family was poor and didn't support you, so they sent you to become a monk." Since you have entered the Buddha's door, why don't you follow the Three Jewels, don't respect the Dharma, don't read the scriptures and worship the Buddha, but come to work as a helper for the Taoist priests, like slaves?"

It turned out that I didn't come to recognize my relatives, but to scold people. The monks were like cucumbers beaten by frost, and they were disappointed

"Master, it turns out that you are here to shame us!"

"Your old man must be from out of town, and I don't know what is at stake here!"

The monks chattered.

"You're right, I'm really from out of town, I really don't know what you guys have to do with this?"

The monks said bitterly: "We, the king, are eccentric and unmotivated, and only like people who cultivate the Tao like the master, and I hate monks like us who recite Buddhism." ”

"Why is that?"

"Twenty years ago, there was a great drought, and three immortal chiefs came, who could call the wind and rain, and coaxed the king to rejoice, and demolished our temple, and chased after us, and did not let us go back to our hometown, nor were we allowed to make up the service, and gave us all to the immortal chief's family as servants. If a monk comes, regardless of distance or reason, they will all be arrested and worked as a helper for the immortal chief's family. ”

Sun Wukong asked: "That Taoist priest must have other spells that tempted the king? ”

Calling the wind and rain or a small spell? You're a Taoist, of course you said that!

A bold monk said: "He will also knead sand to refine mercury, meditate and keep his mind, turn water into oil, and turn stones into gold." Now a Sanqing Guanyu has been built, and the three immortals are day and night, reading the scriptures and confessing to the heaven and earth and the Sanqing, praying for the king's immortality, so the king is confused. ”

These are just small tricks, Sun Wukong smiled: "So that's the case!

"Run, where are you going?" muttered a monk.

Another monk said, "I can't run, sir!" The king sent a decree and asked the painter to draw pictures of us all and post them everywhere. All provinces, states, counties, and townships, and then as small as a village, a shop, and a market, all have a monk map, and there is a royal pen inscription on it. If a monk is caught in an official position, he will be promoted to a third rank; if he has no official position, he will be rewarded with 50 taels of silver, and if he is caught in an official position, he will be rewarded with 50 taels of silver. So we have no choice but to survive here. ”

"In that case, you might as well die!" Sun Wukong heard the monk say so badly, a little angry.

"I can't die, sir! there have been people looking for death before, but we can't die with five hundred!"

"How can you not die?" Sun Wukong was surprised.

"There were more than 2,000 monks who were caught everywhere and sent here. After arriving here, I couldn't stand the suffering, and some of them were not accustomed to the soil and water, and died of illness and exhaustion for seven or eight hundred, and then committed suicide for seven or eight hundred, and only five hundred of us could not die. ”

"Why can't you die?"

"The one who hanged himself, the rope broke by itself. If the knife cuts, the knife cannot cut into the flesh. Those who jump into the river float on the surface of the water and cannot sink. Taking poison is like drinking a sip of cold water...... In short, you can't die. ”

People who want to die can't die?

Sun Wukong smiled: "You are so good, God has given you a long life?"

"Master, you have said one less word, not for longevity, but for long-term sin! The reason why we can't die when we seek death is because there are people who supervise us during the day, and at night, when we close our eyes, we are protected by God. ”

"Are there gods? Are you too tired to dream of ghosts?" Sun Wukong sneered.

"It's not a ghost, it's a six-ding-six-car, a guardian of the gods, who comes to protect him at night, and if he wants to die, he keeps it, so that he can't die. ”

"These gods are really unreasonable, they should have made you die early and ascend to heaven early, but what are they here to protect?"

"The apologetic Jialan came to persuade us in a dream, telling us not to seek death, to endure a little, said that some time there was an Arhat from the Tang Dynasty to the West Heaven to learn scriptures, he has an apprentice is the Monkey King, the magic is vast, the most like to fight the uneven, help the poor, and when he comes, he will definitely destroy the Taoist, so that the king will pay homage to Buddhism from now on!"

I see! They are taking care of Lao Sun's business! Sun Wukong suddenly realized.

Eighteen apologists are the main guardians of the temple. King Che Chi demolished the temple of the monks, and the monks punished them to do coolies to build Taoist temples, and since then the people of this country have only respected the Tao and do not believe in Buddhism, so that the Buddhists have lost their believers in a country, and there are countless fasts for blood and food.

Sun Wukong did not linger any longer, walked out of the monk's pile, beat the fishing drum again, and returned to the city gate to meet the two young Taoist priests. When the two Taoist priests saw him coming back, they stood up and asked, "Sir, which one is Lingqin?"

"Five hundred of them are related to me!"

The two Taoist priests laughed and said, "Why do you have so many relatives?"

"A hundred are my neighbors, a hundred are my right, a hundred are my paternal relatives, a hundred are my maternal relatives, and a hundred are my friends. If you are willing to let these five hundred people go, I will go in with you to see the master, if you don't release them, I won't go!" Sun Wukong clasped his hands in front of his chest, and his eyes were fierce.

Isn't this deliberately finding fault? We still treat you as a family!

The Taoist priests said with some displeasure: "Are you a little crazy? Suddenly you are talking nonsense? Those monks are all given by the king, and if there is a roster in the palace, you have to put one or two, and you have to submit a document of illness or death to the king before you can let him go back." Because we saw that you were a fellow believer, we privately promised you to let your uncle go, and we would be scolded by Master when we went back. Why do you say that you want to release them all? This is not good! The court often has to send people to check the points, even if the king will come to the royal car to check them in person, how can they let them go? Who can afford to let them go?"