Chapter 24: Journey to the West
The monkey's words subverted the cognition of Chen Qi and the fat man, among the four famous novels, it can be said that Wu Chengen's "Journey to the West" can be said to be the most widely spread, whether it is the six-year-old children's version in the eighties of the last century or the Tang Wanjun version of the TV series in the forties of this century, it has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people and is familiar.
Whether it is in the original book or in the TV series, it is only mentioned that the six-eared macaque is only one of the ninety-nine eighty-one difficulties, whether it is heaven and earth, or in front of the heavenly immortals and Buddhas, they can't see through it, and finally they were broken by Rulai on the top of the spiritual mountain, and then they were beaten to death by Zhen Wukong with a stick.
Now I have heard a diametrically opposite statement from the mouth of the monkey, and it is really not easy for them to change their long-standing perception at once. Seeing the incredulous expressions of the two, the monkey smiled bitterly and said: "I can understand your feelings, if it weren't for me waking up the memories of my past life, I would feel the same way as you, after all, I also grew up watching "Journey to the West". ”
The fat man asked anxiously: "Monkey, what's going on, you can make it clear, oops, you're really anxious to kill your fat man." ”
The monkey drank the half can of beer in his hand in one gulp, and then fell into deep memories.
Since the beginning of the world, there is a god mountain called Huaguo Mountain, it is said that this mountain is the ancestral vein of the ten continents, the dragon of the three islands. There is a fairy stone on the mountain, which has been innocently shown for a long time, the essence of the sun and the moon, and one day, the fairy stone bursts and turns into a stone monkey.
As soon as the stone monkey servant landed, he would crawl and walk, because he was different from ordinary monkeys, and soon stood out and ascended the throne and became the monkey king. The Monkey King gathers every day on Huaguo Mountain, honey fruit and wine, so uncomfortable. Until one day he was suddenly afraid of death, so he said goodbye to the group of monkeys and embarked on the road of seeking immortals.
The Monkey King trekked through mountains and rivers, crossed the ocean, and worshiped Bodhi Ancestor as a teacher in Lingtai Fangcun Mountain and the Sanxing Cave of the Oblique Moon, and learned the art of immortality and the law of change. After that, he made a big fuss in the Heavenly Palace, was pressed by Rulai under Wuzhi Mountain, and then escorted Tang Seng Xitian to learn scriptures. It wasn't until the six-eared macaque appeared that Sun Wukong ushered in the last catastrophe in his life, seeking help from Rulai, but he didn't expect to die tragically under the conspiracy.
Fortunately, the name has already been ticked off on the life and death book, and although Rulai is strong, he can't completely eliminate Wukong, so he has to seal him, and then send a six-eared macaque to pretend that Wukong will end the journey to the west.
Chen Qi asked puzzledly: "Monkey, shouldn't it, Tang Seng is the reincarnation of the apprentice Jin Chanzi of Rulai, and he also asked Guanyin to arrange for Jin Chanzi to participate in the Journey to the West, you seem to have a good relationship with him, why do you want to destroy you?"
The monkey sneered: "In my previous life, I was also confused, and I didn't know the cause and effect, but now I finally see through the truth." ”
"What truth?" asked the fat man.
Taking a deep breath, the monkey said: "Rulai has a law name called 'Duobao Rulai', if you have read "Romance of the Gods", you will feel that the name Duobao will be a little familiar, he is the great disciple of the sect leader Tongtian, Duobao Daoren. The battle of the gods made the sect exist in name only, and it was torn apart, and the Duobao Dao people were also captured by Lao Tzu. After the battle of the gods, Taishang Laojun took Duobao Taoist people, went out to Guguan in the west, turned Hu into Buddha, and Duobao Taoist people turned into Shakyamuni Buddha and was born in the central Suva world, respecting the Western Heavenly Bliss Amitabha Buddha as a teacher, acting Hinayana Buddhism, covering the big with the small, and competing for the luck of Western Buddhism. The two masters of the Western Religion were revered as the Amitabha Buddha in the Heng III Buddha, and Zhun Ti was nowhere to be found, and the Western Religion was replaced by Buddhism, and the Duobao Taoist became the master of Buddhism. ”
Glancing at the two of them, the monkey said, "Didn't you ask me who my master Bodhi Ancestor is? ”
The fat man retorted: "But isn't Zhun Ti a monk? Your master Bodhi Ancestor is a Taoist priest!"
The monkey explained: "Jieyin and Zhun Ti were originally from the Daomen, but later betrayed the Daomen, set up their own doors, and established the Western Sect. After breathing a sigh of relief, the monkey continued: "The battle between the saints is the fortune of the Heavenly Dao, and because the fortune of the Western religion has risen sharply, Lao Tzu let the Duobao Taoist turn Hu into a Buddha to compete for the luck of the Western Religion. However, what even Lao Tzu didn't expect was that after the Duobao Dao people rushed to pick up and Zhun Ti to become the Buddha, they gradually developed a heart of self-reliance and no longer accepted Lao Tzu's control, so there was a journey to the west later. ”
Chen Qi couldn't help but smile and said, "Interesting, monkey, you go on." ”
The monkey continued: "I was born earth-shattering, and since then, I have been targeted, but unfortunately I am still ignorant. At that time, when I crossed the ocean, when I asked for immortals, I arrived at Fangcun Mountain safely, and I was proud that I was really the person who was destined to return, in fact, this was all arranged by my master, that is, Bodhi Ancestor, and I was just a chess piece for him. ”
Chen Qi patted the monkey on the shoulder, and the monkey said lonely: "Everything I have is in his plan, first to learn from a teacher, and then to make trouble in the Heavenly Palace, weakening the influence of Taoism, and making the entire Heavenly Court lose face. Of course, this is also in the case of Lao Tzu's acquiescence, Lao Tzu has already seen through the calculation of Zhun Ti, and he also wants to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight to watch their internal friction, and he has long been dissatisfied with Rulai's betrayal of Lao Tzu, otherwise if he comes forward, he will not be pressed under Wuzhi Mountain by Rulai. Although Rulai sat in the seat of the Buddha, he was a junior after all, and his strength was not as good as Lao Tzu and Zhun Ti, and he thought it was an opportunity, so he chose to make a move. ”
"After the dove occupied the magpie's nest in the West, he had to look at Shu and have ambitions for the traditional sphere of influence of the Taoist sect, Dongtu, and wanted to incorporate the Dongtu into its banner and carry forward Buddhism, so there was a trip to the west. Heavenly Court did not object because it owed Rulai favors, and Lao Tzu also acquiesced, so he sent Guanyin to reincarnate Jin Chanzi, the second disciple of Rulai, to the West Heaven to seek the true scriptures. ”
"At that time, our master and apprentice four people and one horse, Tang Sanzang is the reincarnation of the disciple of Rulai, the three of the eight precepts wear the body of sin and the strength is low, only I am an unstable factor, so if you come to order Guanyin to control me with a tight spell, but unfortunately at that time young and frivolous, unruly, such as afraid that I will harm him big things, and finally made up his mind to replace me with a six-eared macaque, speaking of which the six ears are just a poor worm controlled by Rulai. ”
The fat man suddenly realized and said, "No wonder when you made trouble in the Heavenly Palace, you were terrible, and when you escorted Tang Seng to the west, a few cats and dogs cleaned you up, and that golden hoop will reduce your strength, right?"
The monkey waved his hand and said, "I was originally a Lingming Stone Monkey, one of the four great spirit monkeys, jumping out of the Three Realms, not in the Five Elements, I am a non-attribute spirit root, so my cultivation speed is not known how many times higher than the earth spirit root." When I made trouble in the Heavenly Palace, I was already a cultivator in the early stage of the Golden Immortal, and I was naturally good at fighting, so even the Golden Immortal with a higher cultivation than me was not my opponent. If you crush me at the foot of the Five Finger Mountain, so that I can't cultivate, and feed me with copper juice and iron pills every day, it will continue to erode my body, causing my cultivation to not improve for 500 years, but to decline a lot. After wearing the golden hoop, it lowered my cultivation by a level, so it made me look extremely embarrassed on the way to the west. ”
"Attributeless Spiritual Root, does it sound like a bull fork! Didn't you mention that worship brother Zhenyuan Daxian?" asked Chen Qi suspiciously.
The monkey explained to the two: "This kind of spiritual root is relatively rare, I only know that the six-eared macaque has the same spiritual root as me, and I have never heard of anyone else having this kind of spiritual root. The non-attribute spirit root can easily use any attribute spell, and the efficiency when absorbing the aura is many times higher than that of the earth spirit root, because this kind of spirit root has a strong attraction to the aura of any attribute, and I am already in the middle stage of qi training. ”
Chen Qi and the fat man were really red-eyed, but both of them were alien spirit roots, and they were just envious. The fat man asked, "What about you after you were killed by Rulai?"
The monkey said proudly: "Because I deleted all the names of the monkey genus on the life and death book before, so theoretically speaking, I can't completely disappear, although my strength is strong, I can only imprison my soul, until the end of the Dharma era comes, I also enter the reincarnation with the Heavenly Immortals and Buddhas." ”
"And later I also learned a lot of things, Guanyin was the same as him before he joined the Buddhism, and he was also a core disciple of the Three Qings, how could he be willing to live under Rulai! Surrendering to him is just acting on orders, she is the person who is my teacher, but unfortunately Rulai is not clear. ”
"Zhun Ti originally planned to replace the prince with a tanuki after my master and apprentice obtained the Dharma taught by Nyolai, and replace the 15,144 Dharma volumes of the Nyolai Sanzang Sutra with the Western teachings. However, if he is a Buddha after all, although his cultivation is not as good as Lao Tzu and Zhun Ti, but the believers he has and the power of their faith are incomparable to Lao Tzu and the others. In the end, he still saw through Zhun Ti's intentions, which made Zhun Ti's calculation unsuccessful. ”
The monkey laughed and said: "It's a pity, Lao Tzu, Zhun Ti, or if you come to the thief bald, what can you do if you calculate everything? When the era of the end of the law comes, in the end, it will not end up like me." ”
The fat man comforted: "Forget it, monkey, although you are a chess piece for them, but at least it is still a very important chess piece, which proves that you are still very valuable, so don't worry about these people." ”
The monkey couldn't help but roll his eyes and said, "I thank you, I can only express my admiration for your ability to comfort people!" After speaking, he looked into the distance, and his bright eyes looked through the dark night, and said calmly: "After experiencing so much, I am no longer the Monkey King who doesn't know the height of the sky, I am Sun Tao in this life." After speaking, he turned his head to look at the two of them and said: "I don't know if you have read a book, the time is a little long, and it is specially written about me, called "The Legend of Wukong", there is a sentence in it that I like very much!"
"What?"
"I want this day, I can't cover my eyes anymore, I want this earth, I can't bury my heart anymore, I want all living beings to understand my intentions, and I want all the Buddhas to disappear!"