"Wukong, why did we just cross the river, why did we return it, isn't this a waste of time?" Tang Seng couldn't help but ask when he saw Sun Wukong heading east with the scripture-learning team.

Sun Wukong said: "Master, do you know, Lao Sun has already found out before, the front is the daughter country, there are only women in the country, there are no men, and anyone who enters the country will be regarded as a human race, suck the bone marrow and die." ”

Tang Seng shuddered, said Amitabha, and chanted: "Terrible and terrifying!"

Zhu Bajie said with a smile: "The peony flower dies, and it is also romantic to be a ghost." Brother Monkey, such a good place, you must be shy in your pocket, and you are reluctant to get money!"

When Zhu Bajie was the marshal of Tianpeng in the heavenly court, he did not go down to take care of Taishang Laojun's business, so he naturally knew the hidden feelings of his daughter's country.

Sha Seng said: "Second senior brother, we have a heavy responsibility on our shoulders, and we should focus on learning from the scriptures." “

Sun Wukong said: "What Senior Brother Sha said is right. Bajie, you don't want to love the prosperity of the world, you must know that everything is fleeting, fleeting. “

Tang Seng clasped his hands together and said: "What Wukong said is deeply Buddhaly. “

Zhu Bajie smiled and no longer argued.

The four masters and apprentices trekked through mountains and rivers, walked eastward for more than a month, then turned north, and then marched for March, gradually approaching Beiju Luzhou.

Tang Seng rode on a horse, only knowing that he was moving all the way, and he didn't know that danger was coming.

Zhu Bajie and Sha Seng were no longer as relaxed as before, and they were much more vigilant than in the past.

"Brother Monkey, do we still want to go north again?" When the four masters and apprentices were resting, Zhu Bajie took the opportunity to ask.

Sha Seng pricked up his ears and heard Sun Wukong say: "A hundred miles ahead is the sacrificial country, and after the sacrificial country, it will enter Beiju Luzhou." Nerd, is your nail rake sharp?"

Zhu Bajie looked solemn and said: "The old pig only has a warm blood, and he forgets to die." “

Beiju Luzhou is the base camp of the demon clan, and the four of them want to enter Beiju Luzhou and cut off the last luck of the demon clan.

Zhu Bajie always giggled in the past, and there was no positive shape, but at this time, he resolutely expressed his position, because he knew that if the three of them couldn't work together, let alone cut off the luck of the demon clan, they were likely to all be buried in Beiju Luzhou.

Sha Seng wandered thousands of miles back then, and also knew the danger of Beiju Luzhou, and said solemnly: "The spring cicadas are dead to the end, the summer frogs are singing and the tide is flat; ”

Tang Seng was puzzled and said, "Sha Seng, what did you say?"

Zhu Bajie said: "Those are the four reclusive demons, they are the power of the demon clan left over from the battle of the demons, each of them has the cultivation of Da Luo Jin Immortal, and the magic power is immeasurable." The demon clan Kunpeng has entered the vacuum tribulation, as long as we kill these four demons, the demon clan's luck will collapse. ”

At this time, Zhu Bajie didn't care about playing dumb riddles and explained the situation directly.

Tang Seng's heart sank, and he said secretly: "Zhu Bajie has never passed by like this, is the demon in front of him so powerful?" and looked at Sun Wukong.

Sun Wukong said solemnly: "Although Lao Sun is conceited, he also has to tell the master the truth, these four demons, any one of them, Lao Sun is not his enemy." The next road will be nine deaths. ”

Sun Wukong has always been proud, and today he said the words "grow the ambition of others and destroy his own prestige", which shows how urgent the matter is.

"What can I do about this?" Tang Seng suddenly panicked. He relied on the protection of thirty-nine bodyguards, and he had always cared about monsters, but now he heard that a powerful monster would appear, and he was at a loss for words.

Sun Wukong said: "Master, there is a way to put the place of death and then live, from now on, every battle we regard as a battle of life and death, victory is life, defeat is death." Eight precepts, sand monks, the scriptures have reached the most dangerous time, if the scriptures fail, we will die without a place to be buried. ”

Zhu Bajie and Sha Seng also nodded solemnly.

Let's go, Sun Wukong suddenly got up, Zhu Bajie and Sha Seng also got up, and the three of them all had more momentum to see death as home.

"Wukong, look at the magnificent pavilion, have you arrived at the country of sacrifice?" The four masters and apprentices walked forward for more than a hundred miles, saw a city, and reined in the horse's head and asked.

Sun Wukong looked up and saw that there were more than a dozen gates on all sides of the city, more than 100 miles around, the towers were towering, and the clouds and mist were colorful, and he said secretly: "Zhang Lingguan asked me to come to worship Saiguo first, I don't know what the purpose is, I have to be careful." ”

"Master, this place is the country of sacrifice, Lao Sun has been here when he traveled the world, it is a city that worships Buddha. Sun Wukong replied.

Tang Seng rode his horse and had to go to the door. Dismount and cross the bridge, enter the door to watch, only to see six streets and three markets, goods and wealth, and see the clothes and luxury.

When he was walking, he suddenly saw more than a dozen monks, one by one wearing shackles and locks, begging along the door, and the blue wisps were really unbearable. Tang Seng sighed: "The rabbit dies and the fox is sad, and the thing hurts it." He shouted, "Wukong, go up and ask him, why is he suffering like this?"

Sun Wukong obeyed his words, that is, he called: "That monk, are you from that temple? Why are you wearing shackles and locks?"

The monks knelt down and said, "Grandpa, we are the monks of Jinguang Temple. “

Sun Wukong said: "Where is the Jinguang Temple located?"

The monks said, "Turn around." “

Sun Wukong took him in front of Tang Seng and asked, "How can you be wrong, you say and I listen." “

The monks said: "Grandpa, I don't know where you come from, I seem to have some kindness. I don't dare to tell you here, please go to the barren mountain and talk about the suffering. “

Tang Seng said: "Also, let's go to his temple and ask the reason carefully." "Same as to the mountain gate, seven golden characters are written horizontally on the door: "Ejian Huguo Jinguang Temple".

The masters and apprentices came in, but they saw that it was deserted, the ground was full of dead branches and leaves, the entrance of the hall was full of cobwebs, and the Buddha statues in the hall were covered with dust.

Tang Seng was sad and couldn't stop the tears in his eyes.

The monks wore shackles and invited Tang monks to worship the Buddha in the temple.

Tang Seng offered incense and knocked his teeth three times. But when he turned to the back, he saw that there were six or seven little monks locked on the abbot's eaves pillar, and Sanzang couldn't bear to see it. When it came to the abbot, all the monks came to kowtow and asked, "The lords of the rank are different in appearance, but are they from the Tang Dynasty?"

Sun Wukong said with a smile: "This monk has the method of unpredictable prophets? How do you recognize that?"

The monks said: "Grandpa, we have a very uncertain prophetic method, but we have suffered bitterly, and there is no clarity, and the day after house is just called heaven and earth." I want to alarm the gods, yesterday night, everyone had a dream, saying that there was a holy monk from the Tang Dynasty in the East who saved our lives, and this grievance can be done. Today, I saw such a vision of the old man. So I recognize it. “

Sun Wukong was overjoyed when he heard this: "Where are you here, what are your grievances?"

The monks knelt down and said, "Grandpa, the name of this city is called Saiguo, and it is a great place to go in Xibang." In that year, there were four Yi tributes: the South Yuetuo Kingdom, the North Gaochang Kingdom, the East and West Liang Kingdoms, the West Benbo Kingdom, and the beautiful jade pearl and the concubine horses were paid tribute every year. I don't fight here, I don't go to the levy, he will naturally worship as a state there. “

Tang Seng said: "Since you worship as a state, I think you are the king who has the way, civil and military virtue." “

The monks said: "Grandpa, the literature is not virtuous, the martial arts are also bad, and the monarch is not a Taoist." My Jinguang Temple, from the pagoda auspicious clouds shrouded, the mist rises, the night glows, thousands of miles of people have seen; the day sprays colorful gas, the four countries have no different vision. Therefore, it is thought that Tianfu Shenjing, Siyi tribute. It's just three years ago that Meng Qiushuo was in the middle of the night, and there was a bloody rain. When the day dawns, every family is afraid, and every household is sad. The ministers played the king, but they didn't know what the heavens were responsible for. At that time, the Taoist priest was invited to make Jiao, and the monk read the scriptures and thanked the heavens. Who knew that the golden pagoda in my temple was polluted, and foreign countries did not come to pay tribute in the past two years. My king wanted to conquer, and the ministers admonished: "The monks in my temple stole the treasure on the tower, so there is no auspicious cloud and mist, and foreign countries do not go to court." “

The faint king didn't pay attention to it, and those corrupt officials took my monks away, tortured them in a thousand ways, and pursued them in every way. At that time, I had three generations of monks here, the first two generations had been tortured but could not die, and now they have arrested my generation and questioned the shackles.

The lord is above, how dare we deceive and steal the treasure in the tower! I hope that grandpa has mercy, so that we can gather like and divide things in groups, give great mercy and great compassion, and use magic power to save our lives!"

When Sun Wukong heard this, he said secretly: "Zhang Lingguan asked me to come here, is it for the treasure in the tower?

Tang Seng sighed when he heard this: "This matter is dark and difficult to understand. One is that the court is out of power, and the other is that you and others are in trouble. Since the sky rained blood and polluted the pagoda, why didn't you start the book and cause suffering at that time?"

The monks said: "Grandpa, how can we mortals know the will of heaven?

Tang Seng said: "Wukong, what time is it today?"

Sun Wukong was thinking about Zhang Muxian's purpose, and when he heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and then came back to his senses and said, "There is a time before and after." “

Tang Seng said: "I want to change Guan Wen in person, but I can't understand the affairs of these monks, and it is difficult to speak to you." I left Chang'an at that time and made a vow in the Famen Temple: to burn incense in the temple in the West, worship the Buddha in the temple, and see the tower sweeping the tower. So far today, when I met a monk who was aggrieved, it was because of the burden of the pagoda. You make a new broom with me, and when I am bathed, go up and sweep it, that is, to see how this filthy thing is, and why it does not shine brightly. “

When these shackled monks heard this, they hurriedly went to the kitchen to get a kitchen knife, handed it to Bajie and said, "Grandpa, you can open the iron lock of the little monk locked on the pillar with this knife, let him go to arrange the fragrant soup of fasting, and wait for the old man to go to the fast and bathe." I'll wait and go to the street to bring a new broom to sweep the tower with the master. “

Bajie smiled: "What's so difficult about unlocking? Don't use a knife and axe, teach me that hairy-faced old man, he has been unlocking for many years." “

Sun Wukong really approached, made an unlocking method, wiped it with his hand, and several locks retreated. The little monk ran to the kitchen, cleaned the stove, and arranged tea and rice. The Tang monks and apprentices ate fasting, and gradually it was dark, only to see the monk in shackles, and came in with two brooms.

After Tang Seng finished bathing, he wore a small-sleeved shirt, tied a ring tape, changed into a pair of soft male shoes under his feet, held a new broom in his hand, and said to the monks: "You wait for a peaceful sleep, and wait for me to sweep the tower." “

Sun Wukong said: "The tower is not only polluted by blood and rain, but also has no light for a long time, afraid of evil things, a quiet night and cold, and no partner, I am afraid that there will be a bad pool, how about Lao Sun and you?"

Tang Seng said: "Very good! Very good!" The two of them each held a handful, first went to the main hall, lit the glass lamp, burned incense, and bowed in front of the Buddha: "Disciple Chen Xuanzang sent to Lingshan to see my Buddha to learn scriptures, and now to the Jinguang Temple of the Sacrifice Country, the monk said that the pagoda was polluted, and the king suspected that the monk stole the treasure, and the title was wronged, and it was difficult to understand up and down. The disciple swept the tower wholeheartedly, looked at my Buddha Weiling, and showed the reason for the pollution of the tower as soon as possible, so as not to cause the grievances of ordinary people. “

After wishing over, he opened the tower door with Sun Wukong and swept up from the lower floor.

Tang Seng swept one layer with a broom, and then went up one layer. swept to the seventh floor, but it was two o'clock early. He gradually felt sleepy, and the walker said, "If you are sleepy, you can sit down and wait for the old grandson to sweep it for you." “

Tang Seng said: "How many floors is this tower?"

Sun Wukong said: "I'm afraid there are no thirteen miles." “

Tang Seng said tiredly: "It must be swept, so I will take advantage of my wishes." After sweeping three more layers, his back and legs hurt, so he sat down on the tenth floor and said, "Wukong, you sweep the three layers for me." “

Sun Wukong shook his spirits, climbed to the eleventh floor, and suddenly went up to the twelfth floor. As he was sweeping, he could only hear someone talking on the top of the tower, and said secretly: "There are three watches in the morning and evening, how can someone speak on this top? “

Sun Wukong gently held the broom, scattered his clothes, drilled out of the front door, stepped on the cloud to watch, only to see two goblins sitting in the heart of the thirteenth-story tower, put a plate of rice in front of him, a bowl, a pot, guess there to eat wine.

Sun Wukong made a miraculous power, threw away the broom, took out the golden hoop stick, stopped the tower gate and shouted: "What a monster! It turned out to be you who stole the treasure on the tower!"

The two monsters panicked, hurriedly got up and took the pot and bowl to mess around, but were stopped by Sun Wukong's horizontal iron rod and said: "If I kill you, no one will confess." "Just push the stick away.

The monster stuck to the wall, and he didn't want to struggle, but he only shouted: "Spare your life, spare your life! “

Sun Wukong made a way to hold it, grabbed it with one hand, and took down the tenth layer of the tower. Report: "Master, take the thief who stole the treasure!"

Tang Seng was napping himself, and when he suddenly heard this, he was surprised and delighted: "Where did you get it?"

Sun Wukong pulled the monster in front of him and knelt down and said: "He guessed boxing, eating and drinking on the top of the tower, it was Lao Sun who heard the noise, a vertical cloud, jumped to the top to stop it, and did not make any efforts." But I was afraid that I would be killed with a stick, and no one confessed, so I caught it gently. The master can take a word from him, and see where he is a goblin, and where the treasure he stole is. “

The monster trembled and shouted, "Spare your life!"

Then he confessed: "The two of us were sent by the Ten Thousand Saints Dragon King of the Troubled Stone Mountain and Bibo Pond to patrol the tower. His name is Ben Bo Erba, and my name is Ba Bo Erben. He's a catfish monster, and I'm a black fish spirit. Because my All-Saint Old Dragon gave birth to a daughter, I was called the Princess of All Saints. The princess has a beautiful face and a moon appearance, has twenty talents, and recruits a colt to be called a nine-headed colt, with great magical powers. The year before last, he came here with the dragon king, showed great mana, and it rained blood, polluted the pagoda, and stole the relics in the tower. The princess went to the Daluo Heavenly Lingxiao Hall again, stole the nine-leaf Ganoderma lucidum grass of the Queen Mother, and raised it under the pool, golden and bright, day and night. Recently, I heard that there was a Monkey King who went to the west to learn scriptures, saying that he had great powers, and he was not looking for people along the road, so these often sent me to patrol here, if there is still that Monkey King when he arrives, he is well prepared. “