The thunderous voice suddenly became quieter, revealing infinite joy: "Master, my grandson has been waiting for you here for a long time, don't worry about your mother-in-law, hurry down the mountain and save me out, you have to be deliberately slow, I will scold you for being bald." ”

Sanzang touched his bald head, it was the first time he was called a thief in front of him, and this guy, who claimed to be his apprentice, was still waiting for him to save him.

Sanzang said: "Who are you, who call me master and scold me for being a thief?"

The monkey shouted impatiently: "Big-eared monk, if you are pressed down the mountain by a big thief with a smile on your face but a bad stomach for five hundred years, and you can't move anything except your neck and mouth, you will also become impatient and want to commit suicide." ”

"Then why don't you kill yourself?"

"Sure enough, all the thieves in the world are the same big evil, if I could commit suicide, I would have committed suicide a long time ago, I can't do anything, how can I commit suicide. Hey, thief, you are verbose, wait for me to come out, and I will knock you to death with a stick. In a few words, the monkey revealed a fierce and ferocious state. The ferocious spirit swept through the mountains, and the birds fled in fright.

"Since you want to beat me to death with a stick, I want to let you out and see how you can beat me to death with a stick. Sanzang said. He was already going down the mountain very fast, but in the eyes of the monkey, it was too slow.

The monkey had a fierce mouth and spoke savagely, but his face was full of smiles: "Master, be careful when you go down the mountain, don't fall." ”

"You were going to knock me to death just now, and now you're worried about me wrestling, you guy, you're really a freak. ”

"Master, you were grinding just now, I was in a hurry, so naturally I couldn't help but scold you; although you are still as slow as an ant, you are struggling to come down the mountain to save me, I am happy to see it, and I am naturally afraid that you will fall. ”

When Sanzang came to the foot of the mountain, he saw a round hole in a thorny grass, revealing a round head full of golden hair, and looking at the eyebrows, it was a monkey.

"Are you a monkey?" Sanzang asked knowingly.

"My good master, good master, master, great master, my grandson is the Monkey King who made trouble in the heavenly palace five hundred years ago, conceived by fairy stones, born of heaven and earth, fatherless and motherless, the Monkey King of Huaguo Mountain is also!"

"You stone monkey, I have never had a friendship with you, and I have never met you, why do you call me Master, your body is crushed under this mountain, even if I have the heart to save you, I can't move this mountain. ”

The monkey grinned: "Master, a month ago, there was a Guanyin Bodhisattva, who received the Buddha's will to go to the east to find the person who took the scriptures, I begged him to save me, and the Bodhisattva advised me to take refuge in Buddhism, protect the people who went west, go to the west to worship the Buddha and seek scriptures, and achieve positive results." I promised the Bodhisattva that I would like to be an apprentice with you and protect you to go to the West Heaven to learn scriptures, so the Bodhisattva said that you should come and release me personally, and you and I will form a cause and effect, and this is the root of the matter. Master, please let me out quickly, and stop being verbose. ”

Sanzang sat down cross-legged leisurely and said, "Monkey, I see that you are fierce, but I don't dare to let you out, even if I want to let you out, this mountain stone is stronger than steel, and I can't chisel this mountain." ”

The monkey swallowed his anger and said, "Master, you can be kind and save me." You don't need to chisel this rock, you go to the top of the mountain and tear off the Buddha's six-character proverb post, and I will jump out myself. ”

Sanzang said: "Monkey, I have a question for you, if you tell me the truth honestly, I will save you." ”

The monkey finally couldn't hold it back, revealing his fierce nature, and said angrily: "Thief, what do you have to say?"

Sanzang leaned over to the monkey's ear and said, "Evil monkey, do you respect or fear the Buddha in your heart?"

"Angry!" the monkey gritted his teeth.

Sanzang saw that this monkey had a straight stomach and a straight belly, not that scheming person, and said, "Okay, I'll go to the top of the mountain, help you tear off the six-character proverb post, and let you out." After you are free, if you are willing to follow me, you will follow me, if you are not willing to follow me, go wherever you want. ”

The monkey was overjoyed: "Big-eared monk, what you said is true?"

"It's true!" said Sanzang.

The monkey said, " Big-eared monk, when I was the king of Huaguo Mountain, there were seven righteous brothers, when I was beautiful, I ate and drank in my water curtain cave every day, and I lived in mine, calling my brother and brother so unrighteous and happy, but after I made a big fuss in the heavenly palace, none of the six good brothers came to see me, the so-called friendship of brothers in life and death, it was cold; Guanyin Bodhisattva promised to save me, it seems to be compassionate, but forced me to promise to protect you to go to the west to learn scriptures in exchange, it can be seen that she is not a compassionate person, only you, a monk with big ears, are willing to save me, but do not use this to blackmail me to repay you anything。 ”

Sanzang said: "Monkey, I think you are a rare straight person in the world, I guess you are most likely also framed by people to suffer here, I went to the west to learn scriptures, I can't help myself, there is a secret inside, so I know the struggle in your heart." If you want to be free, it is only right, I am no longer free, and I don't want you to be as unfree as I am. ”

In a few words, the monkey's fiery eyes lit up.

Sanzang also whispered: "On the mountains of these two realms, in the sky of thousands of miles, there are thirty-nine gods watching you and me, so you and my secret words, you must not shout out, and be heard by the gods in the sky." Your loud voice is like thunder!"

The monkey's eyes brightened.

"Monkey, I let you out, I don't want you to protect me to go to the West Heaven, I like your character, you are savage, vulgar, vulgar and rude, but you are not a bad person, you should have your own freedom. ”

The monkey said, "You bald thief, you have so many deceitful nonsense. "For the first time in five hundred years, the monkey's face was moved by the word freedom!

Sanzang went up the mountain with a Zen stick, and sure enough, there was a six-character proverb post on the top of the mountain, which read: Om, Ma, it, horn, Mi, and six golden characters. Sanzang first recited the Prajna Sutra, threw himself to the ground, and prayed to the west, all of which was done for the gods in heaven. Then Sanzang stepped forward and reached out to tear the post. Suddenly, the post emitted a golden light, flew up automatically, and fluttered towards the sky. A gust of incense drifted down, and a voice shouted in the clouds: "Tang Sanzang, we are the priests who imprisoned the Great Sage, and today his martyrdom is complete, we take this post and go to the Buddha to cancel the case." ”

Sanzang looks at the sky and worships, and the mouth is called Amitabha Buddha in the south. The incense in the sky dissipated, and Sanzang came down the mountain to meet the monkey. The monkey was full of joy, his hands were already able to move, he kept scratching his ears and cheeks, and said, "My good master, you should get away quickly, I am going to lift this mountain and come out, I am afraid that the stones will splash and hurt your precious body, then it will not be fun." ”