Chapter 147: It's me Lao Zhu again
The four masters and apprentices left Yuhua County and came to Ciyun Temple in Jinping Mansion to watch the lanterns, but they didn't want Tang Seng to be arrested. Zhu Gangguan couldn't contribute, so Sun Monkey went to the Xuanying Cave of Qinglong Temple, killed the three rhinoceros spirits of the cold, the summer, and the dust, and rescued Tang Seng.
At this time, it was the fourteenth year of the westward journey, and it was spring, and Tang Seng had been reciting the "Many Heart Sutras" all the way, and it had been more than ten years. While walking, I left a few hills and suddenly saw a temple.
"Wukong, look at the mountain gate of the temple, but it says Bujin Temple?" Tang Seng is a ** mortal, his eyes are limited, Sun Monkey raised his eyes and smiled: "Exactly, exactly!"
Tang Seng rode on a white horse and pondered: "The teacher remembers that it was mentioned in the scriptures that this was originally the garden of the prince of Sheweiguo, and the lonely elder wanted to buy this garden from the prince in order to invite the Buddha to give a lecture. The prince said that this garden is not for sale, unless the gold is full of garden, the lonely old man listened, so he used gold as a brick, covered the garden, and then bought this garden, please get the world-honored Dharma, I think this is the meaning of this Bujin Temple. ”
Zhu Gang's heart moved, and he said with a smile: "Master, if this is the case, Lao Zhu will also touch two gold bricks and give them away." Sun Monkey and Monk Sha both laughed, and a few people entered the temple.
Seeing the monks in the Bujin Temple, Tang Seng and the abbot entered the main hall together, prepared some fasting meals and invited a few masters and apprentices to eat, and the abbot said the allusions to the Bujin Temple, and it was indeed the same as what Tang Seng said.
Out of the main hall, the abbot led Tang Seng to walk in the temple for a month, an old monk asked Tang Seng his age, Tang Seng replied that he had spent forty-five years in vain, the old man was one hundred and five years old, Sun Monkey was unhappy, pointed to his nose: "You want to see how old Sun is?" The old man shook his head, but he couldn't see it, Tang Seng scolded him for being rude and drove him away.
While chatting, I suddenly heard a woman crying. Tang Seng asked the old man, it turned out that this woman was blown by a strong wind, claiming to be the princess of the king of Tianzhu Kingdom, but the monks in the temple entered the city to investigate, but there was no news of the princess being lost. He thought that this woman was transformed by a monster, so he only locked her behind the temple and served two meals a day, and did not dare to let her out.
Tang Seng wrote down the matter. The three apprentices did not follow until it was getting late, the four masters and apprentices slept in the temple for a night, and left the temple early the next morning, Tang Seng was entrusted to take the princess to heart.
Early the next morning. The three of them entered Tianzhu City and entered from Dongshi Street. I saw lights everywhere, and after careful questioning, I learned that today's princess threw hydrangeas to recruit relatives.
"Master, why don't you and I go and have a good time?" Sun Monkey smiled, and Tang Seng waved his hand: "No, you and I are inconvenient to serve, I am afraid that we will be suspicious." ”
"What's so lively? If the princess is a goblin change, won't she cause trouble?" Zhu Gangguan felt that something was wrong when he heard Tianzhu Kingdom. Now I heard that the princess is recruiting relatives, but I'm afraid that the jade rabbit spirit can't get out, where do you want to join in this fun?
Who knows that the speaker has no intention, but the listener has the intention. Tang Seng was about to inquire about the princess, and as soon as he heard that the current princess might be a fairy change, he told the woman and the monkey he met in the temple, and insisted on going to see the princess who threw the hydrangea.
I saw that the neighborhood was crowded, Tang Seng had to stand outside, and Zhu Gangguan wanted to please the master. Covering his mouth and nose, he squeezed into the crowd, although he had no mana, his strength was much larger than ordinary people, and he squeezed out a way in a short time. Go downstairs.
But I saw that the princess upstairs was burning incense and praying to heaven and earth, and there were sixty or seventy embroidered women, holding hydrangeas. After the princess finished burning the incense, she stood up and happened to look at Tang Seng and his party. took the hydrangea, raised his hand and threw it at the four masters and apprentices, startling Zhu Gangguan and hurriedly shouted: "Master, be careful!"
saw that it was not right or biased, and it happened to be smashed on the top of Zhu Gangguan's head, and even the hat on his head was smashed crookedly. Zhu Gangguan was stunned in place and stared wide-eyed, a little confused for a while, the nearby civilian merchants all came to snatch the hydrangea, and Tang Seng was startled, and the monkey was so angry that he bit his steel teeth, and turned into three feet high, bluffing the people nearby to call the monster, and stumbled and crawled and fled.
It wasn't until the people dispersed that Sun Monkey collected his mana and turned into his true form. But when they saw the embroidered girl Gong'e upstairs, they all went downstairs in a panic and bowed to Zhu Gangguan: "Master Ma, please also enter the court to worship you." At this time, Zhu Gangguan reacted, looked at Tang Seng, and then looked at a group of palace laves, and his nose was almost crooked in anger: "Pit father, didn't you say that Tang Seng is a good horse? Why is it me Lao Zhu again!"
Tang Seng hurriedly returned the salute for Zhu Gang, while complaining about the monkey: "Just let those people snatch the hydrangea away, otherwise how could there be these troubles?" Sun Monkey smiled, "The hydrangea smashed on Bajie's head, what did you do to my old grandson, why do you blame me?"
"Brother Monkey, what are these words? Old Zhu pious to protect the master to learn the scriptures, even if he has no mana, he doesn't dare to relax, he is recruited to be a colt like this, Lao Zhu is unwilling to die!" Zhu Gangguan's words were impassioned, he had no mana, he could only rely on Sun Monkey, and hurriedly expressed his determination at the first time.
"Senior brother and master, just rest assured, if the princess is real, she will not recruit Bajie, and she will just change Guan Wen at that time. If you want to recruit him, Bajie will invite my old grandson to go, I can distinguish the princess from the fake, this is a plan to rely on marriage to subdue demons!"
But seeing the princess walking downstairs, Zhu Gangguan looked up, only to see bright eyes like water, pink face and peach cheeks, Luo shirt swaying and coquettish, slender and moving fair girl, really a beautiful princess Tianzhu.
The lotus step came, and the princess jade held Zhu Gang's hand in her hand, boarded the treasure with her, opened the ceremony, and turned to the door. Before entering the palace, he heard the trembling voice of the Huangmen official in front of the door to the king: "Long live, the princess is holding a monk with a long mouth and big ears, thinking that the hydrangea is playing, and she is waiting for the decree outside the noon gate." ”
When I heard that it was a monk, I suddenly didn't like it, and I heard that he was born with a long mouth and big ears, and he also wanted to see it, so he announced it into the temple.
But when she saw that the princess of the country was beautiful and fragrant, she took Zhu Gangguan's hand and entered the palace, and when the king saw her appearance, she was so frightened that she almost fell down from the throne, and asked in exclamation: "Where did you come from?
Zhu Gangguan closed his palms, and he didn't dare to be arrogant without mana: "My old Zhu Nai came from the Tang Dynasty in the East and went to the west to worship the Buddha and ask for scriptures. Lao Zhu is a monk, how dare he be a couple with the jade leaf and golden branch, I hope that His Majesty will change Guan Wen as soon as possible and send Lao Zhu away. ”
"It turned out to be the Holy Monk of Dongtu. "This king suddenly saw Zhu Gangguan before, and was startled, but now when he looks closely, he is ugly and honest. "In that case, then I'll let you go west......"
The king did not want to recruit such an ugly guy as his son-in-law, but he heard the princess say: "Father, as the saying goes, marry a chicken with a chicken, marry a dog with a dog." The daughter has a vow first, and she has this ball, and now she is playing the holy monk, which is the fate of the previous life, so she has this encounter in this life, how dare she change it? ”
As soon as these words came out, all the officials sighed, looked at the princess on the side of the glamorous crown, and then looked at the Zhu Gangguan, it was really like a flower inserted in that. The king's face was a little ugly, but so many courtiers testified, and he could not be slandered, so he had to order the Qin Tianguan to choose an auspicious day to get married, and issued a decree to tell the world.
"Your Majesty, you must not! My old Zhu is devoted to the Buddha and does not dare to covet glory, so I also ask Your Majesty to replace Guan Wen and let Lao Zhu Xi go. Zhu Gangguan knew that it was going to be bad when he heard it, and hurriedly pleaded. When the king heard this, he was furious: "The monk is rude! With the wealth of a country, I recruited you, a plain-looking monk, as a concubine, you don't know how to be grateful, as long as you learn the scriptures, someone will come and cut me out!"
Although Zhu Gangguan said that he had no strength, he was invulnerable, but he was not afraid, but he was worried that he would not be able to kill himself, but he frightened the king, and he couldn't get through this difficulty, so he went west to learn from it. "Your Majesty is angry, Lao Zhu still has a master and two brothers waiting outside, as the saying goes, one day is a teacher, and a lifetime is a father. He also said that the order of his parents and the words of the matchmaker said that this marriage must be welcomed into my teacher before it can be calculated. ”
The king also felt reasonable, so he ordered his men to invite the three Tang monks.
After a while, the three Tang monks were invited in, Tang Seng was born very good-looking, but the Sun Monkey and Sha Monk, although they were not as ugly as Zhu Gang, but they were fierce and vicious, and the king was startled, so he had to ask Tang Seng: "The three of you, which one is the master of the horse?"
Tang Seng took a step forward, clasped his hands together and said, "Your Majesty, the poor monk is exact." ”
Anyway, he asked his name, and he was about to discuss the marriage matchmaking between Zhu Gangguan and the princess, but he heard Qin Tianguan say: "Your Majesty, the wedding date has been set on the twelfth day of this year and this month. As soon as the king calculated, there were four days left, and he discussed the marriage of the princess and Zhu Gangguan with Tang Seng.
"Your Majesty, I am a disciple of a humble nature, but I am a monk, how can I be worthy of the dignity of a princess? "Tang Seng is very fond of Zhu Gangguan, a disciple, how can he let him stay here as a concubine? Unexpectedly, the king was furious when he heard this, and wanted to push the four masters and apprentices down and behead them, Sun Monkey was about to go crazy, but was stopped by Tang Seng, so he had to respond with good words.
At this time, the princess has avoided entering the palace, Sun Monkey did not see her, so he said to Tang Seng: "Master, the old grandson's fiery eyes, but if you meet, you can recognize the princess is true or false, and when the princess will be happy in four days, the old grandson will see the princess, if it is fake, he will inform the king, if it is true, he will teach Bajie to stay and marry her, and enjoy the glory and wealth of a country." ”
The monkey grinned, and Tang Seng scolded: "Wukong, you are a cunning man, and you are still harming the eight precepts, if you ignore the brotherly love like this, you will recite the mantra as a teacher, and teach you that you should not be!"
Sun Monkey was so frightened that he hurriedly begged for mercy: "Master Mo Nian, Old Sun is joking." Even if the princess is real, my grandson also has his own way to save Bajie out. (To be continued.) )