Chapter 186: The Great Holy Fire Burns the Guanyin Temple
After Tang Seng accepted Sun Wukong, he led everyone to continue westward. Along the way, when they encountered barren mountains and mountains, they instructed Lu Bu and a few people to hunt some game; if they encountered a big city or a small town, they would make some food; occasionally Xiang Yu and a few people were hungry, so they would pick up the monkeys to go to the Dragon Palace of the Four Seas or the Heavenly Court to ask for some elixir and jade liquid.
Due to the awakening of the memories of his previous life, Tang Sanzang had already recovered his original bohemian and uninhibited style, and maintained the appearance of an enlightened monk in front of people, but he was a complete wine and meat monk behind him. However, this temperament is also in line with the taste of Xiang Yu and a few people, and everyone laughs and laughs along the way, like a spring outing.
"Holy monk! Xiang Yu heard that the Mother of the Buddha and the Taishang Laojun had agreed that it would be difficult to pass on the scriptures, and I would go all the way to the West Heaven without disasters and difficulties, but I wouldn't want to fight with Sanqing in the future?" Everyone walked peacefully for two or three months, and Xiang Yu finally couldn't help but remind.
"Hahaha...... This calamity is divided into big and small, at the big point it is the worry of life and the disaster of destroying the sect and the clan; but in the small way, if you accidentally fall and choke on eating, it seems that it can also be regarded as a calamity!" Tang Sanzang couldn't help but laugh when he heard this.
Everyone couldn't help but be stunned when they heard this, and they all laughed later, riding their horses and galloping, as for Sun Wukong, he soared all the way and followed closely beside Tang Seng.
Seeing that it was getting late, a forest suddenly appeared in front of everyone, and a courtyard was faintly visible in the woods, Sun Wukong couldn't help but shout loudly when he saw this: "Master! There is a courtyard in front, we might as well spend the night and leave tomorrow!"
Tang Seng nodded slightly when he heard this, and then ordered Zhao Yun to go and call the door. After a knock on the door, I saw an old man on crutches come to open the door, and when he saw a young general standing outside the door, he couldn't help asking, "I don't know why the general knocked on the door?"
When Zhao Yun heard this, he hurriedly hugged his fists and said: "The old man is polite! The young general Zhao Yun and several elder brothers Bao Datang monks went all the way to the Xitian Da Lei Yin Temple to worship the Buddha and ask for scriptures. Passing by here this time, I saw that it was getting late, and I asked my husband to be merciful and spend the night!"
When the old man heard this, he hurriedly said: "It turned out to be a character from the Tang Dynasty in Dongtu, hurry up, please hurry up!" Come and invite Tang Seng in person.
After seeing a few Tang monks, he couldn't help but praise: "It is worthy of being a senior monk from the Tang Dynasty in the Eastern Soil, no wonder several generals are willing to condescend and protect each other all the way." Yan Ba suddenly saw Sun Wukong behind Tang Seng, and couldn't help but be shocked and said: "Elder, why are you following a monster behind you!"
Sun Wukong was about to argue when he heard this, but was glared back by Tang Sanzang, so he had to lower his monkey head depressedly, and then saw Tang Sanzang clasping his hands together at the old man and said: "Don't be afraid, old man! This monkey is a disciple of a poor monk!
When the old man heard this, he suddenly realized: "I see! I often hear people say that Buddhism advocates the equality of all beings. When I saw it today, I realized that this is true!"
Tang Sanzang smiled slightly when he heard this, noncommittal, and then followed the old man into the backyard to rest, but he didn't know that as soon as a few people entered the village, they were targeted by a group of bandits nearby!
It turned out that there was a high mountain called Niujiao Mountain near here, and hundreds of bandits gathered on the mountain, and the leader was a snitch, nicknamed Flying on the Grass. Flying on the grass, I heard a few outsiders riding six horses to stay at the bottom of the mountain. Immediately led his men to plunder.
Look at the arrogant bandits, and then look at the trembling villagers. Tang Seng couldn't help but have a cold look in his eyes, and said lightly: "Let's do it!" After saying that, he and Sun Wukong helped the old man back into the house.
Xiang Yu and the others couldn't help laughing when they heard this, and waved their weapons to kill the enemy group, although there were only four brothers, but they killed the other party crying for their father and mother, and the blood flowed like a river. The grass is flying and seeing that something is not good. Relying on a light skill, he turned around and fled.
Seeing this, Tang Seng turned to Sun Wukong and ordered: "Follow carefully behind! After finding the other party's lair, no one will be left!"
Sun Wukong couldn't help but be full of joy when he heard this, chased after him with an arrow step, turned into a speck of dust and fell on the shoulders of the grass flying, and followed all the way to Niujiao Mountain Village.
I saw that I had found a thief's den. Sun Wukong didn't do anything, he made a stealth method to wander around in the village, and after a while, he found the thief's treasure house, and then used a spell to take away all the gold and silver in the library, and then he opened his mouth and spit out, and set fire in the village. But there are robbers who rush out of the flames, and they are all beaten into pulp with a stick!
Tang Seng and several people were drinking tea at his father-in-law's house, and suddenly saw thousands of taels of silver falling from the sky and falling to his father-in-law's house, and then saw Sun Wukong appear in front of everyone.
"Master! That thief's den has been burned down by the disciples! Hundreds of thieves have not escaped, and they have obtained these thousands of taels of dirty silver, and they ask Master to dispose of them!" Sun Wukong appeared and bowed deeply to Tang Seng, showing off his face.
Tang Seng nodded slightly when he heard this, and instructed Gao Shun to take five hundred taels of silver, put it away in a package, and then turned to the old man and said, "The remaining silver taels will be used as compensation for me to disturb the old man tonight!"
When Lao Zhang heard this, he hurriedly excused himself and said, "I can't help it!
Tang Seng shook his head slightly when he heard this: "If the old man feels that he can't go, he will use these silver taels to build bridges and pave the way for the benefit of the township! After all, my master and apprentice are monks, and it is useless to ask for so many silver taels!"
When the old man heard this, he had to accept it, and then he built bridges and paved roads according to Tang Seng's instructions, benefited the township, and became a kind and charitable outsider, and lived until he was 138 years old before he died.
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After saying goodbye to the old man, the people set off again, and along the way they met a large family, they would make some food, if they met a poor and good family, they would use silver to help one or two, and if they went to a prosperous town, they would go to the restaurant to improve the food with everyone.
On this day, Tang Seng and several people came to a Zen temple to spend the night, the owner of the temple called the elder of Jinchi, is an old monk of more than 200 years old, heard that Tang Seng came from the Tang Dynasty in the east, he personally came to arrange food and accommodation, his eyes have never left the Jinlan robe on Tang Seng from beginning to end.
Seeing this, Sun Wukong couldn't help grinning and said: "You old monk, if you like Master An's robe, you can clearly say that Master I am not a stingy person, so how about borrowing it from you to take a good look at it for one night!"
Elder Jin Chi couldn't help but rejoice in his heart when he heard this, and clasped his palms together and said: "Lao Qu is two hundred and seventy-three years old this year, and he has been a monk here for two hundred and sixty years, and this robe has a full collection of seven or eight hundred pieces, but none of them are as good as the collar on the holy monk. If the holy monk can borrow the old man to watch him for one night, it will not be in vain for the old man to practice for more than 200 years!"
Hearing this, Tang Seng glanced meaningfully at Elder Jin Chi. Said seriously: "Does the courtyard master really want to see it?"
Hearing this, Elder Jin Chi clasped his palms together and said, "Please fulfill the Holy Monk!"
Tang Seng smiled slightly when he heard this: "Since the courtyard master insists, then ask the courtyard master to take the robe and take a closer look!"
Elder Jin Chi held the robe in both hands and couldn't stop admiring: "What a robe! What a robe!" After that, he couldn't wait to go back to his meditation room to take a closer look.
"You tongue-talker, you're going to get into trouble again!" When Elder Jin Chi left, Tang Seng couldn't help but reprimand.
"Master, what mistake did the disciple make?" Not only did Sun Wukong not understand, but even Xiang Yu and the four of them put down the dishes and chopsticks and listened to Tang Sanzang's reply.
"Look at the furnishings in this temple. The plate of mutton fat jade, the tea bell inlaid with gold in French blue, the white copper pot inlaid with gold and silver, and even this fragrant tea is a rare Tieguanyin, which shows that the owner of this courtyard must be a monk who is greedy for money and shows off his wealth. You lent him the robe, I'm afraid he never wanted to return it again!" Tang Seng couldn't help but sigh when he heard this.
Sun Wukong couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, and then shouted loudly: "I'll go to the old courtyard master to get the master's robe back!"
Tang Seng shook his head slightly when he heard this: "You don't need to go to him! He will come to us tonight! You can solve the trouble you caused yourself!" In silence.
That night, Tang Sanzang, Xiang Yu and the others all fell asleep soundly, leaving only a monkey full of worries squatting in front of the bed and waiting alone. Until the third watch, in front of the meditation room, I suddenly remembered the sound of footsteps, Sun Wukong took a look at the supernatural powers, and saw more than a dozen little monks were going back and forth to pile bundles of dry firewood to the firewood room of several people.
Seeing this, Sun Wukong couldn't help gritting his teeth and said: "Okay, you thief monk who wants to make money, my old grandson will tell you to wait for playing with fire and self-immolation this time!" Cover the meditation room of yourself and others with a treasure, and then open your mouth to protrude a kamikaze. He blew the fire to a rocking and burning in all directions.
Seeing the fire around him, Sun Wukong couldn't help laughing, but he didn't know that the fire had alarmed a bear monster on Black Wind Mountain. The bear was snoring on the mountain, and suddenly felt that the sky was bright, and he opened his eyes. Only then did he find that the Guanyin Monastery of his old neighbor, Elder Jinchi, was on fire, and he couldn't help but shout: "These monks are so careless! After that, he set up the demon wind and went straight to the Guanyin Zen Temple.
The bear came all the way to the Guanyin Zen Temple, only to see the front hall and the wings on both sides were burning with fires, only a wing room in the backyard did not have a fire, but saw a monkey on the ridge of the house to release the wind.
The bear monster was surprised. Hurriedly went to Elder Jinchi's meditation room to inquire, but as soon as he entered the door, he found that a robe on the table was shining, and when he looked again, he didn't see Elder Jinchi in the room. The bear didn't put out the fire, turned into a gust of black wind and rolled up the robe and went directly back to Black Wind Mountain.
This fire burned until dawn before it was extinguished, and a good Guanyin Zen temple was burned into ruins. Seeing that everyone was extinguished, Sun Wukong still flew to Nantianmen with a somersault, and returned the fire cover, and then returned to the Guanyin Monastery again, woke up Tang Seng and said: "Master!
Looking at the ruins of the courtyard, Tang Seng couldn't help but sigh and said: "People don't hurt the tiger's heart, and the tiger hurts people's intentions." Why bother!", after saying that, he ordered Sun Wukong to return the robe and hurry as soon as possible!
Sun Wukong ignored the horror in the eyes of the monks when he heard this, and ran all the way to Elder Jinchi's meditation room, but unexpectedly found Elder Jinchi's body on the road, and hurriedly ran into the meditation room to see where there was still the whereabouts of the robe. It turned out that the old monk saw the fire outside last night, and he couldn't help but go out to check, but he happened to be hit by a beam that was on the ground, and he died.
After rummaging for a long time, but never saw the whereabouts of the robe, Sun Wukong had to come to Tang Seng with a sad face, and said in a low voice: "Master! The old monk was killed by a beam, and the collar brocade robe was gone!"
Tang Seng couldn't help but glare at Sun Wukong when he heard this, and then asked the surviving monks: "Do you know what kind of monsters are causing trouble around this temple?"
When the monks heard this, they couldn't help but look at each other, for a long time, they pushed out a little monk named Guangzhi, only to see that Guangzhi trembling and said: "Qiyu holy monk, there is a Black Wind Mountain twenty miles south of this Guanyin Zen Temple, there is a bear monster in the Black Wind Mountain, and the bear Zhen often comes to my Guanyin Zen Temple and the old courtyard to lecture on the scriptures!"
Tang Seng nodded slightly when he heard this: "Monkey! That Guanyin is a rare monk in Buddhism, you personally go to Luojia Mountain, tell her what happened here, and say that her Guanyin Monastery was accidentally burned by the teacher, and bring back the three treasures that the Buddha gave her for safekeeping!"
"Master, I don't know what kind of treasure it is?" Sun Wukong said curiously when he heard this.
"It's not a good thing for a person to be too curious!" Tang Seng couldn't help but reprimand when he heard this, he turned to Xiang Yu and said, "Xiang Yu, you go to Black Wind Mountain and get the poor monk's robe back!"
Hearing this, Xiang Yu hurriedly hugged his fists and said, "No!" A pair of wings formed by Gang Qi appeared behind him, flying in the direction of Black Wind Mountain. (To be continued......)