Chapter 132: The road leads to the heavenly river
"Although I have long known that the power of the plot of Lu Dao is strong, my mood is still unexpectedly unhappy!" Looking at the three beast bones on the ground, Yang Zhen sighed.
"Second brother, what plot do you say, what kind of strength?" Zhu Bajie happened to walk to Yang Zhen's side, and after listening to Yang Zhen's words, he asked.
Yang Zhen patted Zhu Bajie's stomach for 'nine months' and said, "Bajie, you say...... When I was in Heavenly Court, if I hadn't stopped you and let you break through to the Netherworld, would you have become what you are now, and follow Tang Sanzang to the Western Heaven to learn scriptures?"
"How did the second brother talk about this?" Zhu Bajie looked at Yang Zhen suspiciously, and said, "Second brother, don't mind, I don't blame you for a long time, old pig." There are so many masters in Heavenly Court, even if you don't take me at that time, Second Brother, I won't be able to break through to the Nether Realm. If the old pig had the strength of the second brother or the monkey brother at that time, maybe he would still be able to leave. ”
"Let's go, clean up the monsters, we're on our way too. Yang Zhen saw that Tang Sanzang and the king had taken the customs clearance documents, so he greeted Zhu Bajie and walked towards Tang Sanzang.
Although Tang Sanzang also wanted to go west as soon as possible, he couldn't resist the enthusiasm of the king of Chechi, so he stayed overnight. That night, the king held a banquet, thanked Tang Sanzang and others for helping Che Chi to eliminate demons and rescue the people of Che Chi country, and promised to post a list of monks early tomorrow morning, hang it on all roads of the four gates, and rebuild Zhiyuan Temple.
Tang Sanzang was naturally happy when he heard this, so he chatted with the king a few more words.
In the early morning of the next day, the king summoned hundreds of officials and sent Tang Sanzang to the west gate before stopping.
The westward journey was far away, leaving the country of Chechi. The Journey to the West team entered the wilderness of the mountains and forests again, and before they knew it, the spring was over and the summer was over. It's another year of autumn wind and red leaves.
I remember that when I first met Tang Sanzang, Tang Sanzang was still a handsome young monk, but the past few years of sleeping in the open have already tortured Tang Sanzang with a frosty face and a cold face. In the past few years of going west, Tang Sanzang has also been determined, and he has never thought of turning back. When encountering difficulties, it is no longer the appearance of crying, and I have the courage to face any difficulties.
"Apprentices, where are you resting tonight?" Tang Sanzang asked everyone.
Yang Zhen had already used the Dragon Eagle Body to probe the situation on the road ahead, and when he heard Tang Sanzang ask, he replied, "Master, let's take advantage of the bright moonlight. One more walk. There is a village not far ahead. Let's go spend the night there!"
"Great, this road is difficult, and I still have a heavy burden on the old pig, so it's really not easy to walk. After a while, I will find a home, get a good night's sleep, and recuperate my spirits, so that I can continue to travel west tomorrow. If you don't have enough to eat, you won't be able to sleep well. I can't walk anymore, an old pig. Zhu Bajie complained.
Of course, Zhu Bajie's words can only deceive Tang Sanzang.
Walked for a few more moments. Sure enough, I saw a village in front of me, with about four or five hundred households.
"Huh, kitten, I've wanted to ask you for a long time, I don't see that you haven't gone ahead to explore the way, how do you know that there is a village in front of the road?" asked Sun Wukong curiously.
"The Buddha said: Don't say, don't say!" Yang Zhen bought a pass.
found a big family, Tang Sanzang got off the horse and knocked on the door. After a while, an old man walked out, and Tang Sanzang hurriedly saluted and said, "Old donor, the poor monk is polite." ”
Yang Zhen and the others don't know how many times they have experienced this overnight process, although Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, and Sha Monk are scary, but after some explanation, people don't mind.
Although he reluctantly accepted Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, and Sha Seng, the old man still asked tremblingly: "Master, you are so handsome, why don't you accept a few more apprentices like your second apprentice, but instead find such ugly apprentices?"
Tang Sanzang explained: "Although my apprentice's appearance is not good-looking, they will all subdue dragons and tigers, catch monsters and capture demons. ”
When they approached the house, the old man's servant prepared some meals for everyone to eat.
After eating, Yang Zhen first asked: "Old donor, what is the place to the west of this village, tomorrow the five of us master and apprentice will go west, bother the old donor to tell you." ”
"Are you going to go to the Tongtian River?" the old man was shocked when he heard this, and shouted: "You can't pass it, you can't go through it! ”
"Why is that?" Yang Zhen asked.
"There is a river on the west side of our village, called Tongtian River. This river has a path of 800 miles, and few people have traveled since ancient times. But if you wanted to cross the river in the past, it was nothing, but more than ten years ago, a temple of inspiration was built by the river. This inspiration king not only makes offerings to our village every year, but also sacrifices a pair of virgins and virgins every year. He eats a meal, and he will keep us in good weather for a year, and if not, he will come to bring disaster and disaster. ”
The old man sighed and continued: "The old man has a son, there is a man and a woman, but this year it is my family's turn to make offerings, if they don't pay, the village will invite disaster." Alas!"
After saying the most, the old man was in tears, obviously reluctant in his heart.
Tang Sanzang comforted him, the old man was better, holding Tang Sanzang's arm, the old man said in a trembling voice: "Elder, two days later will be the day of the offering, and I will bother the elder to recite the scriptures for my son, so that I can vote for a good family in the next life!"
"I see, that's the case, old man, you call Ling Lang out for me to see. Sun Wukong said.
The old man listened, went back to the house and took out a little doll for Sun Wukong to see.
Sun Wukong glanced at the little baby a few times before and after, and then changed his body into the appearance of the little baby. Walking up to the old man, Sun Wukong said, "Old man, can you become like your son?"
"The old man has such a skill. The old man exclaimed, "Sure enough, it looks the same, the voice is the same, the clothes are the same, and the height is the same." ”
"Kitten, you will become a girl in a while, and the two of us will meet the inspiration king. Sun Wukong pulled Yang Zhen and said.
"Why did you become a male baby and I became a female baby?" Yang Zhen said unhappily.
Sun Wukong scratched his head and puzzled: "What's the difference, when you see the king of inspiration, Lao Sun will not be able to eat you if you go down with a stick." If it weren't for the fact that my grandson was not good at water warfare, where would he be so troublesome, he directly overturned his cave mansion and smashed that guy into a meat patty. ”
"It's not this problem!" Yang Zhen covered his forehead, not knowing how to talk to Sun Wukong, a simple monkey.
The old man saw that Sun Wukong was willing to help him, and hurriedly knelt down to thank Tang Sanzang: "The elder is really merciful, and the little old man is willing to send a thousand taels of silver to make a entanglement with Elder Tang to go west." ”
"Why don't you thank my grandson and don't give me silver?" asked Sun Wukong.
"You've been eaten by monsters, and it's useless to give it to you. The old man said.
"Ha Luha, don't talk about eating me, if you see us, you have to call grandpa!" Yang Zhen said with a smile.
The inspiration king of this Tongtian River is the goldfish that Yang Zhen fished for ten years when he was in Luojia Mountain. Presumably, Guanyin Bodhisattva called his own goldfish to the lower realm in order to make up for the eighty-one difficulties, and made it difficult for Tang Sanzang.
Yang Zhen also didn't know if Lao Jun of Lu Dao had passed on his words to Guanyin Bodhisattva, but since Guanyin Bodhisattva called his own goldfish nether, he would wait to collect the corpse! (To be continued......)