The heavens play: everyone has a system

Time flies, and Tang Seng is approaching the Western Paradise very quickly.

During the period, Tang Seng was often caught by monsters, but at critical moments, there were always gods who rescued Tang Seng.

Tang Seng, who was bewitched by Roy, became silent.

"Be caught by a monster, wait for someone to save you, and then get caught by a monster after walking for a while...

Don't you think it's a joke? "

During this period of time, Roy has been instilling some of his ideas into Tang Seng.

At first Tang Seng would refute Roy, but later, Tang Seng never spoke to Roy again.

"Buddhism emphasizes the equality of all beings, but whenever you are in danger, there are all kinds of gods and Buddhas to save you.

Those ordinary people were killed by hundreds of monsters, but no gods and Buddhas came to save them.

So where is the equality of all living beings? "

Tang Seng shook his body and continued on the road.

Roy didn't care either, with a smile on his lips.

On a small road in the distance, a team dragged their families and walked towards one side.

Tang Seng's eyes lit up, he hadn't seen a living person for many days.

"Old man, where did you come from?"

Tang Seng asked excitedly with a smile.

The old man carrying the sack raised his head, and was about to speak, but found that Tang Seng was a monk, and his face turned pale immediately.

"No, don't kill us, we have no money."

The young man in the team pulled the old man behind him and looked at Tang Seng angrily.

"We've already moved out, what else do you want?"

Tang Seng was puzzled and said quickly:
"Old man, you misunderstood. The poor monk just wanted to ask for directions."

"Ask for directions?"

The old man stood back in fear, the young man took out a hatchet, his face was full of anger.

"Don't pretend, you just want to find out where our village is, and then go to our village to collect money!"

Roy sat on the monk hat and laughed.

Tang Seng heard Roy's laughter, and his face was sullen.

But he didn't have time to argue with Roy, but explained to the youth:

"The poor monk came from the Tang Dynasty in the east, not from the nearby people.

And the poor monk just wanted to know the way to the Lingshan Mountain in the West. "

The young man still didn't believe it, and firmly guarded his father, wife and children behind him.

"I don't know the way to Xitian. If you are not from the Buddha Kingdom, then don't stand in front of us."

Tang Seng opened his mouth to say something more, but finally turned into a sigh and got out of the way.

The young man looked at Tang Seng vigilantly, and let his father, wife and children go over first.

"Pooh--"

Leaving a mouthful of phlegm, the young man left.

Tang Seng remained silent for a long time, his eyes dim.

After a while, Tang Seng raised his head.

"Tell me, where is the Buddha Kingdom that the young man spoke of?"

Roy touched his ear.

"Are you talking to me?"

Along the way, Roy basically talked and Tang Seng listened.

At most, Tang Seng would only answer a few words.

"Tell me, where is that Buddha country?!"

It was the first time for Roy Tang Seng to speak so seriously.

"That's all you want to know?

Your task is to go to the Western Paradise to learn Buddhist scriptures, not to some Buddhist country, you should not have forgotten it, right? "

Roy said meaningfully.

Tang Seng has no expression on his face:

"Isn't this exactly what you expected?"

Roy was taken aback for a moment, then burst out laughing.

"It seems that you guessed it, but so what?

I just gave you a direction of thinking. Whether you are willing to listen or learn is up to you. "

"So, tell me where the Buddha Kingdom is!"

Tang Seng spoke again.

"Okay, since you want to see it, I'll take you there!"

Roy flew high into the sky and looked around the earth.

After determining the direction, it fell on Tang Seng's hat again.

"To the northwest, it will take half a day to get there."

Tang Seng took a step forward and headed northwest.

……

On the other side of the mountain, the family walking cautiously suddenly changed into the appearance of Gail, Avril and others.

"Roy's plan is good, instead of telling Tang Seng the truth, it's better to let him find out by himself.

In this way, he will be more determined! "

The four looked at each other and left quickly.

……

Buddha country, this country did not appear in Journey to the West, which is normal, after all, Tang Seng never passed here in the original book.

Several small streams come together to form a river with not low water flow.

On the edge of the river, there is a city built along the river.

The sun hangs high in the sky, drying up the land.

That's right, although they rely on the river to survive, the people here have no idea of ​​protecting the river, so that they are surrounded by yellow sand.

The civilians in sackcloth were digging the mud at the bottom of the river like walking corpses.

Tang Seng stepped forward step by step, and after a little adjustment, he opened his mouth and said:

"This benefactor, is this the Buddha Kingdom?"

When the curry-colored person saw the cassock Tang Seng was wearing, he immediately knelt down.

"Elder, please be patient for a while, I really have no money now.

I just paid the protection fee yesterday..."

Tang Seng frowned, a wave of anger welled up from the bottom of his heart.

"Protection fee? What's that?"

However, the man just lay on the ground and didn't speak at all.

"I'm not here to collect money. Tell me what protection fees you pay? Taxes?"

The man raised his hand, still a little scared, but he still asked hopefully:

"Elder, aren't you here to collect protection fees?"

"No, please explain to me why you live in such poverty."

Tang Seng looked at the other side. A child was standing by the river. He dug out something from the mud and stuffed it into his mouth.

The man had a bitter expression on his face.

"Elder, you must have come from another place. An eminent monk like you can live a good life in the Buddhist kingdom.

Unlike ordinary people like us who don't understand Buddhism, we have to pay heavy taxes every year.

Every year on the Buddha Festival, we have to dig the best sand from the bottom of the river for free to make Buddha statues for those Buddhas. "

Tang Seng was a little puzzled.

"Buddha statues are made every year? Why is that?"

The man shook his head blankly.

"We don't know either, we only know that this has been a tradition for hundreds of years."

"Then what is the protection fee you mentioned just now?
Now that the tax has been paid, why pay the protection fee? "

The man sighed.

"Originally, there is no need to pay, but monsters are rampant recently. If we don't pay protection fees to the masters, the masters will not protect us, and we will be caught and eaten by monsters..."

"Saving the world and saving people is the right thing to do, so why charge money?"

Tang Seng looked sullenly, looking at the magnificent city in the distance.

"Thank you for letting me know, poor monk farewell."

Bowing slightly, Tang Seng started to leave.

Along a small stone road that has been washed clean, Tang Seng observed that those ordinary people would rather swim through the river than walk this road.

And the ones on this road are all monks in cassocks with fat heads and big ears.

For the first time, Tang Seng felt that the cassock on his body was so dazzling.