[Journey to the West] Wukong purchasing

The lizard spirit was dumbfounded by Wu Hao's words. He had been living in the desert and had seen few people outside. After he became a spirit, he was rescued by the old lady's daughter and asked to be his son-in-law. Influenced by the whole family, they always thought that the village chief was a good person, and now he is fine. After being brainwashed by Wu Hong and Elder Tang, the whole monster is not good.

"Then, do I want to take Auntie and the others to move to another place..." The more I think about it, the more something is wrong, the lizard spirit is not stupid, or, because of the instinctive reaction of animals to danger, at this moment, he just I want to pack my luggage quickly and run away with my wife and daughter-in-law!

Although I have only met these eminent monks of the Tang Dynasty for less than half a day, my intuition tells Lizard Spirit that what they guessed will happen in all likelihood. Sha Nie, it's because they didn't provoke any powerful people. If they are unlucky one day and provoke some powerful people into the village, wouldn't they suffer disaster?

Just in a panic, the old lady and her daughter had already prepared the meals. The lizard spirit looked at Tang Xuanzang's master and apprentice with a sad face, and was pushed and pushed by the mother-in-law. Say no appetite!

After all, we met each other once, and although this lizard spirit looks a bit stupid, he is very kind to his mother-in-law and daughter-in-law who are mortals. Boss Wu does good deeds every day, so he wants to find a place for this coward to stay——

"If you're afraid that the village chief's family will hurt you, walk east for more than half a day from here, there is a pear grove, there..."

"You must not go there! That pear tree spirit can suck blood! I saw it with my own eyes, he, he sucked a camel dry in an instant!" The lizard spirit waved her hands in horror, with rejection written all over her body.

"Then you just said that there are no powerful monsters here..." Zhu Bajie glared at him.

"I, the little demons here have all heard of the reputation of King Lishu, and I don't dare to go there on weekdays. As time goes by, I forget it." The lizard spirit flinched, "Besides, you didn't ask about the forbidden area. ah."

"What forbidden place?" Tang Xuanzang asked suddenly.

"That's the ancient city where King Lishu lived. I heard that King Lishu absorbed the flesh and blood of all the people who died in the ancient city. He was very powerful. He refused to leave because there were countless treasures buried in the ancient city. Those who went in to hunt for treasure never came out again, and as time passed, no one dared to go there again, rumors say that it is a famous forbidden place in the desert, and anyone who goes there will die."

"This Mo Li really knows how to make people think..." Wu Hong was speechless after listening for a long time, and leaned into Elder Tang's ear and whispered, "I think it's obvious that the kid doesn't want people to pick his fruit. I was impatient to drive them away again and again, so I came up with this idea."

Wu Hao's voice was not too low, and the Lizard Spirit was not deaf, so he heard it naturally, and this guy trembled suddenly: "Several eminent monks... Could it be possible that you met the King Pear Tree?"

"It's not just an acquaintance, now the king of the pear tree you are talking about is doing long-term work for me." Boss Wu said proudly.

With a thud, the lizard spirit fell headlong to the ground, and almost couldn't help but change into its original shape.

"I don't know how many kings have arrived, but the villain's hospitality is not good..." The lizard spirit was crying, could he not escape after all?I just hope that my mother and daughter-in-law can escape, take his children and find a place to live in seclusion.

"What are you doing with a sad face? I came to you because I have something good to do for you. The pear tree spirit is one of my own. He is now planting pear trees for me outside the ancient city. A few days ago, he was still complaining about the lack of manpower. If you want to find a place to stay, you might as well just go to him. You also said that he is very capable, and with his protection, why are you afraid of robbers? After the robbers chased him there, they only made him cheaper and added a lot of fertilizer... ..."

The lizard spirit was trembling to himself, and Wu Hong didn't bother to wait for his reply, so he threw him a comic book and a small bag of flat peach pits: "You decide for yourself, if you can't stay here anymore, you can take this to go." Go to the pear tree spirit, that is to say, the eminent monk of the Tang Dynasty asked you to take refuge, and the flat peach core is from the flat peach garden of the Queen Mother of Heaven, if it is a good seed, it will be taken regularly, and it will also be of great benefit to the cultivation of monsters."

"Many, thank you, holy monk." Of course, the lizard spirit knew that what Wu Kong said was for his own good, but was she really scared?That's the legendary monster~

Although there are tokens from the holy monks, if one day I offend the boss, will I be hung up and sucked into a lizard?

Because they had to wait for Sha Wujing to report back to the Heavenly Court, Tang Xuanzang and the others stayed at the lizard spirit's house that night, unaware that they were already being followed by the village chief's son.

"Hehe~ Boss, this is a herd of fat sheep! I heard from people in the village that when they entered the village, they were bent over their burdens and led a very handsome white horse. The eminent monk from the Tang Dynasty, wearing a brocade cassock and holding a tin staff with nine rings, is a treasure that is hard to find in the world." Although the village head did not personally inform his son because of face, his son who was a robber was in the village. But there are many eyeliners. As soon as Tang Xuanzang and his party entered the village, someone ran to report to them.

"Okay! I'm going to eat this fat sheep tonight!" The bandit leader sighed regretfully to his subordinates after finishing speaking, "It's a pity, why don't they live in your house? If you have uncle's help, you can put some perspiration medicine in the meal, Isn't it at your fingertips at this moment?"

"Oh, my father has always been pedantic. If he knew that they were monks, he would definitely not allow us to do this conveniently. That's all, we will still pretend to pass by my house, go in first to ask for a glass of water, and then stop by when we come out..." The robbers The plan is perfect, of course, the premise is that you don't meet the super boss Monkey King.

In the middle of the night, when he heard footsteps coming from outside, Wu Hao jumped up, woke up Tang Xuanzang and Zhu Bajie, and then went to the next door to call for the lizard spirit, but unexpectedly, the lizard spirit was already waiting at the door.

"The group of them often pass by the village, and the sound of their footsteps is very familiar..." Lizard explained desperately that he was definitely not with the robbers. Anyway, if there was such a disturbance tonight, their family would not be able to stay in the village. After going down, why don't you just hug Wu Kong's thigh tightly, even the famous pear tree king has subdued him, let alone a dozen robbers?

"Wukong, don't hurt people's lives..." Although he really wanted to wipe out these robbers, Wu Kong was not Wukong after all. He should have been a law-abiding citizen in the past, and he probably rarely even got into fights, let alone killed people. It is suspicious, Tang Xuanzang can only speak out first and tell him not to kill innocent people indiscriminately, which is also in line with his personality.

"Bajie, did you hear what Master said? Don't hurt anyone's life, just break a bone." Wu Kong sacrificed the golden cudgel, and rushed into the pile of robbers like a hungry wolf.

Zhu Bajie was still muttering why the elder brother listened to his master so much now, but he didn't expect that there would be a robber with no eyesight who would dare to chop him with a knife?Cut you paralyzed, go to hell!Zhu Bajie picked up the nine-toothed rake and beat it vigorously, only to hear a scream in the dark night, and the bandit who chopped him wailed, and half of his shoulder collapsed.

It is estimated that the worst is a comminuted fracture, and I will never want to be a robber again in this life.

Looking at Wu Hong's side again, the battle ended earlier, this guy has even singled out millions of heavenly soldiers and generals in the heavenly court, these bandits can only pick such a hard-core fat sheep like him, it can only be said that they probably died It is a copycat ophthalmology department, and Wu Hao is very skillful. He only broke the arm that they usually used to use weapons. Looking at the one with a fierce face, he broke another leg, which perfectly fulfilled the "don't hurt people's life" proposed by Elder Tang. .

Hearing the sound of fighting coming from here, the village chief came to him, leaned on his crutches and yelled "Nie Zang" a few times, then rushed to Tang Xuanzang to plead guilty, saying that he was not strict with his children and caused a catastrophe, but he was old. , only this son is always by his side, the meaning inside and outside the words is nothing more than that these people have learned their lesson, please forgive Tang Xuanzang, don't let him send a white-haired person to a black-haired person.

Tang Xuanzang didn't intend to really kill these robbers at first, but the old man seemed to be begging bitterly, but in fact, the face of moral kidnapping disgusted him enough. He also knew that he had no experience in dealing with such people, so he rushed to Wu Kong He winked, closed his eyes, and simply recited Buddhist scriptures.

The village chief: "..." Is the promised Tang Dynasty monk merciful?I'm afraid this is not a fake monk, right?

"Okay, old man, don't embarrass my master. All the trivial matters around the master are handled by my brothers. Don't cry there. I don't believe it. Your son has become a robber. Tonight And 'coincidentally' brought someone back home, so you don't know that he wants us to kill Fat Sheep? Now that you know, then you are an accomplice?" Seeing that the old man was still trying to make excuses, Wu Kong immediately waved his hands, "We'll wait I was passing by, if he didn't provoke me, my master used to eat fast and recite the Buddha, so he wouldn't make things difficult for him. It's just that tonight, we were frightened, old man, you are also a sensible person, tell me, today What should I do about this?"

It was probably the first time that the old man was blackmailed at such an old age, and he was so angry that he couldn't speak.Who doesn't know that his youngest son is a robber?The unreasonable ones are afraid of his son and dare not provoke him, and the reasonable ones are because he is the village chief and restrains his son who is a robber not to bully the villagers. On the contrary, he respects him more than before. The monk from outside took off an old face... The old man was so ashamed and angry for a while, he opened his mouth, but he couldn't speak.

In the final analysis, his son was just the little leader of the gang of robbers, and it was okay to help in the investigation of information, but it was not up to him to decide the real big things in the gang, let alone his father who was separated by a layer.

The old man was forced to go to his son, cursed in a low voice, and then walked to the bandit leader, probably to ask for instructions on the ransom.After all, the lives of these people are now in the hands of Tang Xuanzang's master and apprentice. These people are so powerful, and they took the initiative to provoke them. If they don't bleed a lot, they may not even save their lives.

I don’t know what the bandit made up. The last “sincerity” he gave them was the 100 taels of silver and more than a dozen taels of gold that they had accumulated for a long time. Every time the leader came back from robbery, he forcibly received the "retirement money" in his hand. He probably knew that robbers were young people, and he was afraid that he would be old and unable to work, so he should save some pension money.

Now, the pension money has to be used to buy life first.

"Okay, I want this hundred gold, and you keep the rest. After you recover from your injury, you can do some serious business. Next time I come back, I will let Grandpa see you as thieves, and I will kill you with a stick!" Wu Hao pointed the golden cudgel at the boss's head twice, thought for a while, and squatted down to look at him, "We are all ordinary people, if we have gold, we can do it. My master is an elegant person. You have always robbed passers-by. , do you have any scrolls, books, etc.? If there are any, please ask someone to fetch them quickly, and my master will be happy, so grandpa will let you go!"

The bandit leader looked at Wu Cong in disbelief: Didn't he say he would let him go if he collected the ransom?Why do you want to add something?

The leader couldn't help turning his attention to the "military adviser" in the gang for help.

They have always had a clear division of labor, he is in charge of the accounts, and the military adviser is in charge of logistics. Except for valuables such as gold and silver, other miscellaneous things whose specific value cannot be judged are kept by the military adviser.

military adviser:"……"

Fortunately, because those things are messy and worthless, every time they rob and pass by here, the military adviser will stuff those worthless things into the guest room reserved for them by the village chief's house, but the military adviser also broke his leg with a stick by Wu Kong , I can't find it in person at this moment, so I can only tell the village head where the things are, and ask the village head to help fetch them so that they can redeem their lives.

When Tang Xuanzang heard that Wu Kong wanted a separate ransom for him, he was speechless and moved. Boss Wu knew that he was working for the king of Tang, so he naturally knew that compared with gold and silver, it was obviously some local scrolls, Textual things like books are more valuable to him.

How could the village chief dare to neglect the life of his son (and his gang of friends)?Called a few young people in the village who often communicated with his son, rummaged through boxes and boxes, and filled two large wooden boxes. It can be said that as long as the robber army division stored in their home, as long as it was paper or sheepskin scrolls, he stuffed them into the boxes. I'm afraid it's not enough, and I can't get back so many lives.

Perhaps in the eyes of those victims, these robbers did all kinds of crimes and deserved to die. However, in the eyes of the village chief, they were just young people who engaged in "special occupations" to make a living, and they were also good brothers of their youngest son. Under his "hard persuasion", the neighbors were not harmed (mainly because the neighbors were poorer than the robbers). Therefore, the village chief wished to stuff all the straw paper from his own house into it if he could find a way to keep the robbers alive. Make up the number, lest there are too few things, these evil spirits will find excuses to torture the robbers again.

Wu Kong: "..." Amitabha, I used to be a practitioner who ate fast and recited Buddha's name.

Originally, Wu Hong didn't want to beat these robbers to death with a single stick. To be honest, even if it was their Star Alliance, those rampant star robbers would never stop. He Qing... Don't mention him, even the Tathagata Buddha might not be able to do it. Otherwise, with so many Buddhists in the Western Regions, why would there be so many thieves?

Nothing more than poverty.

After getting what he wanted, Boss Wu waved his hand in satisfaction, and asked the village chief to bring back the robbers who were lying on the ground in disorder.I believe that after what happened tonight, no bandit gang in the vicinity would dare to attack them again.

"Huh? Where's Junior Brother Sha?" Only now did Zhu Bajie realize that they had beaten the robber to the ground and even got the ransom, so how could Junior Brother Sha not come out?This pissed off Zhu Bajie who loves to take advantage of others: He has always taken advantage of others, but Sha Wujing, who is so honest, dares to take advantage of himself?

"Oh, I forgot to tell you, you brother Sha was testing the medicine for Master last night, you may have swallowed the poison by mistake and passed out, by the way, Bajie, Master felt that the dose of medicine given to Wujing yesterday was a bit too much, Why don't we rest here for another day today, why don't you try it for me..." Before Tang Xuanzang finished speaking, Zhu Bajie slipped away like his butt was on fire.

"Master, this road is really dangerous, Lao Zhu will go ahead to explore the way first, and bring back some delicious prey for Master!"

"Elder Tang has a solution!" Wu Kong gave Tang Xuanzang a thumbs up.

The master and apprentice guarded Sha Wujing's body, which was already out of the body, and checked the scrolls and various pieces of paper in the three large boxes. The paper used in the Western Regions was a kind of earthy yellow jute paper with a little plant fiber. Some of those papers contained some incomprehensible symbols or words, and some were simply hieroglyphic symbols. Tang Xuanzang looked at some of them and couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. Most of them should be robbed by robbers. The "ledgers" recorded by the merchants themselves, some of them were illiterate, simply marked the items and the buying and selling prices with symbols that only they could understand.

However, it is not useless to organize these things: at the very least, he can know which items produced in the Western Regions can make a lot of money when transported to Chang'an, and he also knows how much the price difference will be.

Thinking of this, Tang Xuanzang silently put away those scattered jute papers, preparing to have the opportunity to sort out all these materials. In case he stops being an official in the future, he can also form a caravan to sell some rare objects to and from the Western Regions, and the income will be enough It is necessary to maintain his life in Chang'an.

As the saying goes, "living in Chang'an is not easy"!

There is no surplus food in the temple. The eminent monk wants to support his family and refuses to exploit the common people, so he can only follow Boss Wu to learn how to do business.

The lizard spirit came over with a plate to deliver meals to the master and apprentices, his hands and feet were still soft, he didn't expect these eminent monks to be so hot-tempered, they couldn't rub the sand in their eyes, they fought all the way from King Lishu to the gang of robbers. ...Could this be the legendary monk?

Now he completely believes that King Lishu will take them in and will never eat him.

Didn't you hear what Elder Wu threatened those robbers just now?If you come back and see them robbing pedestrians again, it's not maiming, it's just beating them to death.Elder Wu must have said these words to King Lishu before.

Thinking of this, Lizard Essence couldn't help but feel a little emotional, this Elder Wu, his strength is not ordinary!It's a pity that he has already married a wife and had children, otherwise, he must be worshiped as his teacher and make a name for himself.

"Now you can safely go to that pear tree spirit, right? In fact, if your family doesn't want to leave your homeland, it's not a big problem to live here. You are a demon, with good strength, and you can protect your family. The village chief and him After this scare, my son will not dare to bully you and others at will." Wu Hong quite liked this lizard spirit, although he was a little timid.

"I, I want to discuss it with my mother and my daughter-in-law." The lizard spirit stood aside awkwardly, paused, and then thanked in a low voice, saying that he would go to hunt some fresh prey for the elders in the morning, but it was a mistake in judgment last night. I thought they were all eminent monks who ate vegetarian food and recited Buddha’s name, but now they seem to be warrior monks with a hot temper, so they are allowed to eat meat?Taught by the old lady, the lizard spirit still knows a little bit about the world.

"If only all the monsters in this world were like you." Wu Hong couldn't help sighing.

The lizard spirit never expected that he could still get a compliment from Elder Wu, and he was immediately overwhelmed with excitement. He has been timid since he was a child, but those courageous lizards did not live as long as him, and he was still timid after becoming a human. , he used to have low self-esteem, but now, this formidable Elder Wu actually said that he is better than most demons and ghosts in this world?

Seeing the lizard spirit walking out, Wu Hao couldn't help but lowered his head and smiled. Most of the monsters in this world are not as human as this lizard spirit. It can only be said that he is too lucky. , was rescued by the kind old lady and her daughter, education, can really change a person, or a demon!

Sha Wujing woke up before Zhu Bajie came back from hunting.It is still a bit difficult for him to get out of his body now. If the matter is not too important and he has no authority to make up his own mind, Sha Wujing will not easily get out of his body in the mortal world.

Fortunately, he felt that he should have brought good news to Tang Xuanzang——

"Elder Tang, go back to Chang'an."

Clam? !

Both Tang Xuanzang and Wu Kong were stunned.

Did you just give up so easily?

Isn't it said that the great cause of learning from the scriptures is related to the balance of forces in the three realms?

what?Now the various forces in the three realms have finally decided to shake hands and make peace to build a harmonious society together?

Sha Wujing was about to explain to them in detail, but Zhu Bajie happened to come back at this time. This lazy guy actually brought back a prey that looked like a sheep. They didn't know what it was. It can only be given to the lizard essence, and their family members can help them deal with it.

Zhu Bajie put down his prey, saw Sha Wujing woke up, and immediately wanted to enter the house. However, his animal intuition allowed him not to miss Tang Xuanzang who was sitting next to Sha Wujing and looking at him with a smile.

Animals' intuition of danger makes Zhu Bajie feel a chill down his spine, always feeling that once he walks in, something terrible will happen to him.

"Bajie, it's just in time for you to come back! I just boiled a new medicine for my master..." Elder Tang stood up, looking at Zhu Bajie with kindness in his eyes.

Pig Bajie: "..."

This, this is not fair!Eldest brother is obviously sitting next to master, why don't you ask him to test the medicine?

Since he said that he wanted to test the medicine, Elder Tang boiled a bowl of medicine himself very thoughtfully, stared at Zhu Bajie kindly and drank it.

The taste of the medicine is not too bitter, with the licorice produced in the Western Regions added, it is a bit sweet, Zhu Bajie relaxed his vigilance, and drank it happily.

Then, with a bang, there was a heavy blunt sound on the ground, almost smashing the carpet in Lizard Spirit's house.

"Master, is he alright?" Wu Hong stretched out his finger to test it, well, he was still breathing, and his pulse was relatively stable, so he should not be dead.

"It's okay, there are often benefactors in the temple who are trapped by evil spirits, and they can't sleep day and night. This prescription is not unusual, but I grind some powder of the carapace of scorpion essence into it, and see if it can fight poison with poison..." Elder Tang He modestly stated that he is not only a famous Buddhist scholar, translator, writer, and traveler in history, but also "knows a little bit" about medicine.

Wu Kun: "..." All right, as long as your old man is happy.Anyway, it wasn't him who was poisoned.

"Okay, let's continue, what does His Majesty the Jade Emperor say?" Elder Tang was more concerned about this issue.