Tang Seng is a cook

The servant brought Zhuang Fan to the king's bedroom, and led Zhuang Fan directly without waiting to report.

Zhuang Fan's footsteps paused for a while, hesitant in his heart, the servant who often accompanied the king, who was the best at observing words and expressions, saw this and hurriedly said: "Holy monk, don't worry, my lord has ordered, and the holy monk will be there when he arrives. , no need to wait."

Zhuang Fan nodded and followed the servant into the door.

There are many imperial doctors gathered outside, and they are gathering together at this time, holding many prescriptions in their hands, whispering, Zhuang Fan passed by, heard them say "blocked" and "frightened", nodded in his heart, secretly said to the doctor here , The medical skills are not bad, how can a king not be able to seek medical treatment?

The servant brought Zhuang Fan up to the dragon couch, Zhuang Fan bowed eleven times, recited the Buddha's name, and said: "The poor monk has seen Your Majesty!"

Looking up, I was also taken aback. I saw that the king had a ribbon on his head, his face was like gold paper, his eye sockets were sunken, his lips were dry and his breathing was weak. He leaned on the pillow and stretched out his hand out of breath: Don't be too polite, holy monk, please come closer and talk."

A young eunuch brought a brocade pier and put it beside the dragon couch, Zhuang Fan didn't refuse, came over and sat down, and handed over the certificate of customs clearance and said: "This is a poor monk's document, please ask your majesty to seal it."

A servant took it in his hand and opened it for the king to read. The king sighed and said, "Get the seal!"

He didn't refuse. He used the seal on the document and returned it to Zhuang Fan.

Zhuang Fan put the certificate of customs clearance in his sleeve, and when he saw the king, he was out of breath and unable to support himself when he saw the king, he couldn't help but wonder how he could survive for three years with such a physique, only a few days later , Just bury it directly.

The king said angrily: "The king of Tang can send an envoy to the Leiyin Temple to worship Buddha and ask for scriptures. Hearing that, it breaks my heart. Holy monk, I don't know what scripture you are asking for when you go this time? What does the scripture say? Law?"

Zhuang Fan then said: "The Buddha wanted to spread the Dharma to the east, so he has the Tripitaka of the Mahayana Sutra, which can transcend the dead to ascend to heaven, save the difficult from suffering, cultivate the body of infinity, and do things that come and go without coming."

These words were the ones that Avalokitesvara used to say when he was looking for Xuanzang. According to Zhuang Fan, it was just to deal with the king's questioning. Who knew that the king couldn't help but his eyes lit up when he heard it, and said eagerly: "Holy monk, the scriptures can really surpass the dead and ascend to heaven?"

Zhuang Fan wondered in his heart, thinking who is the king trying to save, nodded and said: "That's right, this is what Guanyin Bodhisattva told us, Bodhisattvas will not speak lies in their leisure time."

The king suddenly burst into tears, struggled to get up, wanted to hold Zhuang Fan's hand, but couldn't hold it anymore, lay back down, and said in a trembling voice: "Holy Monk, I have something to ask, please be sure to agree. "

Zhuang Fan quickly said: "Your Majesty is serious. If you have something to say, it's all right. As long as the poor monk can help you, you will not refuse."

For example, you can cure a disease, catch a demon, find a wife, whatever.

Who knows that the king said: "I feel that time is not long, and I am afraid that I will die soon. After hearing the news, my royal wife, Jin Shenggong, may not be able to live anymore. Holy monk, if one day, you will get the truth." When I came back from the scriptures and passed by our country again, can I trouble you, the holy monk, to stop and read a volume of scriptures for my husband and wife, and I will be fine. The crime is serious and I am afraid it will be unforgivable. Detachment, re-entering reincarnation, and the next life, you can live in peace and happiness."

The king spoke a lot of words on and off, and couldn't catch his breath. Zhuang Fan choked when he heard it, and the attendants around him wept, knelt down and kowtowed, saying: "Take care, Your Majesty."

The king was upset when he heard that, and waved his hands: "Go down, I will have a quiet talk with the holy monk."

Everyone didn't dare to make any more noise, they took a few steps back and hid behind the tent, not daring to go too far.

Zhuang Fan had no choice but to persuade, procrastinating for a while, waiting for Wukong and Bajie to come, he did everything he didn't know: "I don't know what happened in your majesty's palace, I see your majesty, and he is still young, just sick for a couple of days Take the medicine on time, you will always be fine, why should you be so discouraged?"

The king sighed, "Ah, the sickness of the widow is not in the heart, how can it be saved by those few bowls of bitter medicine juice? The ancients said that family ugliness should not be publicized, but if the widow asks the holy monk, it doesn't matter if I say it. The holy monk does not know, a few days ago, on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, my wife, Jinsheng Palace, and the concubines in the palace were enjoying the moon at the gate of the building, when suddenly a vicious monster came..."

Intermittently, he told about Sai Taisui's robbery of the Jinsheng Palace, and said: "The monster said that if you don't donate the Jinsheng Palace, you will eat the widows first, and then eat the ministers, and the city will be full of people. It’s absolutely impossible, after all, the widow is timid and afraid of getting into trouble, and pushed the Jinsheng Palace out with his own hands.”

The king couldn't help tears welling up in his eyes, and said with tears: "When Jin Shenggong left, she tried to be calm, but she gave me one last look, and that look was full of hurt, anger and fear, lingering love and hatred, I dare not forget it. I feel ashamed in my heart, once my wife is gone, I will never come back alive, how can I enjoy a peaceful sleep, fine clothes and delicious food, and spend my days leisurely in this palace?"

When the king said this, he was choked with breath, and a servant came up to stroke his chest and patted his back. After a while, he calmed down, and then said: "The widow these days, I don't think about tea and food, and I can't sleep peacefully. Thinking of the look my wife gave me when she left, Holy Monk, I don’t have much time to live, I just hope you come back from the scriptures and read a few scriptures for me, a sinful person, okay?”

Zhuang Fan was very speechless after hearing this. He didn't expect that the king was not suffering from lovesickness this time, but because of guilt and self-blame, he didn't want to live anymore. This is the king with the highest self-moral standards he has ever seen. .

Which monarch dares to say that he has never done anything immoral, pure and flawless?

This guy pushed his wife out with his own hands because of the threat of the goblin, and he was about to die of guilt, really...

It's good to make people don't know what to say.

Zhuang Fan thought about it and persuaded him: "Your Majesty, the poor monk has the courage to say the last thing. From my perspective, the appearance of your Majesty is not the appearance of an early death. And the poor monk looked at it. Your Majesty's husband and wife palace is plump and shiny. Although there is darkness inside, the main Husband and wife are separated for a short time, but it is harmless, there must be a day of reunion, after that, the husband and wife will love each other, and they will never leave each other, why is your majesty so heavy-hearted, it hurts your body instead!"

When the king heard this, a wave of faith suddenly rose in his heart, and he said in a trembling voice: "Holy monk, you mean, my wife, Jin Shenggong, will return one day? She won't die at the hands of that goblin?"

Zhuang Fan nodded and said: "Jin Shenggong is the mother of a country, and she bears the life of a phoenix. How can a little fairy hurt her? Yea!"

The king thumped the bed and said: "It's a pity that none of the ministers of my highness can subdue demons. If they send troops to fight, they may hurt the national strength, but how can we welcome my wife back to the country? Can the holy monk give some advice?"

Just as I was talking about this point, I suddenly heard the commotion outside, and a eunuch came to report again: "Your Majesty, the emperor's list of recruiting doctors and sages posted under the Drum Tower has an Elder Sun and His younger brother revealed it, and he is waiting in front of the Wufeng Building, he said that he has the power to cure the disease, so he came here to play."

The king wondered: "I don't know this Elder Sun, but who is the holy monk?"

Zhuang Fan smiled slightly, and said: "It's my big disciple. The poor monk went to the palace to change Guan Wen, and told them to go to the city to buy. I thought they would see the emperor's list, so they revealed it."

The king then said: "In that case, let's invite you in!" Regardless of whether it can cure the disease or not, it is still a disciple of the holy monk.

Then he asked Zhuang Fan, "Sage monk disciple, how can he see a doctor?" He said with a long sigh, "This disease of the widow is all in my heart, I'm afraid it will be difficult to cure."

Zhuang Fan smiled calmly and said: "Your Majesty, don't worry, my apprentice is different from you and me. He is not a mortal body. He used to practice Taoism in Lingtai Mountain in the west when he was young. Later, Guanyin chose him as my apprentice and let me go. Worshiping Buddha in the west to seek scriptures. Your Majesty also knows that Taoism is quite complicated, and medical skills are one of them. It is not a poor monk boasting. My disciple has great powers. Your Majesty's minor illness is nothing."

When the king heard this, he was very curious, and asked Zhuang Fan how many disciples he had, how each of them lived, and so on. Zhuang Fan didn't hide it, and boasted about his children, which made the king dazzled and fascinated. .

Just as they were talking, Wukong and Bajie arrived. They entered the bedroom together and saluted the king. When the king learned that the two had served as officials in the heavenly court, how dare they accept it? Quit sitting.

Wukong said: "I am waiting for Master here, so there is a reason for me to sit here."

After all, he didn't sit down, and led Bajie to stand behind the master.

The king sighed: "Holy monks and disciples, you are truly filial, respectful and respectful people."

Zhuang Fan said: "Your Majesty has a great reputation, I wonder if I can ask the young disciple to watch and ask His Majesty for a while?"

The king naturally agreed, because he was not afraid of strangers, and the monkey didn't have any technique of suspending the thread to diagnose the pulse this time. It just took the king's pulse openly, and looked at his eyelids and tongue coating, and came to a conclusion in his heart.

The monkey then said to the king: "Your Majesty's illness is actually quite simple. It's just caused by fear, worry, guilt, and restlessness. If you don’t go down, you don’t think about tea or food, you don’t want to eat or drink, plus you have a lot of worries in your heart, you can’t sleep alone, you can’t sleep at night, so you are seriously ill, I don’t know if my old grandson is right?”

Hearing that, the king felt pain in his heart, shed tears, and said: "The elder is right! Not bad!" One word pierced his mind.

The servant heard this, and quickly came to comfort him again, and when the king's grief subsided a little, he asked for the king: "Elder, I don't know how my master's illness can be cured?"

The monkey said: "Your Majesty's disease has two layers, inside and outside, and the two birds lost their flock. This is not urgent. It is internal blockage. I can cure this. Don't worry, Your Majesty. I will talk to my master first and discuss it!"

But in the past, he whispered a few words to his master. Zhuang Fan thought that the monkey would make mischief, and made black gold pills from the bottom of the pot and crotons for the king. He didn't expect him to save so much trouble this time, so he said strangely: "It's possible? Then Can he take the medicine? Will the medicine be too powerful?"

Wukong said: "Master, don't worry, you can't take one pill, but half a pill is fine."

Zhuang Fan was not stingy either, and said, "Look at it, just be more prudent, don't worry!"

The monkey nodded, and asked for a gold plate and silver knife, although the servant didn't know what he was going to do, but there was no shortage of these things in the palace, so he quickly asked someone to fetch them and put them on the table.

The monkey then took out a jade bottle from his bosom, which was warm and clear, with restrained brilliance, only at the moment when he took it out, a ray of light flashed in the sun, and the king and the people in the palace looked up, with a flash of surprise in their eyes color.

They have seen good things, but they have never seen such a beautiful jade carved into a bottle, it is a waste of money!

It's just that when Wukong opened the bottle and took out a fragrant elixir, these people didn't think so much. After hearing Wukong's words, these people all gasped again and dared not look up again. .

Wukong said: "It is also in line with His Majesty's good fortune. This is the elixir refined by the Taishang Laojun of Tushita Palace. It is called Qingti Pill. It is just for your stomach disease. I will wait for the master and apprentice to get the medicine from the Laojun. There is only one pill left, but your Majesty's mortal body, so you can't take more, this pill is only half a pill."

After Wukong finished speaking, he placed the milky white crystal-clear elixir on the gold plate, and the elixir spun around in the center of the plate. After spinning for a long time, it stopped still, and everyone watched with fear.

But Wukong was very rough, picked up the silver knife, raised the knife in his hand, cut the elixir in two, took the other half, put the remaining half in the gold plate, and signaled the servant to serve it to the king. Said: "Eat it!"

The servant tremblingly told himself not to tremble, and gave the elixir to the king. The king stared at the half elixir with burning eyes, and said, "Have a glass of water."

Wukong hurriedly said, "No way, this elixir will melt when it comes into contact with water. Your Majesty can just swallow it like this, and you won't choke on it."

After hearing this, the king carefully picked up the half elixir and put it in his mouth. Sure enough, it turned into a clear stream between his lips and teeth, and went straight to his abdomen. A lot of grease sludge.

Wukong clapped his hands and said with a smile: "It's done! Your Majesty, let's wash up!"

The servant heard this, and hurriedly called for someone, and Qi Qi helped the king to stay on the bed, and walked back.

It has its own bathroom and room. After tossing for half an hour, the king finally discharged the glutinous rice balls and washed away the impurities on his body. When he came out again, he was already refreshed. Although he was still weak, it was because of eating If you don't get enough, you're just too hungry.

Sure enough, only hearing the roaring and grunting in the king's abdomen, the king couldn't help but feel ashamed, and said: "The widow is hungry, this is the first time in a few days, thanks to the holy monks and disciples for the treatment!"

He also ordered to prepare a vegetarian meal and eat with Zhuang Fan and his disciples.

Zhuang Fan saw that it was getting late, and it was noon, so he didn't refuse. The king was also careful, because he had heard from Zhuang Fan that there were two other apprentices who were waiting in the Huitong hall after asking, and asked someone to prepare another copy for him. Wu Wang and Wu You sent them away, but Zhuang Fan thanked them and did not mention them.

Because the king has been refusing to eat in the imperial dining room, all kinds of meals have been prepared all the time these days, so the vegetarian restaurant was ready in a short time. The king invited Zhuang Fan and his disciples to sit with him, but Wukong said that his stomach is still weak at the moment , it is not easy to eat too much, just let the king drink a bowl of rice soup.

The king obeyed and told Zhuang Fan and his disciples not to be polite, and slowly drank a bowl of rice soup by himself, but he didn't eat any more, just to accompany him for a while.

Not long after the three masters and apprentices finished eating, the king recovered some strength and walked back to the bedroom by himself. Wukong said: "Always lying down is not good for self-cultivation. Your Majesty should sit in the sun for a while!"

The king agreed, and immediately a eunuch set up tables and chairs under the porch, and put up a screen. The king sat down with Zhuang Fan. A few days seemed like a lifetime away, and I couldn't help crying again.

Wukong said: "Your Majesty, how can it benefit self-cultivation if you mourn so much?"

The king sighed: "The internal disease is cured, but the knot in the heart is hard to solve. Elder, you can cure the disease of my body, but there is no medicine to cure the disease of my heart!"

Wukong said: "Oh? Although I have diagnosed the disease of your majesty's double bird loss, I don't know how your majesty caused the two birds to lose their flocks. Why don't you tell me, since my old grandson has cured your majesty, the root cause of the disease has been completely cured. Let's go!"

Zhuang Fanxin said hurry up, take the golden retriever, and ask Guanyin to take it back quickly. His Guanyin has been busy with work these days, and he doesn't know how tired he is. This apprentice is all good at martial arts, I am thanks to them all the way to subdue demons and keep me safe, why not ask my apprentice to save Jin Shenggong!"

The king was overjoyed when he heard that, he was even more happy than himself, and hurriedly said: "If the elder can save my Jinsheng Palace, I will give you half of the country as a gift!"

Zhuang Fan smacked his lips when he heard this in his heart, and said in his heart that the gift of Jiangshan was originally given to him after healed himself, but now he is willing to donate it for the sake of Jinsheng Palace, which is really unexpected.

After hearing this, Bajie sneered and said, "What is the use of your country, my senior brother? I am a monk, and I am merciful. I only want to help you when I see that you have a deep love for your wife. I only hope that the Golden Holy Palace will return. You Don't dislike her for wandering and committing herself to the goblin's nest. You must know that people's words are terrible, if we don't rescue people properly, after we leave, you will bully people to death with soft knives, that would be a crime!"

The king turned pale when he heard this, and said: "My wife suffered so much because I was weak and incompetent. I have no face to blame her for being a weak woman. I owed her a lot. I only hope that she will come back. Don't hate me, hate me." , I am satisfied. The widow swears to the sky, from now on, she will protect her life in peace and smoothness, without worries, if she violates it, the sky will be struck by lightning!"

Zhuang Fan listened, nodded again and again, and said: "Your Majesty has such a heart, what a rare and great husband!"

Wukong and Bajie also nodded in praise, they both praised him for their deep love as a husband and wife, the king blushed and said he was ashamed.

Zhuang Fan also sighed in his heart, the Sangong Sixth Courtyard is there, even if he misses it, he can be so affectionate.

After all, he is still a modern person, and he doesn't understand this kind of man with multiple plugs.

The king didn't know that Zhuang Fan was complaining in his heart, he told Wukong and Bajie the address of Sai Taisui, and seeing the two of them leaving in the clouds and fog, he couldn't help being stunned, even the people in the hall also prostrated themselves on the ground, calling them gods!

Zhuang Fan said: "Your Majesty, take your seat and wait for a while. My apprentice has surrendered the demon and will return soon!"

The king said: "Earlier, the holy monk said that the apprentices were capable, but I didn't take it to heart. I just thought that they were no more than military generals. How could I have imagined that they were like Arhats."

Zhuang Fan said with a smile: "Practitioners have their own good fortune, which is different from us!"

Hearing this, the king thought to himself that it was a pity. He wanted to ask the holy monk if he could also fly. The holy monk seemed quite easy to talk to. If he could fly, he begged him to fly a circle or two with him. , isn't it beautiful?

It's a pity that the short word "we" has completely destroyed the king's thoughts.

Thanks to Zhuang Fan who was afraid of trouble and kept a low profile, otherwise he would be blamed if he didn't keep it.

Escaped.

But Wukong took Bajie and went straight to Xiezhi Cave on Qilin Mountain. This place is very easy to find. He flew south and arrived in a short time.

In the original book, Sai Taisui also has a group of little demons as his subordinates, but now that he has just arrived here, even the cave has not been tidied up. Where did the subordinates come from? Empress Shenggong made some food, and when she went out, she happened to meet Wukong Bajie!

Wukong is a frequent visitor to the purple bamboo forest, how could the golden retriever not know him, he trembled when he saw the monkey, thinking to himself, why is the monkey here?

Seeing the demon, Wukong saw a demonic aura on his head, mixed with a ray of Buddha's light, and his golden eyes focused on him, so he recognized him and shouted: "Jinmaoji, your master told me to come and find you! Surrender honestly!"

How could Sai Taisui be so resigned, he gritted his teeth and said, "Oh, you don't want Tang Sanzang to get your scriptures, why are you meddling in my business! You also used my master's banner as a tiger skin, I'm sorry ! If you want me to surrender, you have to beat your grandfather!"

Seeing that he was talking about my grandpa, Wukong was so angry, Bajie also said: "Brother, don't talk nonsense with him, beat his mother!"

The two brothers looked at each other with a tacit understanding, and they didn't talk nonsense. One drew the stick, the other raised the rake, and rushed to Sai Taisui.

Avalokitesvara took the golden bell under Sai Taisui's jaw and lost his support, so he had to stand with Wukong Bajie with bare hands.

Sai Taisui relies on the golden bell to bully and bully Wukong. Without the golden bell, he can only fight a tie. After a long time, he will not be able to fight against him. , Sai Taisui soon became unable to support himself alone.

Wukong Bajie took advantage of the victory and pursued, beat Sai Taisui well, and the two brothers were also bad, they only picked on the soft joints, turned a golden retriever into tears and wailed in pain, and turned it into a prototype.

Seeing him, Wukong laughed and said, "It turns out he's also a puppy!"