[Journey to the West] Jagged Tang San Burial

The masters and apprentices lived in this Zhiyuan Temple. The temple had long been deserted, and only the old abbot was left during the day. He grew some vegetables by himself and cooked some porridge with water and vegetables. First, he wanted to offer it to Master Sanzang, but Sanzang declined.

He often eats a small meal in the wild, and it is not easy to suffer from hunger as time goes by. The monkey has already pretended to be a Taoist priest once, and practice makes perfect when he becomes a Taoist again. Distributed to the skinny little monks in the temple.

When the monkey looked at those little monks, he always felt as if he was thinking of those little monkeys in Huaguo Mountain, and wondered if they would be so hungry after he left Huaguo Mountain, holding cheap steamed buns, but eating like delicacies , I couldn't bear it in my heart, turned around and went out again. When I came back, I had a package in my hand, and inside I opened it were coarse grain steamed buns of different sizes.

But Sanzang looked at some wounds with those young monks, many of their backs had marks of being whipped by whips, they were red, swollen, and festered without treatment, Sanzang asked Bajie to fetch two bowls of clean water, and his mouth Chanting the Buddha's mantra, brushing the wounds with fingers dipped in clean water, the poison in those wounds dissipated and gradually healed.

He is still an ordinary person now, with a mortal body, he cannot save a large area by sprinkling nectar like Guanyin, but he can only rely on the Buddha power in his body to remove all the sepsis on the backs of those little monks, and wait until the end. Putting my finger in another bowl, the clear water suddenly changed color, turning dark yellow and smelling foul.

Most of these young monks in Zhiyuan Temple are vagrants, or disabled children who were abandoned by nearby people. They were all picked up by the monks in the temple and raised well. Now they hold them and kowtow to Sanzang.Sanzang signaled them to get up, but healing mortal flesh and blood was much more difficult and costly than resurrecting trees. A few monks cleaned up an abandoned meditation hall and invited Master Sanzang and a few disciples to stay.Sanzang was in meditation with his clothes on, the monkeys didn't dare to disturb him, hugged the pillow, fell down on the floor, and fell asleep after a while.

The monkey didn't know how long he had been in a drowsy sleep. It seemed to be dreaming of Huaguo Mountain, or the peach garden in the old heaven. He woke up suddenly and saw that the sky outside the window was already dark. He sat up and saw that Sanzang's bed was empty.Ba Jie had already been sitting there beside him, with a piece of grass in his mouth that he didn't know where he pulled out: "Don't look, the master has gone out for a night run." The monkey ignored him, got up and walked out of the meditation hall, his hearing was very sharp , Faintly heard the sound of playing music and preaching in the distance, jumped in the air to watch: it turned out that the disciples of the Sanqing Temple kowtowed to the south with bright lights and candles.He pressed the cloud on the top of the Taoist temple, and saw that there are many high halls below, the blessed place is a real hall, thousands of candles are as bright as day, the sound of sheng, reed, silk and bamboo is pleasant to the ears, the table is full of tributes, piled up, and there are seven or eight hundred Taoist priests in front of the hall. , kneeling in front of the hall, there are three other people in the hall, wearing cassocks, the monkey looked at it with piercing eyes, the first one on the left hand, with black hair and black beard, a pair of golden strokes, shiny, the middle one, thin and short, the cassock is The most beautiful and rich, with snow-white skin and watery eyes, the one on the far right, the cassock is buttoned up to the face, covering most of the face, the black hair is scattered, revealing the eyes, no matter how you look, they look like women. They have changed well. But how can it block the monkey's eyes, from left to right are tigers, deer and sheep.

Those Taoist priests read a Tao Te Ching, and Immortal Hu Li said a few words in the hall, and said: "Disciples continue, after reading the remaining six chapters, pour these tributes into the river, and they will naturally float to Sanqing. The Taoist priests promised, and continued to chant scriptures, the monkey sneered in his heart when he heard his words, he twisted the tactic, chanted a mantra, took a breath into the sky of Sunda, and blew it away, there was a gust of wind, which he never knew From here, the Taoist priests first heard the sound of the wind and the low whistling of the branches, and then the strong wind swept straight into the Sanqing Hall, blowing down all the vases and candlesticks, and then the lights went out. helpless.

The Great Immortal Hu Li is a drinker. He listened to the Daoist scriptures on the stage for a long time, and he was impatient, so he said: "Apprentices, let go, this divine wind blows out the lamps, candles and fragrant flowers. Everyone Go back to bed, get up early in the Ming Dynasty, and read a few more volumes of scriptures to make up." All the Taoists retreated one after another.

The monkey stepped on the cloud back to Zhiyuan Temple. He had just jumped off the cloud when he first saw Bajie leaning against the door of the meditation hall, and the grass in his mouth trembled: "Where have you been?" The monkey said: "Sanqing Temple, eat some tributes Go, do you want to go?" Bajie said: "Go!" The monkey planned to call out again, the rolling shutter would definitely not go with them, and the little white dragon was not sure what kind of trouble he was going to make, so he went into the meditation hall and took his eldest nephew After dragging it out: "Sanqing Hall or not?"

The eldest nephew just woke up, and after hearing this, he said hypocritically: "Uncle, this is not good, after all, the red boy is wearing the body of a sin, how can he take advantage of—"

The monkey said impatiently, "Stop talking, can you go?"

The eldest nephew simply said, "Let's go!"

You must know that the monkey did the fairy dance during the day, and suddenly found it very convenient, so he suddenly came up with this idea. Taoism does not worship Bodhisattvas, but respects the Three Purities. Daoist Lingbao, who himself became Yuanshi Tianzun, with three sleeves and robes, went to the Sanqing Palace.

As soon as the wind blew before him, the Hall of Sanqing was silent, candles, vases, desks and tributes had been moved into the hall and placed in front of Sanqing.Monkey looked at the Sanqing sculpture, he had no grievances with Lingbao Daojun and Yuanshi Tianzun, and he had a long story with Taishang Laojun. When he saw his sculpture, even though it was not carved at all, he was still angry. Heartbroken, he turned to his elder nephew and said, "Grandpa was trapped in his alchemy furnace in the past, and he was almost blinded by the samadhi fire first. My elder nephew also let him taste this taste."

His eldest nephew was very obedient, and he said something, which first made the Taishang Laojun's face blurred.You have to know how mortal sculptures can resist the fairy fire, the paint and clay tires were instantly mixed together, colorful, making his face look particularly good.The monkey wondered if the old gentleman suddenly felt a pain in his face in the alchemy room, he was satisfied, he shook a pear in his hand, and took a bite first.Honghaier and Bajie ate a few cake ingots and a stove, and there were steamed buns, cluster plates, rice lining, dim sum, fried dough, steamed crisps and many other snacks on the table. Looking at the cake, tears suddenly came down, and he said sins and sins, the master ate only cold steamed buns today, the monks still had a few uneaten ones, the monkeys had already conjured up packages and threw them inside Mantou Dim Sum saw him crying and scolded him with a smile: "Idiot, eat yours quickly, grandpa will leave after pretending!"

It was also because there was too much movement in their hall. A Taoist priest on patrol suddenly heard a voice coming from the front hall. He was afraid, and he heard a faint cry, which scared away the three souls and shocked the seven souls. Panting, one step and one fall, bumped into the back hall, outside the door of the three priests, knocked on the door and called: "Master! It's not good! It's a disaster!"

The three Taoist priests were still awake, and the room was brightly lit. Immortal Hu Li held a wine gourd in one hand and opened the door: "Why is it so noisy?" There must be the sound of breathing and talking, and faint crying, which almost kills me!" Huli Daxian pondered in his heart, could it be a stray cat, whose cry is similar to that of a child crying, or a thief from outside?It's better to go and have a look, so he called the two people in the room, and ordered the Taoist priest: "Come hold the lamp! What kind of evil thing is it?" He sent an order, which alarmed the Taoist priests in the two corridors, big and small. He got up and lit a lamp, put on his robes, and went to the main hall to watch.

The monkey first heard the sound of approaching footsteps, the three monsters glanced at each other, then pushed the three statues to the ground, the monkey pinched the package to make it smaller, stuffed it in his arms, the three of them sat The Taoist priests rushed into the main hall, first saw the three statues rolling to the ground, and then saw the three people on the throne, they were stunned, and they all knelt down after a while , Kowtowed and shouted "Grandpa Sanqing".

The three monster priests were dubious, but the Taoist priests beside him knelt on the ground. The monkey laughed in his heart, but he wanted to show off. He shook the fan in his hand, and all the extinguished candles in the hall were lit up. The color is golden red, and the flames rise three feet high, reflecting the fairy sculptures and Taoist drawings in the temple, as if they are moving. If you look carefully at the eyes of the person, they seem to be blinking repeatedly.

How could the monster not believe it, he quickly knelt down, and said in his mouth: "It turns out that Grandfather Sanqing came to receive these offerings."

The monkey imitated the Taishang Laojun's voice, and said slowly: "It's okay, I'll come up from the Pantao Society and hear your chanting, so I'll come down and have a look."

The three monsters were surprised and delighted, knelt down below, and said quietly: "It should be that we are devout and respectful. We chant scriptures here day and night, and Shenwen before and after, which moved Sanqing. Why don't we beg for some holy water and gold when they never come back?" Dan, but it is longevity, how about it?After discussing secretly, they kowtowed again and said, "Thanks to Heavenly Venerable for not giving up, the disciple bows down to mourn and look up to Enrong. I just hope that I will leave some holy water golden pills to prolong my life with my disciples."

Bajie twirled the monkey secretly from above, and said silently: "Why don't you rub some mud and turn into a golden elixir for them?"

The monkey twitched back at him, and said again: "Since you are my disciple, why is the enshrined statue so unrecognizable?"

The three monsters slandered in their hearts that they had never seen Sanqing's respectable face, and mortals didn't know, they only pinched on the appearance depicted in the legend, and then quietly raised their heads to look at Sanqing. Plead guilty and said: "It's my fault! My disciple will respect and repair the statue for the gods! I only hope that the god will give me the golden elixir and holy water for the sake of my sincerity."

Hong Haier thought about that certain dragon in Zhiyuan Temple was still ignorant, he gave his food to the monks, and he didn't eat a bite, so he twisted the eight precepts: "Give it quickly, and then return quickly."

Bajie Nianhouzi: "Whatever you think of, you give it to Jindan!"

The monkey said silently: "Grandpa has a way." He said to the three monsters: "I was waiting in the fairy world to communicate with the Tathagata in the west, but I saw that you treat the disciples of the Buddha harshly here. It would be bad if I waited for holy water for you. Tell him."

Great Immortal Huli thought that Sanqing would not give it because he saw through their real bodies. Hearing this, he heaved a sigh of relief in his heart, and hurriedly said: "The disciple will arrange it tomorrow, so as not to embarrass Tianzun."

The monkey said: "Yes, I think you juniors are sincere, if so, take the utensils."

The Great Immortal Huli stood up first, overjoyed, looked around, and then brought a large tank from the yard. The Immortal Luli was thin and small, and only took a sand basin. , seemed to have no interest, empty-handed, but was stared at by the other two, and reluctantly took a vase and put it in front of the stage. I'll keep some holy water for you." All the Taoist priests knelt under the altar and covered the door of the temple.

The monkey jumped down from the stage and looked at the big vat, sand basin and vase. He rubbed his chin and pondered for a while, then he came up with an idea, and turned to look at his eldest nephew: "You...why have some boy pee?"

His eldest nephew had a terrified expression: "I remember that uncle is also a boy, so there is no need to be modest."

The monkey said impatiently: "We are all a family, why are you polite, come here!"

His eldest nephew had no choice but to tear up his clothes and only filled the vase. Seeing his uncle's dissatisfied expression, he could only say: "My eldest nephew is useless, please show me your uncle."

No matter how powerful his uncle was, he couldn't fill a tank, but Bajie pushed and shoved, saying that he was a civilized person and would not do such dirty things, and was yelled at by the monkey, who also gave him some holy water.

The Taoist priest outside the temple heard the voice and said: "Could it be that Tianzun is arguing inside how much holy water to send me?" The Great Immortal Luli also blamed Immortal Huli: "You are so greedy, if Tianzun does not bring enough holy water, you still need more holy water." Blame me for waiting." Immortal Huli murmured, "This... these immortals have the skill of transporting, so they can't be troubled."

The monkey finally worked out a formula, brought in groundwater, rootless water, dirty sewage, mixed them together, and changed their color to golden orange and orange to get rid of the peculiar smell. Then he straightened his clothes, sat upright on it, and said: " Xiaoxian receives the holy water."

When those Taoist priests heard this, they pushed away the grid, kowtowed and kowtowed to thank them, and carried out the vat, basin and vase, all in one place.Great Immortal Hu Li saw that the vat was also filled, filled with joy, bowed to Sanqing again, and told the Taoist beside him: "Apprentice, take a bell and taste it." The little Taoist immediately took a tea clock, Hand it over to him.Immortal Huli scooped it out for a minute, saw that the color was really like gold, smelled it and had an indescribably strange fragrance, drank it, just wiped his lips and smacked his lips.

Immortal Lu Li asked: "Brother, how does it taste?"

Before the Sanqing, he wanted to pretend to be knowledgeable, so he closed his eyes and thought about it, and said inscrutably: "The color of the holy water is like gold, and it is unspeakably expensive, but the fragrance is strange, like magnolia, and like a elixir. Unspeakable, endless aftertaste."

Those three in the hall maintained their seriousness, but in reality you were teasing me and teasing you, almost laughing out loud, the monkey couldn't help but praised: "Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful, worthy of being my disciple."