[Journey to the West] The Poor Monk Xuanzang

"Master, I was the king of the black-bone chicken country." The water ghost, who claimed to be the king of the black-bone chicken country, told me an old story.

This is the beginning of the severe drought that was rare in the world.

The sun radiates light and heat without any scruples, scorching the earth.

Looking up, not a single blade of grass grows, and thousands of miles of bare land, it is really like the bones are exposed in the wild, and there is no rooster crowing for thousands of miles.

However, such a tragic scene is not a man-made disaster, but a natural disaster.

If you count carefully, it has not rained for three years.

In the early years of the severe drought, due to the abundance of the national treasury, it can still survive. It is nothing more than the fact that the people at dawn are more miserable, and they want to hope that the weather will be smooth and rainy in the coming year.

Unexpectedly, the second and third years were still the same. The river dried up and the well bottomed out.

In Liming, life is worse than death for the common people, not to mention washing and grooming every day, even asking for a sip of water is difficult.So far, the warehouse is empty, and the money and food are exhausted.

At that time, it really reached the point where even the salaries of civil and military officials could not be paid.

At this time of crisis, a Taoist came to Zhongnan Mountain. This Taoist was handsome, described and behaved like a human being, and could turn wind and rain into gold.

"I ordered him to open the altar, and when he saw the sound of the token, it rained heavily immediately," the water ghost who claimed to be the king of the Wuji Kingdom recalled, "I saw that he had the ability to save our country from the fire and water, and I felt helpless." If you don’t want to repay him, you will make eight obeisances to him, and you will be called a brother.”

"That's a good thing." I said.

"I eat and sleep with that Taoist, and we get along very happily." The water ghost kept shaking his head, his eyes full of sadness, "In March of the next year, when the flowers bloom, I took a walk with that Taoist in the imperial garden. By the octagonal glazed well, he suddenly became murderous and pushed me down the well."

I was terrified when I heard it: "How could this be?"

The water ghost continued: "At that time there was water at the bottom of the well, and my water skills were not bad. I was pushed down like this, but I didn't die immediately. I just choked on some water and fainted for a while."

When I heard this, my heart felt even colder, and I had vaguely guessed what was going to happen next.

"When I was clear-headed, I watched the Taoist cover the mouth of the well with stone slabs, and there was no light in the well for a moment," he seemed to remember, his pale face looked extremely hideous under the reflection of the water, "I struggled and called for help at the bottom of the well for a long time, but no one came to rescue me."

"I don't know if it was luck or misfortune," he sighed. "At that time, I had a dagger in my hand for self-defense. I inserted the dagger into the wall of the well. With the weak support, mixed with moss in the well water, Barely survived at the bottom of the well for several days."

"The water in the well was so cold that my hands and feet were ulcerated, and the pain was unbearable," he couldn't help sneering when he said this, "I'm sorry for my naivety! I thought someone would come looking for me."

"Why is no one looking for it?" I asked.

The ghost let out a long sigh, plucked his weedy hair, and laughed miserably: "Master, do you know what an emperor is?"

I couldn't speak because of his laughter.

He asked himself and answered: "It's called lonely people."

"Everyone only recognizes that beautiful skin, and everyone is fawning on the person sitting in that seat. As for who is the person in that seat, and who is the person under the skin, it doesn't matter."

"The Taoist changed into my appearance, took my wife and children, robbed my country, and took all my civil and military officials into his pocket."

"He has become me. Since there is already a me in this world, who will come to me? Will come to save me?"

"After struggling for another three days, I finally lost my mind and sank to the bottom of the well."

"After the Taoist pushed me down the well, he covered the mouth of the well with stone slabs, covered it with soil, and planted a plantain plant on it. Pity me, I have been dead for three years!" He closed his eyes at the sad place, with blood and tears running down his cheeks Flowing into the water, the water in the room instantly turned a terrifying dark red.

I was soaked in a pool of blood, I was so scared that I could hardly speak, but it was hard to say anything, after all, if a person is so miserable, if you don't let him cry, it would be too unreasonable.

"Then, why didn't the lord of the country go to the underworld to seek justice?" I said tremblingly.

"His supernatural powers are vast, and he is familiar with officials. The City God Chang, the Dragon King of the Four Seas, Dongyue Tianqi, and Yama of the Ten Palaces all have friendship with him. I have nowhere to ask for help."

This is really a strange thing, the king who held power in front of him, there are times when he has nowhere to ask after death.But—"What's the use of you looking for me?" I thought to myself, I'm even afraid of you, why are you looking for me.

"Ye Youshen said that my three years of floods should be full, and also said that Master has a great apprentice who is very capable of slaying monsters and subduing demons, so he sent me to see Master."

When he said this, he looked at me anxiously and knelt down on the ground: "I beg Master to come to our country, catch the demon, and avenge me!"

The water here was already waist deep, and when he knelt down like this, only his head was exposed outside, plus he had cried before, his face was covered with blood and tears, he was a deadly ghost.

I saw my hair stand on end, but I could only suppress my horror, and reluctantly said: "The poor monk tried his best." I am really afraid of you.

"So, thank you master."

I first thought about sending the drowned ghost away first, and then I thought about it, and then I thought it was still wrong. If he turns around and finds out that I didn't help him avenge him, and looks for me every day, then I will be in a worse situation.

"That monster has great powers and has become the same as you. Even if my apprentice has the means, why would he not dare to fight lightly. If many officials catch him, say that we bully the country and destroy the country, and ask for a crime of treason..."

Furthermore, a country cannot be without a king for a day. Although the monster became the emperor, he never did harm to the people.Once we catch him, the country will have no monarch, and it will be even more catastrophic.

It's just that I only dare to think about it in my heart, and I dare not say it to provoke this water ghost.

"Master, there is a prince in my palace, who is my own heir apparent." The water ghost obviously refused to give up easily, "You just need to meet him, and he will definitely help you."

Seeing my hesitation, he handed me the Bai Yugui in his hand and said, "This can be used as proof."

I sighed, it seems like I can only help when it comes to this point: "I will do my best."

He knelt down and kowtowed, and said, "Thank you, Master."

I hastily took two steps back, not daring to accept his great gift.

Just at this time, there was a sudden shaking in all directions, and the sky collapsed in an instant, and the wooden planks and bricks fell one after another. I was so frightened that I wanted to run, but I couldn't move my legs.

I opened my eyes suddenly in fright, and stared at the roof in shock.

It was only after I woke up that I realized what an earthquake was. It was clearly the monkey grabbing my shoulder and shaking it.

"Master, Master, Master," he wailed while shaking, "Master, wake up, Master, Master, wake up."

I was frightened out of my wits by the water ghost in my dream, and I suffered such a mental attack again this morning.

I pointed at him, trembling with anger: "You, you naughty boy..."

He smiled so nonchalantly that he took out a white jade gui from his bosom and said, "Master can recognize this, I saw it on the steps this morning."

I grabbed it with my hands, and this Bai Yugui was exactly the same as the one handed to me by the water ghost in the dream.

"Master recognizes?" The monkey leaned over and asked me.

I silently pushed him to a point, only feeling heavy in my heart.

That Yao Dao has become his appearance, he is already the king of a country, it is not easy to avenge him.

"Master?" The monkey stretched out its hairy head, looked left and right at Bai Yugui, and said, "Master, you don't think it's because you have taken a fancy to this treasure, and you want to eat it for yourself."

I didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and kicked him away, this monkey is too unlovable.

"Last night, I had a dream for the teacher." I thought about it, and told the monkey the whole story in detail.

The monkey jumped up and down while listening, and after listening, he said with great interest: "The king has been dead for so many years, so what is he talking about redressing, why don't we sell this Bai Yugui, and let the water ghost scare the master?" compensation."

I glared at him: "You bloody monkey, you also take advantage of the dead."

The monkey was not ashamed: "It's not easy to take advantage of the living."

I said palely: "But I have already promised that water ghost to avenge him."

The monkey was stunned for a moment, and squatted over to look at me.

"Could it be," he stared at my face, "Master, are you afraid of ghosts?" After the monkey finished speaking, it laughed by itself, and fell down on the bed, rolling around laughing like crazy.

I said angrily, "Don't talk nonsense."

"Master, you are obviously afraid of ghosts," the monkey laughed so hard, "Master, you don't know, the way you looked at me in the morning is like seeing a ghost."

I was so angry with this monkey, I simply ignored him, and said to myself: "Yesterday, the water ghost said that he has a prince, and this morning, he will lead 3000 people out of the city to hunt..."

Seeing that I was a little annoyed, the monkey finally became more serious. He sat up straight and sighed: "Master, this agreement with the ghost is hard to be good."

"Why?" I asked.

"This water ghost died so horribly, I'm afraid it is a fierce ghost. The rules in this ghost's mind are different from ordinary people. If you don't promise him, he will pester you every day at most, but he dare not easily hurt your life." The monkey paused when he said this, glanced at me, and continued: "But master, if you don't keep your promise, I'm afraid you will be hated by Yi Yi."

I was shocked when I heard it: "Then what should I do?"

"It's not difficult to untie this knot, but the master will have to suffer some grievances." The old monkey god was there.

I frowned: "Just tell me."

The monkey head grinned, leaned close to my ear and said: "Master, I'll go and attract that prince, master, you will become..."

I heard his words getting more and more outrageous, and I looked at him with a dark face: "You bloody monkey! Can you trick me?"

The monkey grabbed my sleeve and put on a sad look: "Master, if you are hated by that ghost, let that ghost kill you, how can I and my juniors go to the west to see the Buddha?"

I sneered, took him off my body, and said seriously, "Is there no other way?"

He grinned: "Master, do you think face is more important, or life is more important?"

I thought about it for a while, and agreed unhappily.

The monkey was overjoyed, turning me into a big white rabbit didn't count, and showed me a mirror excitedly: "Master, are you satisfied?"

Satisfied you bastard!I made a stinking face: "It's too ugly."

"Oh?" The monkey's furry paws touched my ears, "The master wants to change the coat color, black or red?"

Red, you big-headed ghost, have you ever seen a red rabbit, I snorted: "I want one that can stand up and walk."

"How can a rabbit stand up and walk?" The monkey was full of curiosity, "My grandson has never seen it for hundreds of years. Master, don't lie to me."

I snorted coldly: "Have you heard of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland? I want to look like Mr. Rabbit in it."

"What does that look like?" asked the monkey.

In the end, because the monkey was so ignorant, I could barely become Mr. Rabbit in a long gown with a funnel in his arms.

"Is the master still satisfied?" Monkey asked with a smile.

I jumped onto the table with the funnel in my arms, stretched my legs and moved my arms, feeling the extraordinary jumping power of this figure, and then kicked the monkey in the face with a roundabout kick, proudly said: "I'm about to be late, let's take a step first."