[Journey to the West] The Poor Monk Xuanzang

The monkey took me onto the boat for the convenience of fighting, and made me drink several sips of black water, and the fishy smell lingered in my mouth for a long time.

Ugh, I feel like throwing up now just thinking about it.

The monkey was giggling from the sidelines, mocking me and bragging: "Master is too delicate, but he drank a couple of sips of water, thinking that my old grandson was thrown into the gossip by the Taishang Laojun when he was making trouble in the Heavenly Palace. It burned in the furnace for seven to seven days for 49 days..."

I gave him a cool look, and made a gesture to recite the magic spell.

The monkey immediately jumped over in a panic, pressed my hand to flatter me and said, "Master, Mo Nian! Mo Nian! It's because the disciple didn't think carefully."

"Hey, the monkey is deflated this time."

Bajie pushed the monkey to one side with his belly, and said, "Hmph, you're just bragging about getting Master into the water while you're playing." Then he urged me, "Master, quickly recite the magic spell to give this monkey a better memory." .”

"You idiot, try to tell the master to curse me, watch and beat me!" The monkey held up the golden cudgel and went up against Bajie, and the two of them chased me and ran away, which was very lively.

"Master, why is there a Buddha statue in the river?" Sand Monk pointed to the river channel, it was already dusk, and the afterglow of the setting sun illuminated the water surface in a warm yellow.

I froze for a moment, and rode my horse over.

As expected, there was a Buddha statue in the water. Most of the Buddha statue's body was submerged in the water. It was covered with cracks from the shoulders down and was disfigured. The head protruding from the water was already covered with moss.

I frowned, sat on the horse and looked around, and saw a temple in front of me: "Could it be that the Buddha statue in the temple was washed into the river?"

The monkey looked up and said, "It's getting late, maybe we can spend the night in that temple."

A few of us walked to the front of the temple, only to see the gate of the temple was wide open, the walls of the courtyard collapsed, and there were ruins everywhere.

Wukong helped me off the horse: "Master, be careful."

The four of us walked into the temple, only to see that the grass in the courtyard was half the height of a person, Wukong led the way, and pushed open the lattice door. dust.

"Master, this temple has been abandoned for a long time, and there is no one there." The monkey turned to help me.

The Buddha statues in the temple were crumbling here and there, missing arms or heads, cobwebs were growing everywhere, and broken porcelain utensils were scattered everywhere on the ground.

I reached out and touched the futon on the ground, and the dust stuck to my hand.

Bajie flicked his sleeves, supported me and pushed it out: "Master, let's get out, there's no way people can live here, let alone stay overnight." He turned to Wukong again and said, "This monkey has come up with bad ideas."

I have no choice but to get out of the temple gate and continue westward. Along the way, there are temples and Taoist temples. Only the temples are dilapidated, but the Taoist halls seem to be newly built.

"Could it be that all the monks here have changed their careers and become Taoist priests?" Bajie muttered.

"You idiot, don't talk nonsense!" Wukong finally seized the opportunity to knock Bajie on the head.He said to me again: "Master, I'm afraid something is wrong."

Before I could ask why, I saw a group of people coming in front of us and surrounded us. The leader said unceremoniously: "You bald thieves, where did you come from?"

I clasped my hands together and saluted, "The poor monk came from the Tang Dynasty in the east and went to the west—"

Before I could finish speaking, the leader waved his hand and said: "Sure enough, it's a monk, take it for me quickly, and give it to Daoist Lord to be a servant. Let's go drinking tonight!"

"Hahahaha!" The people around laughed loudly, and came up with chains to lock us up.

The monkey got annoyed, bared its teeth at the people around it, took out a golden cudgel from its ear and stuck it on the ground, glaring and said: "Who dares to come up here?"

The officers and soldiers were so frightened that they backed up again and again, making a mess.

The leader was bolder, and replied: "You monk, what do you want to do?"

The monkey smiled and raised his stick to hit him: "Hey! You ask your grandpa what he wants to do?"

I grabbed the monkey and said, "How can you disregard human life?"

The monkey threw me away and hid behind angrily, saying: "I don't care about this matter, you will be caught as a coolie, so don't look for me again."

The leader was frightened after all, sweating all over his head, he didn't care to wipe his face, and said with a stern face: "Why did the elder come to my Che Chi country?"

"The poor monk went to the Western Paradise to worship Buddha and ask for scriptures. He passed through Chechi Kingdom, and came to exchange official documents."

The leader wiped his sweat, and said with embarrassment: "...I'm afraid this matter is going to be difficult, I'm afraid it will be difficult."

"Why?" The monkey jumped up and asked.

The leader looked at him and backed up a few steps in fright: "Twenty years ago, the people suffered from severe drought, there was no rain in the sky, and the land was full of seedlings. His Majesty ordered monks to worship Buddha and Taoist priests to fight. Know……"

Speaking of this, the leader peeked at the monkey, as if he didn't dare to continue.

Wukong forced to ask: "Who knows what?"

The leader trembled in fright: "The monk can only recite scriptures, but it is useless. It is the three immortal elders who begged for rain."

"Your Majesty got annoyed with the monk, demolished the monk's mountain gate, destroyed the Buddha statue, chased after the degree, and gave the Taoist priest a servant..." The leader's voice became weaker and weaker.

"This..." How should this be done?I frowned.

"Master, don't be afraid, there is an old grandson here." Monkey comforted me.

"The little monk is not afraid of Feng Da's tongue flashing when he speaks such big words." The boss sneered, "I am afraid of you, but those three elders are not afraid of you!"

The monkey was arguing with me and was pulling me to live.

I saluted the leader and said, "Is there a place to rest near here?"

"If you talk about temples, only Zhiyuan Temple is left, because this temple was built by the former king, and there are statues of the former king inside, and it has not been demolished. The elders can go there to rest." After the leader finished speaking, he led a large group of people gone.

When we arrived at Zhiyuan Temple, it was late at night and there was no sound around. Although it was not very glamorous, it was much better than the temples we had seen before.

The old monk in that monastery tugged at my sleeves and cried: "Poor local monks who used to have more than 2000 monks, who are now serving as servants every day, and now only [-] are dead."

"The 500 of us can't die even if we want to. The hanging beam is broken, the knife cuts without pain, thrown into the river and floated, so we live and suffer for a long time..."

I saw him crying miserably, and it was hard to go to sleep, so I had to sit with him. At this time, it was the mid-moon, I glanced out the window, and suddenly saw my three apprentices running out sneakily.

"Wukong." I called out to him.

The monkey turned back with a smile: "Master."

"Come here, sit with me for a while." I said.

The monkey instantly changed into a bitter face: "...Master."

I closed my eyes slightly: "You two go back to sleep first."

The old monk Xu was not used to Wukong's face, so he pulled me and talked for a while before leaving.

"What's the matter, Master?" The monkey leaned over.

"Where do you want to go in the middle of the night?" I rubbed my forehead. I have a little impression of this Chiguo. It's nothing more than praying for rain. It's useless for monks. It's about respecting Taoists and learning from the quartet of Buddhist scriptures to fight monsters.

But I can't figure out one of the plots, so I remember it very clearly. My three apprentices turned into Sanqingxiang and ate the fruits of the offering, and even drank urine for the three Taoist priests.

This kind of behavior makes people ask why there is such a deep hatred to insult people so far.

"Sit down." I yawned, although I'm not sure if this happened, but at least I kept the monkey from giving him this chance.

"Sit down, let's talk." I propped my forehead and said with force.

The monkey smiled straight at the side: "Master, you are as sleepy as a cat, go to sleep."

I asked, "Why did you take Bajie and Wujing with you?"

The monkey looked at me and started talking nonsense: "The moon is shining brightly tonight, I plan to take my juniors to practice in the mountains."

I listened to his nonsense for a while, and yawned twice from time to time, but I didn't want to let this monkey out to cause trouble, so I had to hold on.

I talked about the conversation in a daze, and fell asleep unknowingly. When I came back to my senses, I found that I was already lying on the bed, and the monkey was tucking me in.

"Go to sleep, master." He smiled.

"What about you?" I asked.

The monkey said: "I'll go back and share a room with Bajie and the others."

I pointed to the sleeping berth next to me: "Come here, lie down here." Don't cause trouble for me.

The monkey smiled: "Master is afraid of ghosts."

I silently glanced at him, I was afraid of you.