[Journey to the West] The monster took me away again

Hearing that there is a county ahead, Xuanzang said, "Let's rest there today and buy more dry food for the road."

The four masters and apprentices arrived at the gate of Fengxian County, got off their horses and walked in the front leading the reins.

Wukong walked side by side with him, and Wu Neng walked behind with Drifting Monk.

The four of them did not hide their identities. After passing through the three city gates, they saw people in green clothes everywhere on the street, lined up on the left and right, and several people wearing crowns and belts, standing under the eaves.

The four of them entered from the city gate, entered the city street, and walked along the street along the way. Wu Neng held his fangs, and his two long ears swayed from side to side as they walked.

Carrying a nine-toothed rake on his shoulders, he swaggered behind Xuanzang, and when he saw those passers-by suddenly raised their heads to see his appearance, they bared their teeth in a terrifying demonic manner.

The pedestrians on the street were so frightened that they stumbled to the side to avoid: "The goblin is coming! The goblin is coming!"

Xuanzang heard the movement behind him and turned his head to look behind him.

I saw Wu Neng's big ears flying up and down like a kite without wind.

Looking at those pedestrians on the side of the street whose faces were pale with fright, they didn't understand anything, so they directly picked up their nine-ringed tin staff, aimed at the pig's head and knocked it down: "Boom! Be honest!"

Wu Neng, who was playing vigorously with pedestrians, was instantly honest, covered his beaten head and put away his fangs, and pressed his big swinging ears to dare not mess around again.

Those officials standing under the eaves wearing crown belts saw this scene, ran over excitedly, and blocked their way, "Where is that coming from?"

Xuanzang clasped his hands together, and said to everyone with kind eyebrows and kind eyes: "The poor monk is the one who drove down from the Tang Dynasty in the east to worship the thunder sound of the western sky to learn scriptures. When he passed by the treasure land, the three disciples of the poor monk were ugly and frightened each other.

Hearing that they were Buddhist scriptures from the Tang Dynasty, the official saluted quickly: "This is the outer county of Tianzhu. .”

Xuanzang raised his head and looked towards the direction where the man ran just now. There was a wooden plank two feet high and three feet wide standing on the ground.

Several people who also wore crowns and belts were cleaning them up, and they were holding the list in their hands, ready to hang it up.

"Master, let's go and have a look too, to see what kind of announcement it is."

Wukong jumped three feet high and wanted to watch the excitement.

"Let's go and see together."

Xuanzang handed the reins to Wu Neng, and he took the lead to walk to the newly opened plaque.

Look up at the content above.

The inscription reads: "The Marquis Shangguan of Fengxian County hired enlightened teachers and great masters for the list. The local area has been suffering from severe drought for years, the people's land is thin, the river is shallow and the ditch is empty, there is no water at the bottom of the well, and there is no eye at the bottom of the spring. It is difficult to survive, and I would like to offer a price of a hundred gold, and for this, I will publish a list to look up to the sages of the ten directions, pray for rain and save the people, and I will repay my kindness. I would like to thank you with a thousand gold. It is not an empty word."

"Wukong." Xuanzang was the first to think of Wukong when he saw that he needed to ask for rain.

Wukong, who stood aside and also looked at the list, realized it on the spot, and said with a smile: "Master, you don't need to say, what's so difficult about praying for rain, my old grandson turned over to the South China Sea, and the old dragon king will give it to you right away." It's raining here, if you don't believe me, you're waiting for me for a while, I'll go back as soon as I go."

He chanted the mantra on the spot, called somersault cloud and turned around and walked away.

Leaving Xuanzang and Wu Neng two juniors.

The official who led them to look at the announcement looked at this scene, and asked Xuanzang in surprise: "Can the mage really pray for rain?"

"Amitabha, monks and monks don't tell lies, poor monks and apprentices don't talk about praying for rain, even if they turn the river and stir the sea, it's no problem to change the battle and move the stars."

"Okay! Master, please wait here for a moment!"

The two officials hurried to the county to report to their master.

"My lord, the joy of thousands is coming to the door!"

The Marquis of Shangguan, who was burning incense and wishing silently in the room, heard about it, put down the incense in his hand and turned to ask him, "He Xi?"

"Today, a notice was posted on the city street, that is, four monks said that they came from the Tang Dynasty in the East to go to the Lingshan Mountain in the West to learn scriptures and worship Buddha. When they saw the list, they said they could pray for rain. Isn't this a great joy?"

The Marquis of Shangguan was equally excited when he heard that the great mage came to the door on the day the list was made.

Without using a sedan chair, he directly rode a fast horse all the way to Sanmenshi Street.

Sure enough, I saw the monks mentioned by the officials, but I only counted three monks, not the four monks mentioned by the officials.

He got off his horse and came to the monk who looked different from ordinary people, and the officials with crowns and belts waiting beside him couldn't wait.

"The county marquis father is here, this is the mage who can pray for rain."

When the Marquis of Shangguan came to Xuanzang, he was not afraid of the two ugly disciples standing behind him. He knelt down and kowtowed in the street: "Xiaguan is the Marquis of Shangguan of Fengxian County. I hope that Master Dashe will be merciful, perform magical skills, and pray for rain. Save the people."

"Amitabha, the apprentice of the poor monk has already gone to heaven to invite the Dragon King of the Four Seas, the county magistrate might as well wait here for a while."

Hearing that the Master's apprentice had gone to invite the Dragon King of the Four Seas, the Marquis of Shangguan was very excited, and hurriedly ordered someone to book the restaurant on the roadside, and invited them to go in and wait.

They also served fragrant tea and set up vegetarian food.

Wu Neng couldn't move as soon as he saw something to eat, and he ate dry food in the mountains these days.

A person stood there holding chopsticks and started eating.

Xuanzang had no appetite, so he just drank tea from a teacup and waited for Wukong to come back, and asked the Marquis who was accompanying him about the situation here.

"Why is there such a waste here, but there are monsters here?"

The Marquis of Shangguan shook his head and sighed in a low voice: "For three years in a row, it has been dry and barren, and the weeds do not grow and the grains are cut. Master, look at this street, it is almost empty."

The city was indeed empty, and there were not many pedestrians on the street.

Looking at the vegetarian meals prepared for them by the restaurant, they were all hard and easy to store, boiled with some water.

"Three households starved to death, two households died of starvation, and one household was still a candle in the wind. If the mage can really pray for rain for my Fengxian County, the officials are willing to give all their belongings to reward generously!"

The Hou family of Shangguan County has been here for generations. They are very upright and virtuous, and love the people. After the words fell, they knelt down and kowtowed again: "Master is merciful. Fortunately, a real monk came to me to save the people. Otherwise, we in Fengxian County will not live until next year." gone."

Xuanzang pulled the man up from the ground, with a calm expression: "Don't worry, as long as it's not caused by monsters, the rain will arrive in half a moment at most."

Over there, Sun Wukong recited the mantra, turned somersault into the middle of the East China Sea, and saw Ao Guang, the Dragon King of the East China Sea passing by under a dark cloud, and quickly pulled him back.

"Ao Guang Ao Guang! Come here!"

Ao Guang collected the clouds and turned into a human form, walked up to him and bowed: "Great Sage, didn't you follow that eminent monk of the Tang Dynasty to the west to learn scriptures? But you have already got the scriptures."

"I haven't got the scripture yet. I just walked to Fengxian County. I heard that there has been no rain for a long time. My mortal master said that this is the merit of Wan En. Let me come to you to make it rain, okay?" Save the people over there from the barrenness."

Wukong grabbed his beard and flew in the direction of Fengxian County: "Did you old Dragon King forget to go there because you drowsy? Why hasn't it rained for so long? Follow me quickly."

Several of Ao Guang's beards were pulled off by him, and he grinned in pain and asked him to let go: "Don't worry, great sage, the rain must be ordered by the Jade Emperor. The Jade Emperor has never given the old dragon's orders, so how dare he do whatever he wants?" It’s raining. I’m going to ask for a decree, and then go to Fengxian County with you, how about it?”

"My old grandson will go with you, and the rest will go back and run again." Wukong was worried that he would run away, so he grabbed his remaining beard and pulled him to turn around all the way, and headed straight for the Nantianmen with somersaulting clouds.

When I got there, I went up to meet with the Hercules who protect the country, "Great Sage, but the matter of learning the scriptures is over?"

"It's gone. I just arrived in Fengxian County with my master. There hasn't been any rain for several years. I'm here to ask the Jade Emperor for a decree to let the old dragon make it rain." Wukong waved his hand and pulled Ao Guang to see the Jade Emperor. .

The Heavenly King Huguo, who was guarding the gate, heard the word Fengxian County, "Huh."

"I do know some reasons for this place. It's not that the Dragon King of the East China Sea doesn't go to rain, but that the Jade Emperor once ordered that it is not worthy of rain."

Wukong's ears were sharp, and after hearing this, he pulled Ao Guang's beard and took a few steps back: "It hasn't rained for several years in that place, and the people are very hard. How can you make the old Jade Emperor angry when you do something wrong?"

Heavenly King Huguo looked around, after making sure that no one was paying attention, he whispered in his ear: "It is said that Sapo, the Marquis of that county, offended the world. After the Jade Emperor saw the crime, he set up a rice mountain, a face mountain, and a golden lock in the Pixiang Temple. , Only when these three things are broken can it rain."

"This old Jade Emperor is too stingy. What can a mortal offend him? I'll go to Pixiang Palace to see the three things you mentioned first."

Wukong rolled his eyes in disdain, dragged the Jade Emperor, the king of the East China Sea, to disappear, and went straight to the direction of the Pixiang Temple.

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