[Journey to the West] The poor monk is a fake monk

Only this wonderful monk...

The eyes of the monarchs and ministers all fell on Chen Tangtang. Chen Tangtang didn't seem to feel that the "wonderful monk" was referring to himself, and he was standing with his palms together and obediently.

The golden dragon entangled on Chen Tangtang's arm rolled its eyes, and suddenly pulled its tail out of King Tang's sleeve, and placed it furtively at Chen Tangtang's feet.

"Holy monk? Holy monk?" Tang Wang called her.

Guanyin stared at her with a smile.

By coincidence, Chen Tangtang took a step forward, but stepped on the golden dragon's tail. The golden dragon let out a painful "woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo" and instantly pulled its tail away. Chen Tangtang staggered and fell towards the lotus platform of Guanyin go.

With a "snap", she fell in front of Guanyin in a kneeling position.

Avalokitesvara waved a willow branch, gently lifted her up, and said: "It seems that this monk has volunteered to go to the Western Heaven to worship Buddha and learn scriptures for the Tang Dynasty."

"No..." Before Chen Tangtang said "no", Guanyin nodded to her with a smile.

"You are so sincere, this trip must be yours."

"No, poor monk..."

"Holy Monk!" King Tang took a step forward, grabbed Chen Tangtang's hands, and said with great joy: "Holy Monk, you are not only kind-hearted, but also profound in Buddhism, and you are more willing to travel to the west to learn Buddhist scriptures for the Great Tang. Really... …really……"

Tang Wang choked up with excitement.

No, no, no, no poor monk, no poor monk.

Chen Tangtang opened his mouth, but he saw Guanyin wave a willow branch, and he flicked a drop of nectar into Chen Tangtang's mouth.

The drop of nectar flowed down the throat and into the lungs, igniting a scorching heat, and after a while, the scorching heat flowed through the blood vessels of the whole body.When the scorching heat subsided, Chen Tangtang only felt that he was as light as a swallow, as if he could go to the sky with a little jump.

She touched her neck and looked at Guanyin in surprise.

"...In this case, then I am willing to sworn brotherhood with you. From now on, you will be my imperial brother, the holy monk, and I will be your emperor's elder brother."

Chen Tangtang: "..."

Amitabha, please let the poor monk go.

King Tang seemed very excited about this proposal, he patted Chen Tangtang on the shoulder vigorously.

The little golden dragon on Chen Tangtang's body took the opportunity to "slip" into King Tang's arms again, but even if the restless tail was injured, it still insisted on wrapping around her wrist.

As soon as Xiao Jinlong ran away, he took her and threw herself into Tang Wang's arms.

Tang Wang was pleasantly surprised that the holy monk was so enthusiastic, so he hugged her and said loudly, "Okay, good brother!"

Chen Tangtang: "..."

Xiao Jinlong also seemed to know that he accidentally caused trouble, so he blinked his big watery eyes, stuck out his tongue and licked the back of her hand, as if begging her not to be angry.

Chen Tangtang looked at the three ministers.

You do not persuade.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty, for getting this royal brother, the holy monk!" The three congratulated loudly in unison.

Guanyin nodded slightly, and secretly blinked at Chen Tangtang. Just when Chen Tangtang thought he was wrong, Guanyin had disappeared.

The appearance of Guanyin, such a major event, has spread throughout the court and the public in just half a day.

Although Tang Wang was reluctant to give up, he knew that he could not stay with the holy monk for a long time, so he chose an auspicious day, named Chen Tangtang Sanzang, and referred to Tang as his surname.

Chen Tangtang: "..."

That poor monk will be called Tang Tang Tang from now on?

No, the poor monk really can't say it.

The king of Tang took another pinch of pure land from the ground and poured it into the kit, and said earnestly: "I would rather love a pinch of soil from my hometown than ten thousand taels of gold from another land... The holy monk must not forget me, and he must return as soon as possible." .”

Chen Tangtang only felt that something was weird, but he couldn't tell what was wrong, so he could only say yes.

She put away the scripture collection slip, turned around and left.

When passing by the Minister of Culture and Military Affairs, she heard someone whispering——

"Strange, why did His Majesty give the holy monk a bag of soil?"

"Huh? Is there something wrong?"

"How should I put it? There is such a custom in my hometown. If the newlyweds marry far away, the family will let the newlyweds bring a bag of soil from their hometown before getting on the sedan chair, and let the soil from their hometown go with them. The bride is getting married."

"..."

"Our Majesty probably...well, doesn't know this custom."

Chen Tangtang: "..."

With her head down, she hastily quickened her pace, put on the curtain hat when she got out of the city gate, and walked in a random direction.

When the sun set, she stopped abruptly and patted her forehead.

It's over, because she was too embarrassed and left too hastily just now, the king of Tang forgot to bring the horse and attendants prepared for her.

Chen Tangtang looked at the gorgeous embroidered cassock on her body, the Zen staff in her right hand, and a small bundle in her left hand. These were probably all her belongings.

Forget it, forget it, since you have already agreed, let's go straight to the west.

Chen Tangtang shook his clothes, because he was not sleepy, so he decided to walk out of this forest earlier, wearing stars and moons.

She followed her intuition and walked straight forward, and the road was uneventful, not to mention large beasts, not even a mosquito in the grass.

Sometimes, some wild horses and deer would suddenly jump out and let her ride them on the road. Once, she even rode a big eagle. a hill.

After walking for an unknown amount of time, Chen Tangtang finally got out of the woods and came to a small town. The trade in this town is very prosperous.

Chen Tangtang patted his clothes, but found that his whole body was not stained with any dust, and he looked clean and tidy as if she had just left Chang'an.

Chen Tangtang stopped an old man and asked in a gentle voice: "Amitabha, the poor monk came from the Tang Dynasty in the east and is going to the west to learn scriptures. I don't know where this is?"

The old man stared at her wonderingly, unable to say a word for a long time.

Chen Tangtang had no choice but to ask again.

The old man was even more puzzled: "Could you be a monk here to amuse the old man?"

"Where did you say that? Monks don't tell lies."

"You said you came from the Great Tang Dynasty in the Eastern Land?"

Chen Tangtang nodded.

She has walked such a long way, I am afraid that she has already passed the customs.

There was an indescribable look on the old man's face.

"My husband might as well speak up."

"Are you from Chang'an?"

"Amitabha, it is true."

"Then do you know where this is?"

"The poor monk doesn't know." Chen Tangtang humbly asked for advice.

The old man pointed not far away and said, "Look, look there."

Chen Tangtang looked up, because the terrain here was relatively high, and he could see at a glance the blue water at the end of the main road in the town, which was glowing with golden waves.

"This is……"

"That's the sea. Our place is the easternmost part of the Tang Dynasty. For us, you came from the west, so what are you talking about?"

Chen Tangtang: "..."

The old man counted with his hands behind his back, "You said you came from Chang'an, and you're going to the west to learn scriptures, so why are you going east so hard? Are you so tired?"

The poor monk didn't feel tired, just embarrassed.

The old man waved his hand, then comforted her and said, "Okay, okay, at least this is also an advantage. As long as you turn around and walk backwards and keep going, you will definitely be able to reach the west side."

"Thank you, old man."

"It's okay, it's okay."

The old man walked away from Chen Tangtang slowly, and said to the person next to him: "You said how unreliable this monk is. He wanted to go to the west, but he got lost all the way to the east. If he didn't ask anyone, is he You don’t want to cross this sea.”

Chen Tangtang touched his nose.

It is undeniable that she did have this idea the moment she saw the sea.

Forget it, if you come, you will be safe, since you are all in this small town east of Tang Dynasty, you should take a good look around.

Chen Tangtang walked down the road, looking around calmly.

It's just that she didn't notice that there were two sparrows chatting on the roof behind her.

"Yo, Mayou, where did you come from? I came from Guanyin Bodhisattva."

The other sparrow was obviously a little taciturn. It flapped its wings, and the other sparrow's small eyes lit up immediately.

"This strong Buddhist aura... Mayu actually came from the side of the Buddha, it's amazing, it's amazing."

The other sparrow didn't speak.

"Hey, I thought it was a simple job, just lead the way to the holy monk, but what happened? I sent the cow, horse and elk to bring him back to the right path. As a result, I just led her to find the west road, and she walked Then I went east again, hey, this journey has exhausted me."

The taciturn sparrow cast a condescending glance at the talkative sparrow, and said in a muffled voice, "Buddha has never sat on me."

"I personally brought her back to the right path."

The talkative sparrow asked curiously: "The result? She walked back by herself?"

The taciturn sparrow lowered its head and buried its beak in its wings, looking ashamed to see a sparrow.

The other sparrow became even more curious, and kept asking: "And then? Then? What happened?"

The taciturn sparrow couldn't bear the noise, so he said: "I forgot that I don't know the direction myself."

Talkative sparrow: "..."

Oh, co-authoring to get people to the east end is a good thing you Ma boy did!

The taciturn sparrow said dejectedly, "I'm afraid that the things the Buddha told me were not done well..."

"Huh? Will there be punishment? Isn't it said that the treatment in front of the Buddha is the best?"

The silent sparrow was worried: "...I'm afraid that the Buddha will come down and walk around in person."

"Chirp!"

Chen Tangtang heard a scream of a bird, turned around, but did not find a bird.

When she looked towards the sea again, she saw several flower boats floating on the sea, and the sound of playing silk, bamboo and singing came from inside the flower boats.

"Amitabha, do not see anything that is wrong with the propriety, and do not listen to anything that is wrong with the propriety."

Just as Chen Tangtang was about to turn around, he found a small boat surrounded by these flower boats.

On the small boat was lying on his back a handsome and gorgeous man in red clothes. The man was scattered over the side of the boat, his clothes were wide open, exposing his chest like white jade to the sun.

The flower girls on the boat were grabbing the side of the boat, scrambling to throw the flowers in their hands at the man in the boat.

Lang Jun crossed Erlang's legs, slowly twirled a flower, and unconsciously looked in Chen Tangtang's direction.

The author has something to say: Believe me, Tang Tangtang [what the hell name is this] will find the right path, and she will bring three apprentices on the road.

Note: I would rather love a twist of soil in my hometown than ten thousand taels of gold in another country.This is the original sentence in the book.