Gourmet daily life with Monkey [Journey to the West]

"Weird! It's June, why is it snowing?" Zhu Bajie looked up at the sky, and sure enough, there were snowflakes falling, and the snow became bigger and bigger as he went forward.

Monkey King said: "People say that June Feixue must have been wronged, and I don't know where it is ahead. It must be someone who has been wronged and cannot defend himself."

"Brother Hou's words are too bizarre. How many people have been wronged in the world? Why isn't June Feixue appearing elsewhere?" Zhu Bajie put a fan on his head and said with a look of disbelief, "I think it's just This burst of snow will disappear after it has fallen.”

Tang Seng said worriedly: "No matter what, let's go and have a look first."

So the master and apprentice continued to walk forward, and after another half an hour, the sky had turned from light snow to heavy snow.Both sides of the road are covered with snow, and the green pines and cypresses are covered with a layer of white snow, which is a special scene.

The world seems to be clean and clear all of a sudden, looking at the vast land, even the heart has opened up a lot.

Tang Seng said with emotion: "I haven't seen such a scenery along the way. It's really beautiful. I hope it's just a puff of snow, and don't want any grievances."

Sun Wukong said: "I don't think so. Master has discovered that although it is snowing here, the temperature has not dropped much. And look at the dealers on both sides, how have they dried up? There must be a reason for such an abnormal phenomenon."

It was only then that everyone realized that there were indeed no green farmers in the fields, and they were either dried out or the fields were cracked.

"This is too strange. It stands to reason that the snow should turn into water and flow into the ground. Why did the farmer dry up?" Although Tang Seng has never planted land, he still has the most basic common sense. The scene in front of him can be described as unimaginable .

Tao Tao also noticed the strangeness, and said, "It's snowing constantly in the sky, but the snow on the trees has always been so much, neither increasing nor decreasing."

"It's very strange. But we can't guess here, so we should hurry up and find someone to ask." Zhu Bajie's fan was already wet, so he simply put it away.

Several people were covered with snowflakes. If they didn't find a place to hide, they would turn into snowmen.

Stepping on the thick layer of snow, there was a creaking sound, and several footprints were left on the road, but they were quickly covered by the falling snow.

From far away, finally saw a city, Sun Wukong had good eyes, and saw three large characters written on the gate of the city: Fengxian County.

"Wukong, is Tianzhu ahead?" Tang Seng was delighted and asked.

"It's not Tianzhu, it's a place called Fengxian County, which must be the outskirts of Tianzhu."

"Fengxian County." Tang Seng nodded and said: "If it's not a country, there is no need to switch Guan Wen. Let's go into the city and have a look."

The snowflakes in the sky over Fengxian County were the largest, and it had become a heavy snow. Even the guards guarding the city had withdrawn, so the master and apprentice went directly into the city.

There was about a foot of snow on the road, and every step forward was an adventure. Tang Seng was dizzy from the bumps while riding on the horse. Only Tao Tao was the most comfortable. She changed back to her original shape and was embraced by Monkey King.

When I entered the city, I found that although there were shops on both sides of the street, there were no people there. I thought it was true, who would run outside when it was snowing so heavily?

Walking to the middle of the street, they finally saw an inn, and everyone planned to stay first.

"Several elders, where did this come from? Our Fengxian County has not had any visitors for a long time." The shopkeeper of the inn was very enthusiastic. Probably because of the deserted business, he didn't even invite Xiaoer, so he went forward Come and pour tea for a few people.

Tang Seng and others were covered in snow, and they trembled outside the door before entering the house.

"The poor monk and a few disciples came from the Tang Dynasty in the east, and went to the west to obtain the scriptures. Seeing that this place is called Fengxian County, I don't know how far it is from the west?" Tang Seng sat at the table and drank A sip of hot tea feels much better.

The shopkeeper said in surprise: "It's actually an elder from Dongtu. Dongtu is far away from here! We are less than a thousand miles away from Xitian. According to everyone's speed, I am afraid that we will arrive in a month."

"One month? We usually can travel seventy or eighty miles a day, so at most it will take half a month." Monkey King also took a sip of tea, and he was a little dissatisfied that the shopkeeper seriously underestimated the speed.

"If it's an ordinary road, half a month is enough, but our Fengxian County is different. It's difficult to travel in snowy weather. It's good to be able to walk twenty or thirty miles a day." The shopkeeper explained with a smile.

Zhu Bajie snorted and said, "It doesn't snow all the year round. When the snow melts, the speed will naturally increase."

"This elder is really wrong. It has been snowing in Fengxian County for three years! For three years, it has been snowing like a goose feather every day, but it doesn't snow at night, it's replaced by thunder. It's strange, so The heavy snow hasn’t brought a drop of water, and we’ve been in a drought for three years.” Speaking of this, the shopkeeper complained bitterly, his face full of worry.

Tang Seng looked at the one-foot-thick white snow on the ground outside and said: "Then you can put the snow in a bucket. When the snow melts, won't there be water?"

"Hey, we've tried all these methods, wouldn't it be weird? The snow melted as soon as it melted, but there was no water in the bucket. At first we thought the bucket was broken, but every household is like this, that's a rarity It's over."

Tang Seng couldn't tell the reason, looked at Monkey King and asked: "Apprentice, is there a monster around here?"

"It's hard to say." Sun Wukong shook his head, and asked the shopkeeper again: "Apart from these strange things, did anything else happen?"

"That's not enough. Alas, these things are already difficult enough. I don't know how many people have starved to death in the past three years. If I can't grow farmers again, I will starve to death too." I just remembered something here, and said: "I only have porridge and side dishes here, and nothing else to eat. If you are not satisfied, I have nothing to do. But you will never find a second inn when you go out. It's the only one here."

The master and apprentice looked at each other, the shopkeeper said so, what can they do if they don't eat?However, Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie and others were thinking about going out to hunt some wild game at night, so that peaches could be cooked and eaten.

Tang Seng said: "Then let's have some porridge and side dishes. We are all monks and we don't want to be greedy."

"Okay!" The shopkeeper beamed with joy, and went to order his wife to cook.

A quarter of an hour later, when the food was served, both master and apprentice were dumbfounded. The so-called porridge and side dishes turned out to be rice soup and a few pickles?

Not to mention the greedy people like Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie, Tang Seng's mouth twitched, and it took him a long time to fish out a few grains of rice from the rice soup.

The shopkeeper said embarrassingly: "This is also the last rice in our family. You guys came by coincidence. In a few nights, our inn will also be closed."

Everyone was speechless for a while, and could only drink rice soup with pickles, which was probably the easiest meal they had ever eaten.

After dinner, the sky also darkened, the shopkeeper and his wife hastily closed the door, as if they were afraid that something would come in from outside.

The shopkeeper said mysteriously: "Everyone, go to rest after dinner, sleep until dawn, and I will prepare porridge and side dishes for you tomorrow morning."

"I'll talk about the porridge and side dishes later. Let me ask you, the shopkeeper, why did you close the door in such a hurry?" Monkey King felt something was wrong, why did he look like he had entered a black shop?

"Thunder is about to strike! If you don't close the door, there will be lightning and thunder outside, how scary? You don't know, someone went out at night before, and was struck to death by lightning!" The shopkeeper even lowered his voice a lot.

"Weird." Sun Wukong rubbed his chin, and said to himself that thunder has struck every night for the past three years, and it's time to ask the father and mother about it. "Master, please rest first, and the old grandson will go to the Heavenly Court."

"Heavenly Court? Elder, don't be joking. Heavenly Court is a place that only gods can go to." The shopkeeper was puzzled, and looked up and down Monkey King, but he couldn't see that he looked like a god.

Monkey King laughed and said, "You see, Old Sun is joking? If Old Sun doesn't have any skills, can he protect Master all the way here?"

"It's as if it's all due to you alone, hum." Zhu Bajie snorted unhappily.

Tang Seng explained: "All my apprentices have great backgrounds, and they can do anything to kill demons and demons. Wukong, you can ask the gods to see what's going on here."

"Okay, I'll come as soon as I go." Sun Wukong took a special look at Tao Tao, who immediately raised his hand and said, "I've finished my elixir, so I just asked Grandpa for some. Brother Monkey, I'll go with you!"

Zhu Bajie was so angry that he couldn't find a reason to refute, so he could only let them leave.

Sun Wukong called out somersault cloud, and the two quickly disappeared in midair, and went all the way to the heaven.Tao Tao did not go to Tushita Palace, but followed Sun Wukong to Leigong and Dianmu. When Leigong and Dianmu were taking out the magic weapon and preparing to cast a spell, they had to stop when they saw Sun Wukong coming.

"The little god has seen the great sage, but what orders does the great sage have when he comes?" Lei Gong had only dealt with Monkey King not long ago, when Thor's hammer was still taken away by the diamond bracelet.

"I don't have any orders, I just came to ask about one thing." Sun Wukong waved his hand and told about Fengxian County, saying: "I protected Master to a place called Fengxian County, where it snows heavily during the day, and it is said that at night There were also lightning and thunder, which lasted for three years, so come to ask what's going on."

"It turns out that what the Great Sage wanted to ask was Fengxian County. It has indeed been thundering in this place for three years, but Mrs. Lightning and I are only responsible for thunder and lightning. We don't know the reason. If the Great Sage wants to know, he probably has to ask His Majesty." Lei Gong said embarrassedly.

"Since that's the case, Lao Sun will leave." Sun Wukong didn't ask why, so he could only take Tao Tao to Lingxiao Hall.

When he met the Jade Emperor, he said the same thing again, but the Jade Emperor's face darkened: "There was a big injustice case in Fengxian County, and the victim made three vows before he died. , I heard it clearly, so I lowered this punishment."

"A case of injustice? Even if there is a case of injustice, His Majesty's punishment is too heavy. I see that many people in Fengxian County have starved to death, and every family is afraid to go out." Monkey King said in his heart, even if there is a case of injustice, it should not be involved. So many people.

The Jade Emperor said: "There is a woman who died unjustly, and the main messenger is the Marquis of Fengxian County. Wukong, do you want to relieve the disaster for the people of Fengxian County?"

"That's exactly what I mean, please show me the way, Your Majesty."

The Jade Emperor summoned Taibai Jinxing and said, "Please ask Jinxing to take Wukong to Pixiang Temple."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Taibai Jinxing, with gray hair and beard, smiled at Sun Wukong and Tao Tao: "This way please."

Tao Taoxin said, could it be the chicken pecking at the mountain of rice and the yellow dog licking the mountain of noodles, right?But this time it's not that the Marquis of the county dropped the tribute and let the dogs eat it, it's a case of injustice.

After thinking about it, Taibai Jinxing had already brought them to the Pixiang Hall, and when they opened the door, the two of them were shocked by the situation inside.

In the huge hall, there are only three things: in the open space on the left, there is a large stone with a height of ten feet, and an hourglass is dripping water from above the stone; in the open space in the middle, there is a hill with a height of twenty feet. Rocky, there is a little white fox gently scratching with its tail.In the open space on the right is a small lake with a circumference of thirty feet and a depth of ten feet, with a flame burning beside it.

Monkey King was puzzled and asked, "Jin Xing, what are you doing?"

Taibai Jinxing stroked his beard and said with a smile: "This is His Majesty's punishment for Fengxian County. Only when the water drips through the rocks, the mountains lose their edges, and the lake dries up, will the snow, thunder and drought stop."

"Don't be kidding, how many years will it take?" Sun Wukong looked at the three things and secretly thought that even if everyone in Fengxian County died, it would not be possible.

Tao Tao asked: "There must be other ways, right?"

"Miss Taozi is right. If the old case three years ago can be cleared up, and everyone in Fengxian County is committed to goodness, the boulders, hills, and lakes will naturally disappear." Taibai Jinxing pointed with a smile: "Great Sage, This is up to you.”

"So that's how it is." Sun Wukong suddenly realized, cupped his hands and said: "Old Sun thanked Jin Xing, let's take a step first."

Before returning to Fengxian County, Tao Tao went to Dousita Palace again, the Taishang Laojun hadn't seen her for a long time, this time she was very affectionate.Without waiting for her to speak, he stuffed a few small bottles into her hand.

"Grandpa, you are so good. By the way, we are going to the west, and when we get the scriptures, I will definitely come to accompany you more!" Tao Taole bloomed, this cheap grandpa is really kind.

Taishang Laojun smiled and said: "Are you coming to accompany me more, or do you want to eat more elixir? You little thing used to say that you would make delicious food for me, but you haven't made it until now. Grandpa doesn't believe you. gone."

Tao Tao scratched her head and said, "Then owe it first, grandpa, remember for yourself, how much I owe you, and I will definitely pay you back when I finish collecting the scriptures."

"Haha... It's okay, I'll know how to say it nicely." Taishang Laojun was very happy to be coaxed by her.

Tao Tao thought about it seriously, and when she got the scriptures, she must keep her promise.

She can be regarded as returning home with a lot of rewards, but Sun Wukong's mood is not very good.It was already dark when we left the Heavenly Court, and the sky above Fengxian County was already full of lightning and thunder.

It was pitch black everywhere in Fengxian County, and there was no one to be seen outside. Monkey King and Tao Tao finally found the inn, knocked on the door and after a while, the shopkeeper opened the door a little.

Tang Seng and the others hadn't rested yet, and Sun Wukong asked as soon as he sat back: "I ask you, the shopkeeper, was there any unjust case in Fengxian County three years ago?"

"Brother Monkey, you won't gain anything if you go to Heaven? Why are there still thunderstorms?" Zhu Bajie asked, frowning, covering his ears.

"Don't interrupt me, you idiot. I went to the Heavenly Court, and the Jade Emperor said that it was the Fengxian County who committed a great injustice, so these punishments were imposed." Sun Wukong told the story of the water dripping through the stone, the mountains without edges and the lake drying up, and everyone was amazed. .

The shopkeeper turned pale with shock, slapped his thigh and said: "This elder, there was indeed an unjust case three years ago, but no one dared to say it blatantly, and everyone just discussed it in private."

"What's the matter?" Sun Wukong asked.

Zhu Bajie licked his lower lip, not daring to say it was nonsense.

Seeing that everyone was interested, the shopkeeper said in a low voice, "Three years ago, a little woman named Dou E died unjustly."

The cup in Tao Tao's hand fell to the table with a "bump", and the tea spilled out immediately, almost splashing on her.

"Taozi, are you alright?" Sun Wukong asked someone to bring a rag, and asked with concern.

"It's all right, it's just a slip of the hand." Tao Tao smiled embarrassedly: "You continue to talk, the shopkeeper."

Is there such a coincidence!A woman named Dou E was wronged to death?Tao Tao was speechless and choked, and suddenly remembered the three vows that Dou E made in the book when she died: blood spattered in vain, snow in June, and drought for three years!

The snowstorm in June and the severe drought have been realized for three years. Is it really the same story?

I heard the shopkeeper continue to say: "Dou E was originally a child bride, and her background was quite pitiful. After being adopted by a family named Li, she married Li Xiao, the son of the Li family. The family was originally harmonious and healthy. I know that once old man Li's bullock cart accidentally hit someone, the man was a rich man in Fengxian County, named Wang Fugui. Wang Fugui ordered someone to break old man Li's leg on the spot. Old man Li had no money to heal his leg, no How long before he died."

"Old man Li's son, Li Xiao, was so angry that he went to sue the magistrate, but the magistrate was somewhat related to Wang Fugui, so of course he helped Wang Fugui. Not only did he ask the yamen servant to beat Li Xiao up, but he also said that if there was any trouble, he would Grab it."

"This is just too much deception." Tang Seng was a little angry, and the Marquis of Fengxian County seemed to be a fatuous person.

"Who says it's not?" The shopkeeper sighed and continued, "But this is not over yet. Wang Fugui is a greedy and lustful person. Seeing that Li's daughter-in-law, Dou E, is beautiful, he wants to rob a good woman. Li Of course Xiao quit, and Wang Fugui planned to send someone to poison Li Xiao to death. Who would have thought that Wang Fugui's son would also fall in love with Dou E, so he went to find Li Xiao that day and beat Li Xiao to death. The people who went there poured the medicine into the tea, and by accident, Wang Fugui's son was poisoned to death."

"It's true that the wicked will be tortured by the wicked." Tang Seng felt relieved when he heard it. This is really harming others and eventually harming himself.

The shopkeeper slapped his thigh, shook his head and said, "The elder doesn't know, Wang Fugui knew that his son was poisoned to death, so he immediately vomited blood. It was Dou E who poisoned his son to death. The county marquis arrested people indiscriminately, but after repeated beatings and torture, Dou E did not plead guilty."

"How can you plead guilty when you are so wronged?" Tang Seng was so angry that he couldn't even drink his tea.

"Yeah, but the Marquis didn't give up, so he sent someone to arrest Dou E's mother-in-law and torture him. How could the old lady bear this crime? Dou E felt sorry for her mother-in-law, so she had to plead guilty. The Marquis sentenced her to death at the beginning. , but Dou E is also tough-tempered, and made three vows before execution."

"Which three piles are they?" Sun Wukong asked.