[Journey to the West] So I am Monk Tang

The more I see along the way, the more I feel that I have little knowledge. Those gods and Buddhas in the sky can always refresh my impression of them when I feel that I know them enough.

The incident in the Wuji Kingdom taught me what it means to be narrow-minded; the incident in the Zhuzi Kingdom made me realize that gods and Buddhas are not unreasonable, but there are still other gods and Buddhas who use his banner to harm living beings in the name of eliminating disasters; etc. When it came to the extermination of France, the king killed nearly ten thousand monks and Xitian did not pursue it at all; and then in Fengxian County, the county marquis overturned the altar, and the offerings that were originally placed on the altar were swallowed by domestic dogs, so that the Jade Emperor could see it seriously...

Feeling my conscience, even if I am treated so rudely, I won’t be in a good mood. Anyone who can do it with a smile and let it go is a saint, but this is not the same as punishing and venting anger. Even if this is a feudal society with all evils and no human rights, it is necessary to be implicated instead of one person doing things and one person responsible, but at least the charges should be announced, right?

Even if the emperor confiscated the family and punished the nine clans, regardless of whether the charges were true or unfounded, at least the past could be explained on the surface.The one who hit the head with a stick directly and resorted to an outrageous trick should be a bandit, right?

That's right, the three conditions set by the Jade Emperor seem to me to be no different from a household plan, a rice mountain ten feet high, a rice mountain twenty feet high, a chicken with the size of a fist, and a pug dog that is definitely a small dog. There are also lock bars burned by lamp flames, even if they do not stop day and night, how much can the lock bars on the surface of the rice mountain be eliminated?There will be a day when rice and noodles will be digested cleanly, lock bar?Use an oil lamp to burn brass?If the temperature is not enough to reach the melting point, then there is no real solution.

Unless the temperature of the oil lamp in heaven is different from the temperature of the oil lamp in the mortal world I think.

One day in the sky, one year in the mortal world.

If the time difference is counted, even if I think that the Marquis of Fengxian County was at fault first, the punishment is too severe.

Of course, the Jade Emperor also left a back door, as long as he sincerely repents, he will forgive.This sounds much more lenient, but the problem is that once any natural disasters occur these days, the rulers will have to criticize themselves. It's over, either kissing the villain Yuan Xianchen, or being fascinated by women...

From the Junhou's words, I can hear that he has reviewed all these things, but it is still useless, which makes him stay here even after the people of Fengxian County ran away to death. I understand, now that I know the truth, I can't bear it.

The altar was overthrown and the offerings were eaten by dogs. The Marquis may not be impressed by this incident, but he may not regard it as the reason, thinking that the disaster in Fengxian County was caused by this.One sentence may be mentioned during the confession, but it will never account for much of it, and naturally it will not be considered as sincere repentance.

I pressed my forehead, wondering how the Junhou would choose.

If this matter were on my shoulders, it would be absolutely fine to admit that there is still room for salvation, but now Fengxian County has become a dead city, after 20 years of drought, even if it rains immediately, I am afraid it will not be a few years Kungfu can't keep alive.The dead will not be resurrected, and if the survivors who fled are still alive, they have already settled down and taken root in a foreign country, and they will not come back...

The Marquis of the county got up from the ground in a daze, and his voice was weak, "Thank you, the holy monk and the eminent disciples, for letting me understand the cause and effect. It's not early at this time, and I still have some dry food here. Please use the holy monks and eminent disciples, and let them go sooner." have a rest."

"Master Junhou, you..." I think the state of Junhou is too dazed, which makes people feel a little uneasy.

The Junhou pulled out a forced smile, "Holy Monk, I have just heard the truth, so I have to go back to my room slowly, please forgive me for not being able to accompany me."

After the Marquis left, we declined the dry rations given to us by the old servants, and asked them to keep them for themselves. After all, the rations here are very precious, and we are not without spares.It's just that I didn't have much taste for this meal, and I kept thinking about how the Junhou would choose.

In the middle of the night, I was woken up by the thunder outside. My heart trembled, and I immediately got up and opened the window.

It was bright outside the window.

It is not the moonlight that is clear, but the thunderbolts that have been falling, illuminating the sky.

I tugged at my coat and frowned a little while looking outside.

This is not a posture for rain.

I was not the only one who was woken up, I heard the door or window of the adjacent room being pushed open, Brother Hou's figure appeared in the courtyard, I don't know what he saw, and suddenly shouted: "Master, it's not good! Not good!"

"What's wrong?" I was startled by him, and I left the window and opened the door.

"Master, go back to the house!" Brother Hou hurriedly pushed me, "This county has become a devil!"

"How much resentment should this be, to have caused a warning from the heavens?" Bai Jingjing also hurried over, "When I became a corpse demon that day, there was no movement at all."

"What are you doing here?" Brother Monkey looked at him with disgust.

Bai Jingjing froze for a moment, "Yeah, why am I hiding, this is not here to hack me, I have to find a good person to take shelter to be safe."

Brother Monkey sneered, "How many bad things have you done before?"

"It's been chopped down! It's been chopped down!" Zhu Bajie and the other Wu had already jumped onto the roof, shouting, "Is that black shadow that was chopped down the Duke?"

Brother Monkey and I looked at each other, and in the end, he didn't push me into the room again.It's just that when the thunderbolt passed by at close range, the power that engulfed the power of heaven and earth made people tremble uncontrollably.

I stood on the edge, obviously I shouldn't know how this happened, but I had the answer in my heart.

One thought becomes a Buddha, one thought becomes a devil.

I stared obsessively at the figure that was contending with the power of heaven and earth, and suddenly a thought that I couldn't suppress, if I became a demon, I would get this kind of power, if this would make me stop walking cautiously, If this gives me the power to take care of the injustice I see...

Isn't it good to become a demon?I heard someone ask me that.

I have no prejudice against becoming a demon and becoming a Buddha. Even in a certain period of time, I felt that the way of the devil is free and easy, and the righteous way is sanctimonious. A good person will only be persecuted by others.But if these two roads appear at my feet, and I can only choose one road...

Isn't it good to become a demon?Behind the road paved with blood came a voice that sounded very familiar to me.

I felt that my body was leaning towards that side, and I wanted to lift my feet but felt that my steps were extremely heavy.

On the other road, the sound of weeping and wailing was faintly heard, and the sound of praying to God and worshiping Buddha was heard endlessly, but in the end, everything turned into a more desperate silence.

Hell is not empty, vow not to become a Buddha.I saw Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva walking towards that road, the despair was broken, and the joyful and pious voice was chanting scriptures, and the road was paved with peace.

My heart is more inclined to that path, because there is light there.

But I also couldn't take a step, because when I yearned for the light, I was also afraid of that light.

I don't aspire to be a god or Buddha, I don't think I can be a savior to save everyone, and I don't agree that people put everything on gods and Buddhas, because when disasters happen, those entrusted prayers are rarely answered, and some are even theirs. The gods and Buddhas who entrusted prayers were created by themselves.

I don't like the feeling of being superior and treating all creatures as ants.

That represents loneliness and numbness.

The two roads under my feet became more and more distinct, and the darkness behind me seemed to be pushing me, urging me to make a choice quickly.

But I don't want to choose either.

However, it was too late.

The push from behind suddenly exerted force, and I didn't even know which side I fell on. I just felt that my eyes suddenly opened up, and I came to a place I had never been to before.

The sun was just right, the breeze was blowing, and there was a smell of green grass in the air. I looked around and saw that I was standing under a tree on the corner of the street. The tree was full of red dates. Several children were standing Beside me, I was hitting jujube with a long pole.

I tentatively called Brother Hou, but Brother Hou was not there, not only Brother Monkey, but also the few Wumen who did not respond.I wanted to ask the jujube-throwing child where it was, but I called several times, but none of them answered me.

Jujubes are so attractive?I had to admit it, and walked a little closer, patting the shoulder of what seemed to be the oldest child...

I put my hand across the kid's shoulder.

I froze for a moment, tried a few more times, and had to admit that I was probably just a ghost now.

What can a ghostly being do?I don't know, but I know that as a ghost, I have mastered qinggong and wall penetration.I have always been curious about what it feels like for a ghost to pass through a wall. This time I have experienced it personally, and it seems that I can't see the inner structure of the wall clearly.

I was bored for a while before I pulled myself together and wanted to use extraordinary means to figure out what was going on here.I should have fallen into some kind of illusion. If I want to crack it, I must find the key node.

Then I discovered a lot of interesting things——

This is a small town, and the people seem to be living fairly well. At first glance, the phrase 'the granary knows the etiquette, and the food and clothing is enough to know the honor and disgrace' is very appropriate. Here, the doors are never closed at night, and everyone is polite, even Accidentally collided while walking on the street, and they rushed to apologize.

My first feeling was that the quality of the people here is really high, but when I accidentally saw the terrified eyes of a person who accidentally knocked off the fruit on the fruit stand, I realized that there was something wrong. place.

The people here lived too cautiously, as if something was watching them, asking them to be so civilized and polite all the time.I don't know what will happen to the fouls, but judging from the performance of these people, it will definitely not be very good.

What exactly is going on?

My doubts were quickly answered.

On this day, the street was in a mess. A group of officers and soldiers broke into a house. Soon, the family was taken away in chains. During the whole process, no one came forward to watch, and even the pedestrians on the road bowed their heads to avoid it. Walk.

This is so weird.

After a while, a man walked back with his toes high and high, and greeted the neighbors around him warmly while walking. While the neighbors responded politely and thoughtfully, they couldn't hide the contempt in their eyes, but the man didn't care , happily walked into the house of the family that had just been taken away, as if it was his own home.

My heart moved and I followed.

The man walked through the courtyard, and a wooden sign on the road was kicked away by him at will, and it just turned over, revealing the text on it——

Monkey King Monkey King.

I looked at those words, as if I had never recognized them before.

That night, the man brought back a little lady from the courtyard, and was persuaded by the beautiful little lady to have a few drinks and almost told everything.

For example, he was originally a bastard, but after being recruited by this family as his son-in-law, he found out that their family actually had a ranking of gods and Buddhas.

"Since the holy monk killed the gods and destroyed the Buddha, the weather has been good every year in the world. There have never been any natural disasters, and man-made disasters have been wiped out when they first appeared. These people are still not satisfied..." The man muttered Nagging, he went back to the room with the little lady in his arms.

I was stunned.

It didn't feel right, very wrong.

As soon as I changed my mind, the surrounding environment distorted and deformed. When everything stopped, I looked at the man in white sitting on the chair and was stunned.

That's my face.

"Who are you?" I know this sentence is a bit silly, but I really don't think I have such a domineering posture and aura.

"I am you." The man said lazily, without even getting up, he just looked at me like that, "I followed your wish, there are no gods and Buddhas in this world, what do you think?"

I originally thought it was a good thing, but based on my observations these days, I just find it scary.

"Without gods and Buddhas, there will be no more deliberate natural disasters, and the people will no longer be shackled and regarded as ants." The man changed his posture, "But then I found out that natural disasters still exist, although they are not related to gods and Buddhas. It has nothing to do with it, but in the end it hurts the common people. So I used my magic power to make the weather go smoothly. As long as you work hard, you can have food. Then I discovered that people’s desires are endless. If you can eat enough, you want to eat more Alright, commoner clothes don’t feel good to wear, and I want silk ones…”

"Isn't that normal?" I frowned.

"Normal?" The man sneered, "It's not wrong to want to live a good life, but the actions of ambitious schemers are very bad. I thought that if the natural disasters are eliminated, the people will live well, but I forgot that there are also man-made disasters that will make people happy." The people suffer."

To be honest, I still have a high degree of acceptance of this kind of conflict among the people. Isn’t the entire process of human history a history of war?

But that person obviously didn't think so, "I slaughtered gods and Buddhas so that the people would no longer be restrained but unable to resist, and there would be no more fearless casualties. How could I leave it to those ambitious conspirators to consume? So, These people must die."

I'm not interested in this kind of heavy middle school declaration, but I couldn't hold back and stabbed, "Who do you think you are, you are so lenient."

"I'm obsessed with them, and I can't control them anymore?" The man snorted unhappily, and soon became happy again, "Look how good it is now, everyone is humble and courteous, everyone is like a family, no one does evil, This is the country of my dreams!"

"What about the people who made mistakes?" I asked.

"Of course there is no need for it." The man said, "Under the heavy code, those who knowingly commit crimes don't have to waste food anymore."

"Whatever wrong?" I frowned.

"Small mistakes will become big mistakes if they continue to accumulate. Why let things develop to the worst." The man took it for granted, "Stop the loss in time, I think you agree."

No, these are two different things.

The person in front of me is paranoid and doesn't feel that he is wrong at all. I don't want to do useless work, but there is one thing I still want to ask: "Wukong, how many other apprentices are there?"

That person showed a bit of aggrieved and angry look, "If you are not of my race, their hearts must be different. They opposed my various actions at the beginning. As a master, I can only kill my relatives righteously."

I looked at him and couldn't believe what I heard, "What did you say?"

"I said, that monkey wasted the name of free rebellion. In fact, he just refused to obey the discipline. There are a few others who are not inferior to the teacher..." He shook his head, "If you don't clean up the door, let them do harm... "He looked at me with disbelief in his eyes, "You actually hurt me?"

I let go of my hand, and a sharp blade that appeared in my hand just now is now staying in that person's body, "You care too much."

"It's your demon!" he yelled at me.

I found myself untouched, just watching that person turn into a point of light, lighting up the entire space.

The space is getting brighter and brighter, so that I can't open my eyes, but I don't know who is pushing me again, so I have to open my eyes.

Entering the goal, it was Lei Gong's mouth with a rough face.

I'm still a little confused.

"...Master, Master!" Brother Hou's voice gradually became clearer, "Are you awake?"

"Wukong?" I squinted my eyes, wondering if this was true or not.

"Master." Brother Hou replied, stepping aside a little, allowing me to see the other Wu who were also very close, "The prince who just fell into the devil ran towards the master, and suddenly the golden light shone brightly. I was saved before the thunderbolt fell, I didn't expect that Master's cultivation base is so advanced now."

"What's so profound, I also fainted after the transcendence is over." I heard Zhu Bajie muttering like this.

I was lifted up by Brother Monkey, and it was dawn at this time. Looking at the ruins around me, I finally regained some sense of reality.

Could it be that the illusion I just entered was created by the so-called demons?Or was it influenced by the bewitched Junhou?But no matter which one, won't it be too easy to crack it this way?I don't want to complain about anything, but, shouldn't the so-called tall demon in my mind be so hard to get rid of?

I always feel that I have encountered a false demon.

I refuse to believe that if I finally achieve the achievement of killing gods and destroying Buddhas, I will become such a terrible person without restraint, and what he does is not even better than those gods and Buddhas.

The Junhou's room was so damaged that it didn't have any previous outlines. It was the place that was most attacked by thunderbolts.

We left Fengxian County very quickly. It used to look like a city that had been uninhabited for a long time, but now it looks more like an empty city that has been dilapidated for a hundred years.

The white horse stepped on the ground a little irritably, the dust was raised, and there was still no rain in the sky.

"Wukong, do you think Fengxian County will become a completely dead city in the future?" I looked at the clear sky and asked Brother Hou.

Brother Monkey scratched his head, "I don't know, maybe in the future some virtuous and good people will move here, and it will gradually prosper. Or... just like that."

I took another look at the city gate of Fengxian County, and ran forward on a white horse.

"Wait, master! I haven't tightened the lid on the water bag right now!" Zhu Bajie shouted.

I stopped the horse, turned around to look, and sure enough, the lid of a water bag was knocked off, and some of the water inside spilled out, not only wet the outside of the water bag, but also spilled on the ground.

"Hey, it's a good thing we don't lack water. Otherwise, I don't know how distressed I would be if I spilled this water bag." Zhu Bajie tightened the lid again and looked at the ground, "Sin, the water will be caught as soon as it falls on the ground." Sucked into the soil."

"What else?" I said, this place is worse than the desert, the only good thing is that the dry and hardened land will not be blown up by the wind.

"Master, I think you seem to have realized something when you rescued the prince last night." Brother Monkey said hesitantly.

My only understanding is that unrestricted power will be terrible if it is out of control, but there is no need to tell Brother Monkey, I can't tell him that in the illusion, I am so powerful that I can hang him, so I can only transfer Changed the topic, "It doesn't matter if you have insight, you can't let the drought stop here, and the vegetation will be reborn."

After finishing speaking, I beat the horse to move on.

"Master!" Zhu Bajie shouted a little broken this time.

"What's the matter?" Is there another water bag that hasn't been fixed?

"Master, look..." A few Enlightenments stood in place, their heads lowered, not knowing what they were looking at.

I got off the horse, walked over, and decided that if it wasn't something important, I must talk about them.But when I lowered my head and looked at the fresh green on the ground, I couldn't say anything.

"This is..." I looked up at the sky, could it be that the Jade Emperor knew that he had played too well and started to make up for it?

"Master, try sprinkling water again." Brother Hou handed me Zhu Bajie's jade purification bottle.