Journey to the West I am just a river god

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The few people continued to move forward while laughing, and finally came to Chuda City.

I asked people to find out that this place is Jisaiguo, the Jinguang Temple of Jisaiguo?The nine-headed worm in Bibotan?

Lin Yun smiled slightly, a little interesting.

The Nine-Headed Insect who was in the Bibo Pool on the Rocky Mountain trembled inexplicably.

The master and apprentice entered the city, seeing people and cars passing by, it was a bustling scene.

But as I was walking, I suddenly saw a dozen monks wearing shackles, begging from house to house. I didn't expect that the closer to the west, the worse the treatment of Buddhists, and the more monsters.

Seeing this, Tang Seng couldn't help feeling compassionate, and said, "Wukong, Lin Yun, go and ask what's going on?"

The two went up to inquire, but the monk didn't dare to talk too much on the street, so he brought the Tang monk, his master and his disciples to their Jinguang Temple, which was built by imperial edict to protect the country.

It was built again.

I saw that the temple was desolate.

The incense lamps in the ancient hall are deserted, and the dead leaves sweep the wind in the virtual corridors.There is the thousand-foot pagoda, and there are also several pine trees.

It's just that there are fallen flowers all over the ground and no one walks by, and the cobwebs in front of the eaves are left to weave.Drums are set up empty, bells are hung in vain.There was no one in the lecture, the monks were gone, but the silent birds in the meditation hall were frequent visitors.

Seeing this, Tang Seng felt even more sad, and could not stop the tears from his eyes.

Wearing shackles, the group of monks pushed the main hall away, and invited several Tang monks to worship Buddha in the hall.

Tang Seng entered the hall, offered heart incense, and knocked his teeth three times.

Turning his head again, Tang Seng couldn't bear to see six or seven young monks still locked on the eaves pillars of the main hall.

This is the abbot who came to ask questions, and the monks who were shackles went straight forward with the abbot, and then kowtowed and asked: "Your lords look different from ordinary people, but are they from the Eastern Tang Dynasty?"

Wukong smiled and said, "Do you monks have any kind of prophecy? We are from Tang Dynasty, but how do you know?"

The monks hurriedly said: "Grandfathers, where am I going to learn the method of unpredictability? It's just that I have suffered so much and have nowhere to say it. I can only tell the sky to scream to myself. I think it alarmed the god. At night, each of us had the same dream, saying that there is a holy monk from the Eastern Tang Dynasty who can save our lives, and this grievance can be forgiven. I saw the master today, and it must be the one in the dream. people."

This scene is somewhat familiar?

Lin Yun can only say that these gods and Buddhas are also without creativity, so how many disasters are there, and it is so similar to the difficulty of the three great immortals before.

After hearing this, Sanzang said, "Where are you? What wrong do you have? Just tell me, my four disciples have great powers, and I will definitely make decisions for you."

The monks thanked him quickly, and the abbot also said: "Grandfathers, this place is called Jisai Country, and it is the largest country around here. Every year, four barbarians come here to pay tribute: South Yuetuo Kingdom, North Gaochang Kingdom, The East Liang Kingdom and the West Benbo Kingdom pay tribute to beautiful jade and pearls, beautiful concubines and horses every year. But here we don’t need to go to war, and we don’t need to go on conquests, those countries will naturally come to worship us as their superior state.”

This is true, but I am afraid that there will be no more tribute to the Daughter Kingdom rebuilt in the ruins.

"Since this is a state, I think you, the king, have the right way, Wu Xianliang."

Hearing this, the monks said quickly: "Grandfathers, there are no virtuous people here, no good martial arts, and the monarch is not upright. My Jinguang Temple, originally the pagoda was shrouded in auspicious clouds and the auspicious mist rose high. It can be clearly seen from thousands of miles away; in the morning, it will emit colorful energy, and the four countries will all look forward to it. Therefore, it is believed that the Tianfu Shenjing, the four barbarians have just come here to pay tribute."

"Only three years ago, Meng Qiushuo, at midnight, there was a blood rain in this country for no reason. At dawn, when everyone saw the blood rain, everyone was afraid and every family felt sad. All the ministers reported the king's words. It’s just that they didn’t know why it was raining blood. At that time, many Taoist priests were invited to worship, and countless monks went to chant scriptures to thank heaven.”

"Hey, but who would have expected that the blood rain would pollute the golden pagoda in my temple, and the orbs on the pagoda were also stolen. Over the past two years, foreign countries have seen that the aura is not there, and they will never come to pay tribute again. My king sees this. To conquer, all the ministers went up to remonstrate: the monks in my temple stole the treasures on the pagoda, so there is no auspicious cloud and auspicious mist, and foreign countries do not go to court."

"And the Hunjun didn't even notice, and ordered those corrupt officials to take my monks away and torture them in every possible way. At that time, there were three generations of monks here, and the first two generations had been tortured to death. Now they are arresting our generation for questioning. Put on this shackle. My lords, how dare we deceive ourselves and steal the tower!"

What I said was really crying and sad.

But the Tang monk decided to sweep the pagoda in person at night to pray for the Buddha, find out the reason, and rescue the monk.

Lin Yun thought that this should be solved quickly, so he said: "Master, Great Sage, you go up to the tower to find the reason. I have an old enemy called the Nine-Headed Insect here. I suspect it was him. Why don't we split up?" Let's do it."

"Alright, let's split up and resolve this matter as soon as possible." Tang Seng also nodded.

After a simple dinner, Tang Seng and Wukong each took a newly bought broom, first went to the main hall to burn incense and worship Buddha, then opened the tower door, and swept from bottom to top layer by layer until midnight. layer.

Tang Seng was so tired that his waist was sore and his back hurt, so he asked Wukong to clean the upper three layers for him.

When Wukong swept to the twelfth floor, he heard someone talking at the top of the tower, so he got out of the tower door and stepped on the cloud to check.

He saw two goblins in the No. 13th floor tower who were guessing and drinking, so he gently held the broom, scattered his clothes, got out of the front door, and watched from the clouds. He saw two fairies sitting in the heart of the No.13th floor tower. Goblin, put a plate of rice, a bowl, and a jug in front of him, and it's quite chic to play games and eat wine there.

Wukong used his supernatural powers, dropped his broom, pulled out his golden cudgel, stopped the tower gate and shouted: "Monster! You are the one who stole the treasure from the tower!"

The two monsters had no time to escape, they were already shackled in place, unable to struggle, they kept yelling: "Spare me, spare me, we didn't steal the treasure!"

Wukong ignored them, grabbed them one by one, and went down to the tenth floor of the tower.

"Master, watch me catch and arrest the thief who stole the treasure!"

Tang Seng was probably really tired and actually fell asleep. Hearing this, he was also very clever. He was surprised and delighted and said, "Really? Where did you get it?"

Wukong then grabbed the monster and knelt down in front of him, saying: "These two monsters are also casually playing finger-guessing and drinking on the top of the tower. My old grandson heard the noise, so he was afraid that no one would plead guilty if he was beaten to death, so he caught them lightly. Master, you can ask carefully to find out where the goblin is and where the stolen treasure is hidden."

Those two monsters were trembling, and they kept yelling: "Forgive me!"

Then he said truthfully: "The two of us were sent by the Wansheng Dragon King of Bibotan in Luanshi Mountain to inspect the pagoda. His name is Benbo Erba, and I am called Babo Erben. He is a catfish monster, and I am a black fish spirit. Because I am a saint. The old dragon gave birth to a daughter, and he called her Princess Wansheng. The princess was beautiful and beautiful, and she had twenty talents. Although he was not very willing, the old dragon king recruited a son-in-law for her, and called her nine-headed son-in-law, who has great magical powers."

"A few years ago, I came here with the Dragon King and showed my strength. There was a rain of blood, polluted the pagoda, and stole the relics and Buddha treasures in the pagoda. However, the princess and the son-in-law have always been at odds, and they were imprisoned by the old Dragon King. Gambling with the son-in-law, going to the Daluo Tianshang Lingxiao Temple, stealing the nine-leaf Ganoderma lucidum grass of the Queen Mother, raising it under the pool, golden and glowing, bright day and night, this is the freedom."

"Nine-headed insects recently heard that there is a Monkey King and Lin Yun who went to the west to learn scriptures, saying that they have great supernatural powers, and they are dedicated to finding people along the way, so they often send me here to patrol. If there is still the Monkey King When the time comes, be prepared.”

Wukong laughed and said: "It seems that this is what the Nine-Headed Insect and the Wansheng Dragon King did. It's quite simple. Lin Yun has already set off to find him, so we don't have to worry too much."

After finishing speaking, Bajie and two or three young monks came up from the tower carrying two lanterns and said, "Master, what are you talking about here if you don't go to sleep after sweeping the tower?"

Wukong laughed and said: "Junior brother, it's just in time for you to come. The treasure on the tower was stolen by the old holy dragon. I sent these two little demons to patrol the tower to find out about us. I just took it away. Living."

"What kind of monster is this?"

"One is called Benboerba, the other is called Baboerben; one is the catfish monster, and the other is the black fish spirit."

After hearing this, Bajie subconsciously said: "Catfish black fish? Kill it for soup?"

He was naturally greeted with a mockery, after all, this was to be used as evidence.

The two or three young monks liked it too, and led them down the tower with lanterns.

A little monk rushed to report to the monks: "Great, great! We can see the blue sky! The monster who stole the treasure has been arrested!"

In order to prove the innocence of the monks in the temple, Wukong had someone lock up the two goblins wearing lute bones. The next day, the Tang monk and his disciples met with the king of Jisai, changed the customs, and took the opportunity to defend the monks in the temple, saying that there were goblins who could prove it. .

After hearing this, the king ordered the guards in brocade clothes to accompany Wukong to Jinguang Temple to catch monsters.

The two little monsters also truthfully recruited the old dragon king and the nine-headed son-in-law to steal the Buddhist treasure.

The king was not too stupid, so he also ordered the two monsters to be imprisoned, issued an order to release the monks of Jinguang Temple, and held a banquet in Guanglu Temple to wash away the dust of Tang monks and disciples.