The Monkey King

   Starry night, the city gate is half open.

   Dozens of military guards patrolled back and forth with torches aloft. A fast horse staggered past them and quickly passed through the city gate.

  The soldiers on the horse continued to beat the horse under the crotch with the force of sucking milk. Not long after, the soldier had already crossed the long street and came to a big mansion.

   "Who is coming?" a soldier guarding the door shouted.

Hearing this, the soldier hurriedly dismounted from his horse, took out a token from his waist and offered it with both hands, and said loudly: "The humble General Xiao is the flag envoy. Say it."

   "Quarry?"

   The soldiers outside the door looked at each other, and for some reason, they all laughed.

   After a while, in the mansion, a young man dressed as a servant pushed open the door and kneeled respectfully and said, "Master Guo, General Xiao has sent someone over and is waiting to see you outside the door."

   For a while, there was silence.

   The servant raised his head slightly.

   There are six seats in this small hall, two on the main seat in the positive direction, and four on both sides.

   At this time, on the four seats on both sides sat three people dressed as Taoist priests, wearing red, orange and gray Taoist robes respectively. And in front of the master stood another Taoist priest in black robe, with his back to the servant who came to report the message, his face could not be seen clearly.

  Red, orange, and gray three Taoist priests looked at each other.

  The orange-robed Taoist stroked the mustache at the corner of his mouth and said, "Sent from the quarry, what do they want to do?"

   "What else can I do?" Wearing a red robe. The Taoist priest with a beard and a ferocious face rolled his eyes and said, "It's strange that a group of people went to the quarry and they didn't send someone here."

   After that, he waved his hand and said to the servant who came to report the letter: "Just tell him, I already know, let him go back first. Later. The national teacher makes his own decision."

  The servant raised his head slightly and glanced at the black-robed Taoist priest, said "promise", turned around and exited the door, closing the door behind him.

   After the servant left, the Taoist priest in white with a mustache and a mustache said, "I have already arrived at the quarry, so I saw those bald donkeys? Next, what should I do?"

   All six eyes looked at the black-robed Taoist priest.

   Right now. There was another knock on the door.

"Come in."

  The door slowly opened. Another servant walked into the room and knelt on the ground, saying, "Master Yi, that Mao-faced monk has already left in the clouds for some reason."

"Oh?"

  The eyes of everyone present suddenly widened.

   "The Great Sage actually left?" The black-robed Taoist priest turned around and smiled slowly: "It seems that God helps me too!"

   This person is a centipede with many eyes!

  …

at this time. In the underworld, outside the Hall of Life and Death, the monkey was looking leisurely at King Qin Guang, who was shivering on his knees.

   "You think your dead colleagues are too lonely and want to accompany them, don't you?"

   "The Great Sage... The Great Sage is joking, joking." King Qin Guang was so frightened that he stretched out his hand and wiped two cold sweats.

   "Then you stop me?"

   "Great Sage." King Qin Guang said timidly: "How dare you stop you from being a little one. It's just that... it is better to do less than one thing, and this is all for the sake of the Great Sage."

   Dry swallowed, and King Qin Guang continued: "This time is different from what it used to be. Now the underworld is in the hands of King Kdizang, and there is no order from Ksitigarbha. Even Yama... can't release people into the hall of life and death without permission."

   "Really?" The monkey snorted coldly and said, "In that case. Let him come to see me."

   "Let him come..." King Qin Guang choked, looked up at the monkey, saw that the monkey was not joking, so he nodded slightly and bowed away.

  …

   On the edge of the altar, a ghost said: "Report to the World Honored One, Monkey King Monkey King is outside the Hall of Life and Death. Said... Said that the World Honored One would come to see him in person."

   King Jizo turned his face sideways and glanced at Zhengfa Ming Tathagata. Said: "Look, the poor monk's golden body has returned."

   "Then, is Venerable Ksitigarbha going to see him?"

   "Wait for a while, don't be in a hurry." King Ksitigarbha took a deep breath and said, "It's rare to leave once, if he goes back here, I'm afraid some people will be unhappy."

   Zhengfa Ming Tathagata half-squinted his eyes and looked at Ksitigarbha King suspiciously.

  …

   At this time, many soldiers in the Dongjiao Market stood shaking slightly with their swords in their hands.

  Not far away, Xuanzang sat on the ground with a group of monks who had been conscripted for corvée.

   These monks were all in ragged clothes, and their bare skin was covered with marks of whiplashes.

  Tianpeng and others closely guarded Xuanzang's side.

An old white-bearded monk wept bitterly and said to Xuanzang, "Master doesn't know anything. Buddhism was originally the state religion of the Chechi Kingdom. I think back then, it was up to His Majesty the King, down to the mountains and wilds, and they all believed in it. It was only because of one year. Before, my country was hit by a severe drought, and His Majesty the King ordered me to wait and pray for rain..."

After wiping away his tears, the old monk continued: "In desperation, I am waiting to summon the eminent monks from the Chechi country to set up an altar outside the capital and recite the scriptures for ninety-nine-eighty-one days, but no rain comes. , I had to withdraw from the altar. As a result, a Taoist priest who came from a long way only took a stick of incense to seek the wind and rain and relieve the drought..."

  Here, the monks around were choked and sobbed.

  The old monk paused for a moment, and then said: "Afterwards, His Majesty established Taoism as the state religion, confiscated all temple properties in Chechi Kingdom, and conscripted all monks into corvée..."

  In a short while, the monks around were already crying, and they all kowtowed to Xuanzang and cried, "Master must have been sent by the Buddha. Please help me, please! Please help me, please!"

   Xuanzang couldn't help but smiled helplessly and looked at the canopy.

   Buddhism cultivates oneself and seeks Buddhahood. All suffering is to temper the heart.

  Although it is often said that the Buddha blesses you, is it really possible for the Western Buddhas to help with such things as praying for rain?

   To ask Buddhism to pray for rain is to look in the wrong direction, equating Buddhism with Taoism.

   But, this Taoist priest asks for wind and rain in time for a stick of incense, which is not quite right.

  Although Xuanzang had never cultivated immortals, he also knew that with ordinary techniques, it was okay to need rain, but to relieve the drought in the country of Chechi, unless the Dragon Palace made a move, it would be impossible.

   Invite the Dragon King at the time of a stick of incense... How far is it from here to the Dragon Palace? How long will it take to go from the mortal world to heaven?

is it possible?

   sighed lightly, Xuanzang stretched out his hand to help the old monk, and said, "The poor monk already knows about this."

   "Then, what does the master intend?"

   At this moment, all the monks looked at Xuanzang eagerly.

   In desperation, Xuanzang could only whisper: "If it is possible, the poor monk will enter the palace and discuss with His Majesty in a few days."

   At this moment, on the **** five miles away, a soldier hurriedly knelt down in front of the multi-eyed monster and three other Taoist priests.

   "Reporting to the national teacher, the Mao-faced monk has not come back. The group is still stranded in the quarry."

   The multi-eyed monster nodded slightly, and said lightly: "Explore again!"

   "No!"

  The soldier turned his horse and galloped towards the quarry again.

   "Sir." The bearded, red-robed Taoist slammed his hands towards the multi-eyed monster and said, "Since the Great Sage hasn't come back, the opportunity cannot be missed, why didn't I take action?"

"Don't act rashly." The multi-eyed monster waved his hand and said: "Although the great sage is not there, there are other masters such as Marshal Tianpeng and Hei Xiong Jing beside Xuanzang. If it is really hard, we may not have good fruit to eat. It is also for this reason that we have to be at such a long distance in order to avoid their perception."

Taking a deep breath, the multi-eyed monster stretched out his hand, took out a token, and handed it to the Taoist priest in gray robe with a goatee, saying, "Order the army to encircle and suppress them. First use mortals to attract their attention, and I will wait for the opportunity to make a move. Hit it!" (To be continued~^~)

  PS: I heard that there are double monthly passes after 12 o'clock... However, I don't have the confidence to ask for it...