The Monkey King

   "Don't... don't kill me, okay? I know I'm wrong. I'll listen to you in the future!"

  Monkey laughed humbly, put the cloud stick in his hand on the ground, and turned his face to the white ape: "He said he won't kill him, do you agree?"

  Shortmouth widened his eyes and stared at the old cow, his bird pecked wildly and roared: "No! Kill him!"

   The old white ape who was standing beside said in a slightly trembling voice: "Old cow... I must have lost my mind for a while, maybe this is a misunderstanding."

   "Shut up for me! Misunderstandings? How come there are so many misunderstandings! Did you know they still want to kill you?"

   The old white ape shuddered at first when he heard this, but soon smiled again, the smile looked a little flustered and a little bitter.

"How could it be?" He looked at the monkey and said, "Don't they want me and Shortmouth to go with them? Wouldn't they be okay without us? There must be other reasons, maybe... Maybe we should ask ."

   "You're sick in the head! He's got a knife on my neck, do I still need to ask why? Didn't the monkeys come here, I'm already dead!"

   "Everyone is brothers, even if...you should ask clearly."

   "What do you want to ask clearly! I'll just say one sentence, if you want to keep him, I'll go!" Short Mouth covered his chest and roared hysterically.

   The old white ape blinked and lowered his head slowly, his wrinkled hands under the white hair trembled slightly.

   At this time, due to the noise, even the little monsters who were originally separated from them quietly surrounded them, but they just stood far away and did not dare to approach.

The monkey, who had been listening quietly, looked around, his eyes finally fell on the old white ape, and said lightly: "The reason is that besides letting you go together, there are other ways to ensure that they will not be hunted by the sky. As long as you and Duanzui are killed, as long as this team is discovered by the sky surveyors, and more than a hundred little demons are running around, who else will have the time to deal with them?"

   Hearing this sentence, the expressions on the faces of all the demons present, whether it was the old white ape, the short mouth, or the little demons, all changed slightly.

   In the silent night, the silence was only the wind whistling in the mountains and the rustling of leaves.

  Everyone fell silent.

   Lao Niu slowly lowered his head, his burly body slumped on the ground, covered his head, and muttered to himself, "He asked me to kill Short Mouth, but he ran away...hehehe..."

   That voice could not tell whether it was crying or laughing.

   At this moment, except for the old white ape and the monkey, everyone present was full of anger.

   The jackal and the old ox are not just calculating the old white ape and the short mouth, they are calculating the whole team. At the cost of the entire team being hunted by the Sky Surveyors, in exchange for their own smooth arrival.

   At this moment, although no one made a sound, Lao Niu felt that the pair of eyes were staring at him, as if thorns were piercing him. He covered his face and lowered his head.

Under the watchful eyes of all the demons, the monkey walked over step by step, pulled out Lao Niu's big knife, which was about the same length as the monkey, and sent it to the old white ape, winking: "You decide. Kill, or not. kill."

   The old white ape's hands trembled even more, he blinked his eyes, and there was something gleaming in his eye sockets.

   "Why are you hesitating & Mom!" Short Mouth roared, reaching out to grab the big knife in the monkey's hand, but the monkey flashed it.

   "I said, he is the head, he decides."

   All eyes were focused on the old white ape.

   After hesitating for a long time, the short mouths have already begun to beat their chests and feet, and the little demons have begun to whisper dissatisfiedly, and the old white ape finally said: "It's better... don't kill it."

   The wrinkled face forced a smiley face and looked at the monkey.

  Monkey nodded: "Okay, listen to you."

   After saying that, he put the big knife back on the ground, turned around and left, behind the old cow's wailing and short-mouthed abuse.

   Back at the camp, the monkey shouted: "Xiaohong! Come out! It's alright!"

   The little fox demon sprinted over from the haystack in the distance and hugged the monkey's thigh tightly.

   "Okay, it's alright." The monkey reached out and touched her little head.

   "Yeah!" The little fox demon nodded heavily.

  The matter was over soon, Lao Niu, carrying the knife, hid to the side and sat blankly, occasionally squinting at the monkey.

   Short Mouth flew up the tree, the anger on his face hadn't disappeared, he thought he was frightened. It is estimated that in the future, whoever asks him to come down at night will not come down.

  The old white ape walked towards the monkey and sat beside the monkey, but just lowered his head and said nothing.

   In the distance, a group of little demons, for some unknown reason, gathered together, making a fuss and not knowing what they were arguing about.

   After thinking for a long time, the old white ape said, "Thank you..."

   "Why do you say that? You are the leader of the team, and it is up to you to make the decision." The monkey sat cross-legged on the ground, stroking the hair of the sleeping little fox demon on his thigh.

   "Where am I? I'm nothing. I'm just a bad guy, and I brought back a mess for you."

  Monkey tilted the corners of his mouth slightly, but did not smile.

   "Actually, you really don't need to stay in the team. If it's you, even with Xiaohong, if you two walk alone, you can cross the grassland in one night..."

  Monkey laughed: "Is this driving me away?"

   "No no no! Absolutely not!" The old white ape said quickly.

   "Then what do you want to do?" The monkey turned and stared at the old white ape.

   That gaze made the old white ape tremble, and he slowly lowered his head.

   He knew that the monkey's "What do you want to do?" question was very serious, and it was not a question of whether to drive away or not. But... he himself, what he is doing now, is what he wants to do.

  Yeah, what exactly does he want to do?

After thinking for a long time again, he slowly said: "I don't know what I want to do. I know that it is right to kill the old cow. With you, if it is a group of sky surveyors, it will be enough to deal with it. Lao Niu is just multiple insurances. If there are multiple groups of sky surveyors, you can’t handle it, even if you add Lao Niu, you still can’t handle it.”

   "Then why didn't you choose to kill him?"

  The old white ape pursed his dry lips and said, "I just think that being a demon is already very hard, why do you want to kill each other?"

   blinking his bloodshot, cloudy eyes, he raised his head and looked at the moon in the sky, his breath turned into a faint white mist in the air.

   "I know I'm stupid, you're not the first to think so." With a grin, he smiled: "Anyway, thank you for being stupid with me."

  Monkey turned his gaze to the little demons who were still arguing in the distance, and asked, "How do you plan to deal with the current situation?"

"I don't know, but there will always be a way. Isn't there a saying that 'the car must have a way to the front of the mountain, and the boat will naturally go straight to the bridge'? There will always be a way, there will always be a way, there will always be a way The..." He muttered to himself, as if to convince himself.

   The clasped hands were trembling.

   That night, except for the little fox demon, almost all the monsters in this group did not sleep. Oh no, there's one more asleep, Big Horn. From start to finish, he was snoring like thunder with the giant axe in his arms, and nothing could wake him up except for kicking him in the past.

   The next morning before dawn, the monkey saw that the group of little demons who had been noisy all night gathered together, and one of them thumped and knelt down toward the old white ape.

  The mouse spirit called Kuroko by the little fox demon is also inside.

   "What are you doing? You guys, what are you doing here? I won't leave you?" The old white ape panicked, he hurried forward and pulled violently, but they just couldn't get up.

   "Old Bai, thank you." One of the little demons raised his head and said, "Thank you for always taking us and protecting us."

   "What are you doing?"

   The little demon pursed his lips, tears falling down. Silently kowtow, one by one.

   "You guys, what are you doing? I...I won't leave you."

   "Old Bai, we little monsters have always been lonely and raised by nature. No one cares about our life or death, thank you. You are our parents. Please let the children pay their respects."

   The little demons who were standing behind them also knelt down.

   Those banged their heads down one by one, leaving the plum blossoms on the ground, as if they hit the old white ape's heart directly,

   "Get up, get up and talk." Tears welled up in Lao Bai's eyes.

"We discussed it last night, Lao Niu and the others are right, we can't stay here. The best way is for us to attract the attention of the sky surveyor in half... Bai Lao, you've already helped us enough, we can't It's all up to you..."

   This is a farewell.

   The old white ape was suddenly shocked.

   The little demon didn't say any more, the group of little demons were already weeping.

  The old white ape pursed his lips, and the tears couldn't stop falling: "Don't...don't do this...I will definitely, definitely think of a way. You give me some time..."

   Lao Niu, who was sitting in the distance holding his big sword, slowly turned his face away from him.

   "I can't think about it anymore, I can't wait any longer, and everyone will die together."

   "You...you are all my children...my good children..."

  The old white ape finally couldn't help but knelt down, hugged them and cried bitterly.

   What a silly bunch of monsters...

  Heizi stood up slowly, wiped the tears from his face, and walked towards the monkey with bare feet, staring at the monkey with a pair of eyes, as if a little scared.

   He finally mustered up the courage to walk in front of the little fox demon, and with his muddy hands, he took out a silver dagger from his only shabby pair of tattered trousers and handed it to the little fox demon.

   "This is what I secretly hid last time and gave it to you."

   took the exquisite dagger engraved with the words Xuntianfu, and the little fox demon blinked her beautiful big eyes, as if she understood something.

   She turned to look at the monkey, tears slowly forming in the corners of her eyes.

  Monkey sighed and stood up: "Let me talk to White Ape."

   As soon as he opened his legs, Kuroko grabbed his trousers.

  "Don't..." He was almost at a loss for words, and his tears came up again, choking, he said: "The proposal... I made it, and it was my life to draw the lottery. So... don't..."

   turned around, he reached out and hugged the little fox demon: "If I can... survive, I will definitely go to the Evil Dragon Pool to find you. Wait for me..."

   Turning his head, he wiped away his tears, bowed to the monkey, and turned away.

   Watching the thin figure go away, the little fox demon's tears flowed like a dam, biting his lips, but never made a sound, just holding the monkey's little hand and clenching it as if he was trying his best.

   These are demons. They have no history, no culture, no traditions, and no beliefs.

  There is no place for them in the justice of heaven, they can only rely on themselves, they can only live in the corners where the sun can't shine, but they still grow like wild grass.

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  Thanks to Jun Mo, Mr. Question Confucianism and Qingdeng Ancient Buddha on the second floor of the academy. Thank you~ I have Rudder Master fans for the first time, and three are born in one day! thank you all. Also, Jun Mojun on the second floor of the academy~ Can I join the q group?