The Monkey King

At noon the next day, Monkey and his party arrived at the capital of Chechi Kingdom.

It was a small city surrounded by densely populated houses on an endless wilderness. The Chechi Kingdom has a cold climate, and half of the country is grassland and half is mountains and rivers. This makes the country have two completely different lifestyles, farming and nomadic.

During the season when water and grass are luxuriant, a large number of tents are set up around the capital, and cattle and sheep are everywhere. In the dry season, it seems sparsely populated.

Since the number of residents fluctuates greatly with the seasons, this so-called capital has not even built large-scale city walls, so that most of the residential buildings are actually exposed outside the city walls.

The time when everyone arrived happened to be the dry season.

Along the way, residents wearing thick jackets and fur hats passed by, and each of them looked at the monkeys and his party with strange eyes.

The canopy has habitually transformed into human form.

Although the monkey maintains its original appearance and does not perform any illusions, the monkey itself has a human appearance and is about the same size as an ordinary person. Apart from the hair on its face, it does not attract much attention.

As for the black bear spirit, in order to reduce unnecessary trouble, it has already transformed into a human form.

Logically speaking, it shouldn't be strange for such a team to be walking on the business road where the East and the West meet.

After wondering for a long time, the monkey gradually discovered that the person pointed by the surrounding residents was actually Xuanzang. He couldn't help but sighed softly: "It seems that the trouble that is coming is still unavoidable."

"Trouble? What do you mean?"

"It's no big deal. It's just a little trouble you can solve. I'll leave when you guys settle down."

Looking back, Monkey and Tianpeng saw Xuanzang trying to ask for directions not far away, but the passers-by couldn't avoid him.

Meeting Xuanzang was like meeting the god of plague.

After finally finding someone willing to talk, the man looked panicked. He opened his mouth and said: "Little master, I advise you to leave quickly. Maybe the government guards are already rushing here. It's too late, but I can't leave even if I want to!"

"Government?" Xuanzang was stunned for a moment.

The man wanted to say something more, but his friend beside him had already dragged him away. As he walked away, he muttered: "Why are you meddling in other people's business? Hiding people are guilty of the same crime as monks, don't you understand?"

See this. Canopy frowned slightly.

"Do you understand?" asked the monkey.

Canopy slowly shook his head.

A good while. Xuanzang finally gave up on asking for directions and returned to the crowd with some frustration.

Looking at the canopy and the monkey, Xuanzang sighed: "When I first arrived here, I heard that there were many temples in Chechi State and the incense was prosperous. I thought I would visit the temples first and place an order... Unexpectedly, there were many people on the road. I can’t even ask.”

The monkey chuckled: "You want to find a local monk?"

Xuanzang nodded slightly.

"Don't worry. You'll see me soon."

Before he finished speaking, he heard the sound of neat footsteps in the distance. Suddenly, passers-by on the street consciously gave way to an aisle.

At the end of the corridor, everyone saw a group of armored soldiers coming towards here in full force.

Xuanzang also wanted to move aside, but was grabbed by the monkey.

"Come and get yours, you can't hide."

"Take the poor monk? The poor monk didn't commit any crime. Why did they take the poor monk?"

Before the monkey could answer, dozens of soldiers and guards had already surrounded everyone.

The passers-by around looked at it from a distance, as if they were used to it.

A man who looked like a general took a step forward holding the long knife on his waist. Pointing at Xuanzang, he shouted sharply: "How dare you disobey His Majesty's will!"

Hearing this, everyone looked confused.

The monkey took a step forward dragging the golden hoop.

Seeing that the monkey was about to take action, Xuanzang quickly stopped him and said in a low voice: "If you don't know right and wrong, how can you hurt innocent people? This matter should be left to the poor monk."

Look at Xuanzang. The monkey thought for a moment, nodded, and took a step back.

Shaking his sleeves, Xuanzang stepped forward, clasped his hands together and bowed respectfully to the general, and said softly: "This benefactor, a poor monk with the Buddhist name Xuanzang, came from the East, and has just arrived. Your land. I wonder what the donor means by disobeying the will?"

"What's the matter?" The general smiled contemptuously and said, "Looking at you, you do look like you have just come from outside the country. However, it doesn't matter. Anyway, His Majesty's decree is that all monks who have entered our country, Chechi, should Obey the law!”

Hearing this, Xuanzang was about to ask what the decree was. But before he could ask the question, the general raised his hand and shouted: "Come here, take down the demon monk!"

Immediately, the soldiers surrounding him rolled up their sleeves one by one and walked towards Xuanzang.

This is the intention to take Xuanzang by force.

How could everyone agree to this situation?

Before Xuanzang could react, everyone around him had already revealed their weapons, protecting Xuanzang in the middle.

Black tassel gun, nine-tooth rake, magic wand...

Seeing the other side using their swords, the soldiers who were about to capture Xuanzang were suddenly startled, and quickly stepped back one by one, pulling out the long knives from their waists.

The two sides suddenly became confrontational.

Xuanzang quickly clasped his hands together, saluted again, and said, "This donor, don't you know what Xuanzang has committed?"

The general did not intend to talk to Xuanzang at all. After glancing at him, he pointed at the monkey and others and scolded: "I am only going to kill the demon monk today. This matter has nothing to do with you. If you force him to protect you, he will be guilty of the same crime. Do you understand?"

The golden cudgel was struck, and the monkey tilted his head and blocked Xuanzang, but he lowered his head and picked his nails without even looking at the general.

"In that case, don't blame me for being ruthless!" The general snorted coldly, raised his hand and shouted: "Take down these rogues together!"

"promise!"

"Slow--!" Xuanzang shouted before the two sides could rush together.

After bowing to the general for the third time, Xuanzang said softly: "General, if you want to capture Xuanzang, can you first let Xuanzang know what he has committed? If it is reasonable, Xuanzang is willing to capture him without hesitation."

All the soldiers looked at the general, and the general seemed to hesitate.

On Xuanzang's side, there were monkeys, canopies, roller blinds, black bear spirits, little white dragons, plus Xuanzang, a total of six people. And based on his many years of experience. Including Xuanzang, these six people seemed to be good players.

On the other hand, there were thirty-five people on his side, including himself.

Although thirty-five versus six should be a sure thing, the sword has no eyes. If the dog is anxious, he will jump over the wall. There will inevitably be some casualties.

After squinting his eyes at Xuanzang, the general touched the hilt of his sword, tilted his head and said with a displeased expression: "Your Majesty has decreed that all the monks in our Chechi Kingdom will be subject to corvee service. Do you think so? Is this considered reasonable?"

…

Hell.

The magic circle on the altar was still running, emitting golden light. It kept making weird "buzzing" sounds.

The three demon kings had already left. At this time, Ksitigarbha was the only one standing alone on the entire plain.

The rays of light reflected on his face looked like a Buddha statue that didn't know how to cry or laugh.

A ghost messenger hurriedly landed next to him, knelt down on one knee, and reported: "Information to the World Honored One, the Venerable Master of the Righteous Dharma has arrived."

"welcome."

"promise!"

The ghost hurriedly turned around and left, and not long after, he led Zhengfa Ming Tathagata to land next to Ksitigarbha.

After bowing to the two of them respectively, the ghost messenger left.

Ksitigarbha said not a word. Zhengfa Ming Tathagata didn't speak a word, and just stared at the magic circle with him.

After a long time, Ksitigarbha turned his face and smiled, pointing at the magic circle and saying, "How about this magic circle?"

"It's very clever, but..."

"Just what?"

Taking a deep breath, Zhengfa Ming Tathagata said: "It's just that the soul has been brought back, but there are still many things to do. Otherwise, just having the soul is useless."

Looking at the magic formation, Ksitigarbha said softly: "Just bring it back. As for the rest, let it take its course."

"Let nature take its course?"

"Let nature take its course." Ksitigarbha nodded and said, "In two days, the poor monk is planning to go to Lingshan Mountain to meet the Holy Spirit, and he would like to invite the venerable monk to go with him."

"Why?"

"We'll know when the time comes."

Zhengfa Ming Tathagata glanced at Ksitigarbha and sighed: "I heard that in order to get blood for the golden awl, the golden body was lost."

"The golden body is something external to the body. If it is lost, there is no need to think too much about it." King Ksitigarbha laughed softly: "Besides, even if it is lost, someone will bring it back."

"oh?"

Ksitigarbha lowered his brows and said calmly: "We'll be here in a minute."

…

At this time, the sun was setting.

The monkey group was slowly walking towards the quarry in the western suburbs, surrounded by a group of soldiers with pale faces.

This trip was more of coercion than escorting, and it was not the soldiers who were coercing everyone, but the people who were coercing the soldiers... because they didn't dispose of the weapons of Monkey and his party at all.

It's not that the soldiers don't want to surrender it, but that they simply don't have the ability to surrender it.

The reason why the general wanted to take Xuanzang was naturally unreasonable, but Xuanzang insisted that mortal matters should be resolved with mortal methods, so Monkey and the others had no choice but to agree.

As a result, everyone had no choice but to follow.

Now the problem arises. They were captured by officers and soldiers. Logically speaking, they should first dispose of their weapons.

But the question is, are these mortal officers and soldiers capable of holding their weapons?

Not to mention the monkey's golden cudgel, even the lightest one, Xiao Bailong's sword, weighs several hundred kilograms. Even if a few people lift it, they may not be able to lift it.

When he found that he couldn't hold the opponent's weapons at all, the general suddenly realized that he was encountering a bunch of extraordinary people, and he had a faint intention of retreating.

However, now that things have begun, it is not up to them how they end.

As a result, things began to develop in a direction that made people laugh and cry.

They didn't want to take Xuanzang, but Xuanzang asked them to take him into custody in accordance with the regulations. After some troubles, the monkey got annoyed and directly threatened him. He even showed his hand intentionally or unintentionally, which scared two soldiers to tears on the spot. There was a commotion.

The entire royal capital was shocked.

Countless soldiers swarmed in. After a close encounter, all the soldiers were so frightened that they crawled away. Only the first general and a dozen soldiers were forced to stay.

Just like that, the general and soldiers had no choice but to "carry" the monkeys and his party to the stone quarry in the western suburbs.

Xuanzang finally got his wish.

Of course, there were a lot of people following behind.

From a distance, before the monkeys and his party arrived, the soldiers guarding the quarry had already received the news and were all gathered together to prepare for the attack.

Those who were doing corvee work also put down their work and watched from a distance, not understanding why.

Not long after, the general led Xuanzang and others to the fence of the quarry.

"General Xiao, open the door——!"

No one answered, and the door remained quietly closed. Through the gaps in the fence, you can see fully armed soldiers inside.

The monkey gently poked the general on the back with his golden cudgel.

In desperation, the general had no choice but to bite the bullet and shouted again: "General Xiao! Open the door! The general is here with the monks caught in today's market!"

Not long after, a voice came from behind the door: "I won't accept it! You go back!"

The general looked back at Xuanzang and saw that Xuanzang was still looking at the closed door with bright eyes, so he had to shout at the top of his lungs: "No, we have to stop it!"

"Don't you think I didn't see the good things you did at the market today? Go back! Don't take them! Don't take anything you say!"

After that, there was no response from behind the door.

"It seems that he was at the market today and saw the situation, so he rushed back quickly..." The general looked at the monkey helplessly. After confirming that the monkey had no intention of changing his mind at all, he swallowed helplessly. Just as he was about to shout again, he saw that the monkey was already dragging the golden cudgel forward.

There was only a loud "bang" sound, and the door one foot high and two feet wide fell down, and bursts of dust rolled up.

The array of spears built behind the door shrank back in fear and looked at the monkeys in horror.

"Today you have to accept it whether you accept it or not, you have to accept it!" After saying that, the monkey stretched out his hand, stepped on the door and walked in.

Several people behind him protected Xuanzang as he advanced step by step. At the same time, the spear array inside the fence was retreating step by step.

The bearded leader was so frightened that his face turned purple.

"General Xiao, I've left it to you, I'm leaving!" The general who sent Xuanzang and his companions over shouted loudly, turned around and ran away, even throwing away his sword. The soldiers who came with him also rolled away one by one.

The soldiers guarding the quarry all present swallowed dryly and looked horrified.

"Don't come here! Don't come here!" the bearded supervisor shouted, waving the riding crop in his hand.

However, no one was prepared to listen to him.

The monkey slowly took two steps back and said to Tianpeng and Xuanzang: "I guess all the monks from the Chechi Kingdom are here. The defenders are just mortals. You can handle it yourself."

"Okay." Tianpeng nodded and said, "Bring the golden body with you. The underworld is Ksitigarbha's territory. With the golden body in hand, you also have bargaining chips."

Turning around, the monkey took the tightly wrapped golden body from the black bear spirit's hand and glanced back at the soldiers. Immediately afterwards, he tucked the golden body under his arm and jumped into the air.

At this moment, those soldiers were even more stunned.

The bearded supervisor lowered his voice and said to the soldiers on the side: "Quick, go and ask for the imperial advisor!" (To be continued ~^~)