The Monkey King

On a starry night, the city gate was half open.

Dozens of soldiers patrolled back and forth holding torches high. A fast horse crossed them and quickly passed through the city gate.

The soldier on the horse kept beating the horse on his crotch with all his strength. Not long after, the soldier had crossed a long street and arrived in front of a large house.

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

Hearing this, the soldier quickly turned over and dismounted, took out a token from his waist, held it up with both hands, and said loudly: "I am the flag bearer under General Xiao. I have requested to see the Imperial Advisor on General Xiao's orders. Please help me." Send a message."

"quarry?"

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

Not long after, inside the mansion, a young man dressed as a servant opened the door and respectfully knelt down and said, "To the Imperial Master, General Xiao has sent someone over and is waiting for 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 front direction and four on both sides.

At this time, three people dressed as Taoist priests were sitting on the four seats on both sides, wearing red, orange and gray Taoist robes respectively. There was another black-robed Taoist priest standing in front of the main seat, with his back to the servant who came to report the news, and his face could not be seen clearly.

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

The orange-robed Taoist priest stroked his mustache and said, "They are sent from the quarry. What do they want to do?"

"What else can you do?" Wearing a red robe. The Taoist priest with a big beard and a fierce expression rolled his eyes and said: "A group of people went to the quarry. It would be strange if they didn't send someone."

After that, he waved his hand and said to the servant who came to report the news: "Just tell him that he already knows and let him go back first. Later, the Imperial Master will make his own decision."

The servant slightly raised his head 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 with a goatee and white clothes who had not spoken yet stroked his long beard and said: "We have arrived at the quarry, so what are we going to see those bald donkeys? What should we do next?"

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

At this time. There was another knock on the door.

"Come in."

The door opened slowly. Another servant walked into the room and knelt down on the ground, saying: "Reporting to the Imperial Master, that hairy-faced monk has left in the clouds for some unknown reason."

"oh?"

Everyone present immediately opened their eyes.

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

This person is clearly a centipede monster with many eyes!

…

at this time. In the underworld, outside the Palace of Life and Death, the monkey was leisurely looking at King Qin Guang who was kneeling on the ground and shivering.

"You think your dead colleagues are too lonely and want to accompany them, right?"

"The Great Sage... The Great Sage is joking, joking." King Qin Guang was so frightened that he stretched out his hand to wipe away the cold sweat.

"Then you stopped me?"

"Great Sage." King Qin Guang said timidly: "I don't dare to stop you. It's just... it's better to do less than to do more. This is all for your own good, Great Sage."

After swallowing dryly, King Qin Guang continued: "Today is different from the past. Now the underworld is under the control of Ksitigarbha. Without Ksitigarbha's order, even Yama... cannot let people into the Palace of Life and Death without permission."

"Really?" Monkey snorted coldly and said, "In that case. Then let him come to see me."

"Let him come..." King Qin Guang choked and looked up at the monkey. Seeing that the monkey didn't look like he was joking, he could only nodded slightly and bowed to leave.

…

Beside the altar, a ghost messenger said: "World Honored One, the Great Sage Sun Wukong is outside the Hall of Life and Death. He said... that he wants the World Honored One to go and see him in person."

Ksitigarbha turned his head and glanced at Zhengfa Ming Tathagata. He said, "Look, the poor monk's golden body has returned."

"Then, are Venerable Ksitigarbha ready to go see him?"

"Wait for a while, don't be in a hurry." Ksitigarbha took a deep breath and said, "It's a rare time to leave. If he goes back just now, I'm afraid someone will be unhappy."

Zhengfa Ming Tathagata half-closed his eyes and stared at Ksitigarbha with some suspicion.

…

At this time, many soldiers in the eastern suburbs market stood trembling slightly, holding their swords.

Not far away, Xuanzang was sitting on the ground with a group of monks who had been conscripted into corvee service.

Each of these monks was in ragged clothes, and their exposed skin was covered with marks from whips.

Tianpeng and others stayed closely beside Xuanzang.

An old monk with a white beard cried bitterly and said to Xuanzang: "Master, you don't know something. Buddhism was originally the state religion of Chechi State. I think back then, everyone from the king to the refugees in the mountains believed in it. Just because of one year Recently, our Chechi country was hit by a severe drought, and His Majesty the King ordered us to pray for rain..."

Wiping away tears, the old monk continued: "With no choice, we summoned the eminent monks from Chechi Kingdom, set up an altar outside the capital, and chanted sutras for ninety-nine and eighty-one days, but no rain came. In desperation, we , had no choice but to withdraw the altar. As a result, a Taoist priest from afar came to pray for wind and rain and relieved the drought in just one stick of incense..."

At this point, the monks around him started to choke and sob.

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

In a moment, the monks around him were crying. They all kowtowed to Xuanzang and howled: "Master must be sent by Buddha. Please save us, master! Please save us, master!"

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

Buddhism cultivates itself and seeks to become a Buddha. All suffering is to temper the mind.

Although it is often said that Buddha protects us, is it really possible for Western Buddhas to help when it comes to praying for rain?

Asking Buddhism to pray for rain is looking in the wrong direction, equating Buddhism with Taoism.

However, this Taoist priest prays for wind and rain with just one stick of incense, which is probably not quite right.

Although Xuanzang had never practiced immortality, he also knew that with ordinary magic, it was possible to make rain fall, but to relieve the drought in the country of Chechi, it was impossible unless the Dragon Palace took action.

It takes one stick of incense to invite the Dragon King... How far is it from here to the Dragon Palace? How long does it take to go from the mortal world to heaven?

is it possible?

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

"Then, what does the master want?"

At this moment, all the monks were looking at Xuanzang eagerly.

In desperation, Xuanzang had no choice but to whisper: "If possible, the poor monk will come to the palace to argue with His Majesty soon."

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

"Reporting to the Imperial Master, the hairy-faced monk has not returned. The group is still stranded in the quarry."

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

"promise!"

The soldier turned around, mounted his horse, and galloped away in the direction of the quarry.

"Sir." The bearded Taoist priest in red robes cupped his hands towards the multi-eyed monster and said, "Since the Great Sage hasn't come back yet and the opportunity cannot be missed, why don't we take action?"

"Don't act rashly." The multi-eyed monster waved his hand and said: "Although the Great Sage is not here, there are many masters such as Marshal Tianpeng and Black Bear Jing beside Xuanzang. If it is really a head-on confrontation, we may not get good results. .That’s why 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 and took out a token and handed it to the goat-bearded gray-robed Taoist priest, saying: "Send the order for the army to encircle and suppress. First use mortals to distract their attention, and we will wait for the opportunity to move. The hit was successful!" (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...