The Monkey King

The midday sun was scorching the earth, and the stone bricks under your feet were already smoking.

The monks placed in the middle of the square were so hot that they all stuck out their tongues.

In fact, heat is not the problem. The most critical problem is dryness. Being locked up in this place, they didn't even have to drink water. After being exposed to the sun for just a few hours, the sweat had long since dried up, and some of them had even faintly tended to faint.

Countless sergeants took turns tightening their long bows and pointing them at the center of the square.

Every once in a while, a group of sergeants would patrol the perimeter, all staring at Xuanzang. From beginning to end, Xuanzang just sat cross-legged with his eyes closed.

Tianpeng and others stood guard beside him without moving.

A monk with provocative ears and sly eyebrows looked left and right, secretly lowered his head and covered his face with his sleeves.

"Water! There is water!"

Someone suddenly screamed, and immediately, countless pairs of eyes looked here.

Zhao Feng Er was so shocked that the kettle in his hand fell to the ground with a clang.

The clear water inside flowed out "gudonggudong" and soon wet the ground.

Suddenly, all the monks opened their eyes wide.

Before Zhao Feng Er could reach out his hand, the kettle had already been picked up by a fat monk.

"Give it back!"

Big Ear snorted coldly, looked at the kettle in his hand, and then looked at the panicked Zhao Feng Er with a smile.

"Pay me back quickly—!"

With a loud shout, Zhao Feng Er rushed towards Big Ear. However. How could his thin stature be a match for his big ears?

I saw the big ear holding the wind-catching ear with one hand, and holding a water bottle in the other hand and pouring it into his mouth.

Clear water flowed down the corner of Big Ear's mouth.

"Water...is water..."

"Give me a little...Give me a little!"

Soon, the monks around them all reacted, and they rushed towards the two of them one by one, and quickly started a scuffle.

Amidst the screams. The elderly elder stood aside waving his arms to stop the fight. He was kept being pushed away and stamped his feet in anger. In the end, he collapsed on the ground and cried loudly.

In the midst of the chaos, Xuanzang slowly opened his eyes and said softly: "Third Prince, can it rain to alleviate the anxiety of the monks?"

Xiao Bailong raised his head and glanced at the sky, then looked down at the bow held tightly in the hands of the sergeant outside the square. Then he turned sideways and looked at the canopy beside him: "I want it to rain. I want to go to the sky. I told you someone behind them is instigating it... It's not difficult to make it rain. The key is that once I go, I'm afraid there will be no return."

With that said, Xiao Bailong asked his cousin lying next to him: "Are you thirsty?"

Miao Jie quickly shook her head: "I...I'm fine..."

Hearing this, Xiao Bailong immediately rolled his eyes at Xuanzang: "It's okay, he can't die. Before we came, they worked in the quarry every day. Didn't they die differently? It's not that easy to die. "

"Today is different from the past." Xuanzang said softly: "On weekdays, although they do hard work, at least they have water to drink. Now that they are trapped here, if someone accidentally gets a heat stroke..."

"That's also their own business." Xiao Bailong turned his face away from Xuanzang and said leisurely: "Don't tell me anything about going west to save all sentient beings. It's you who save all sentient beings, not us. Besides, what did you say before? Didn’t you say that when you wrote the letter to the villagers? If it doesn’t involve gods and monsters, you can’t rely on us. If you rely on us for everything, how will the latecomers follow your path again? "

After all this rhetoric, Xuanzang was speechless.

After hesitating for a moment, Xuanzang had no choice but to look at the monks rushing over, sighed, and closed his eyes again. The eyebrows were furrowed tightly.

Seeing this, Roller Shutter slowly walked up to Xiao Bailong and kicked him quietly.

"what?"

"Let it rain. Let it rain. Everyone will be comfortable. Aren't you too hot and your throat is smoking?"

"I won't go." Xiao Bailong rolled his eyes at him. He replied angrily: "If you want to go, you can do it yourself."

"If I can go by myself, why do I need to find you?"

"I'm not going anyway. We'll wait until the Great Sage comes back to deal with all the big things." Looking at the monks who were still tossing back and forth from the corner of his eyes, Xiao Bailong said leisurely: "If they can wait until the Great Sage comes back, They will be saved. If they can't survive it, their fate will be bad."

Seeing that he could not be persuaded, Roller had no choice but to look towards Tianpeng. Just as he was about to say something, he saw Tianpeng winking at him, signaling him not to say anything.

Helpless, Roller Blind had no choice but to bow and sit down.

"Marshal, do you really want to see them go on like this?" A voice sounded in Tianpeng's mind.

"Who did you save? It was because we wanted to save them that we had to stay. But it was also because we wanted to save them that we harmed them. Forget it, our responsibility is to escort Master Xuanzang westward. If you shouldn’t take care of it, if you can’t take care of it, just don’t take care of it.”

In his mind, Xiao Bailong suddenly intervened and said: "I think it would be better if they died. If they die, Master Xuanzang will have no reason to stay anymore, and we will have nothing to worry about. Hehe, as long as we want It’s easy to take Master Xuanzang away.”

Shuanliang pursed his lips and wanted to say something, but for a long time he couldn't think of any words to answer, so he had to give up.

…

At this time, the monkey asked several people, and finally found the entrance to Xianyue Sanxing Cave, but he was hesitant, not sure whether he should go in or not.

"Qing Xin should be inside. If she is there, Chen Xiang must be there too."

"But... is the old man here? If so, what should we say when we meet?"

"If I want to ask Chen Xiang about his father and his mother, will Qingxin stop me?"

"She shouldn't laugh at me, right?"

"No, she doesn't even know why I asked Chen Xiang, she shouldn't laugh..."

"Forget it, don't care, you won't die if you smile."

After hesitating like this for a long time, the monkey finally gritted his teeth and once again confirmed that the jade slip used to communicate with Tianpeng was intact, he had the mentality that if you don't enter the tiger's den, you won't get the tiger's cub. Climb up the winding steps step by step.

…

In the courtyard, Agarwood was lying crookedly on the stone table, practicing calligraphy.

Opposite the table, Qingxin and Queer sat respectively.

"Hold the pen well!"

Chen Xiang quickly raised the hand holding the pen by half a minute.

"Who taught you to sit in such a strange posture?"

Chen Xiang quickly sat up straight.

"What's the matter with shaking feet? Who shakes their feet when writing?"

Chen Xiang quickly reached out and pressed her knees.

His brows were so furrowed that he could squeeze out tears, but he didn't have the guts to argue, so he could only endure it.

The bird on the side couldn't help but covered its mouth and started laughing.

once Upon a time. There was also someone who taught her this in Tushita Palace.

At that time, she thought she was "queer" and thought about meeting the monkey in her dream all day long, but it was a pity...

After a brief laugh, Que'er's eyes gradually became lonely.

Now as the steward of Tushita Palace, she has an endless lifespan. But what is this endless lifespan for? But even she couldn't explain it clearly.

The past is like smoke...

"This kid doesn't know what's going on." Qingxin slapped the ruler in her hand on the table. He said angrily: "His father is still a teacher. How old is he? He actually doesn't even know a few words."

Chenxiang shrank her neck slightly, not daring to say a word.

Looking at the words twisted like earthworms in Chen Xiang's pen, Qingxin said angrily: "Have you ever written before coming here?"

"Reply to Master." Chenxiang replied cautiously: "I have written...but the paper is expensive and my father does not allow me to write often."

"Can I write only on paper?" Qing Xin's face became more and more ugly: "Can't you write on bamboo slips? If it doesn't work, you can still write with a wooden stick on the ground. You must be lazy and don't practice calligraphy on weekdays!"

Que'er couldn't help but laugh again: "Forget it, wasn't sister Qingxin so playful when she was a child? Chenxiang is like a master, so that's what she should be."

After saying that, Que'er stood up and took away the paper that Chen Xiang was writing on, spread it out in his hand and looked at it, then said: "Besides, this word is actually not bad. Practice it slowly and you will get better in the future."

Chen Xiang held the brush and looked at Qing Xin cautiously.

After a moment of silence, Qingxin flattened her lips and gave Chenxiang a white look. He said: "Today's calligraphy practice ends here. Go to the inner room to practice breathing five hundred times. It must be completed before sunset."

Chenxiang nodded quickly and ran into the house. After a long time, she remembered that she still had the brush in her hand, so she ran back and took the pen, ink, paper and inkstone away with her.

The steps were as light as a mouse, for fear of being scolded by Qingxin again if he was not careful.

Looking at Agarwood's back. Que'er sighed lightly and said, "Now that you are a master, do you know how hard it is to be a master?"

He rolled his eyes at Que'er and said leisurely, "The main reason is that this apprentice doesn't live up to expectations."

"Really?" Que'er said with a smile: "How many words do you expect a five-year-old child to know? He is not a child prodigy. Besides, when you were five years old, you were not necessarily much better than him. "

"Sister Que'er!" Qing Xin puffed her lips and said, "Can you please stop mentioning my childhood in front of him? I still have to be a master."

"Okay, okay, just don't mention it from now on."

Que'er covered her mouth and laughed.

Qingxin chuckled and laughed too.

The two people sat together in the courtyard, like a pair of sisters.

The breeze blew slowly, and the green leaves on the branches trembled slightly.

After a while, Que'er asked softly: "Didn't you go over there again?"

"No." Qingxin shook her head, looked at the floating clouds in the sky and murmured to herself: "What will happen if I go? He already hates me to the core."

"how could be?"

"I don't know. In short, I am very, very annoying. In fact, I also hate myself a little bit..." Pursing his lips, Qingxin said leisurely: "Forget it, it doesn't matter if he is hated. Anyway, if he doesn't come to me, I won't If you don’t go find him... everyone will be safe."

Lowering his head, Qingxin looked at the folded hands and said: "Originally, I was thinking... thinking about telling him not to go to Lingshan. If he can look back, I can feel at ease. As long as... it lasts long enough, everyone will forget , the matter is over. But I am still too naive, he will not listen to me at all. To be precise, he is like a stone in a pit, he will not listen to anyone, and no one can stop him from doing anything. . It has been more than six hundred years, and on the surface it seems to have become more restrained, but in fact it is still the same in essence."

"Maybe wind chimes, or real finches?"

Qingxin raised her head slightly and glanced at Queer, blinked and said: "You know I am not... I just have memories. Once reincarnated, I will be another person. Once the truth is revealed..."

Slowly closing his eyes, Qingxin whispered: "Once the truth is revealed, I don't know how to face him, and he doesn't know how to face me... Does this make sense? Feng Ling was worried about being driven into the earth soul by him, I don’t even have any reason to worry anymore… When my soul is gone, even the soul of the earth is destroyed, and I can’t even break into it.”

"Then what are you going to do now?"

Qingxin shook his head and said, "I don't know either. Maybe it's best to do nothing. Master Subhuti asked me to tell him after he succeeds in learning the sutra... But I don't want to."

Squinting slightly, Que'er noticed that when she said this, her hands tightened again and again.

After being silent for a while, Qingxin said softly: "Sister Que'er, have you been able to accurately erase your memory after following the Supreme Master for so long?"

"You want to remove all the memories of your previous two lives?"

Qingxin nodded.

"It can't be done." Que'er slowly shook his head and said, "This, in the whole world, only Master and Patriarch Subhuti can do it. If others do it randomly, there will be great hidden dangers. Memories and emotions are the most complex things and cannot be easily touched."

After saying that, Que'er cautiously looked towards Qingxin.

For a moment, Que'er read a hint of loss in Qing Xin's eyes. However, that was just a fleeting moment.

Soon, Qingxin cheered up again, took a deep breath, and said carelessly: "It's okay, I can't delete it, I'll just find a way to forget it. As long as I don't care anymore, so what if I still remember it? Right?" You can't forget a year in ten years, you can't forget a hundred years in ten years, you can't forget a hundred years in a hundred years..."

Before he finished speaking, there was only a "bang" sound, and a figure had fallen from the sky and landed steadily on the stone table next to the two of them.

The monkey looked around and said casually: "My coming to find agarwood has nothing to do with you."

After saying that, he turned around and jumped off the stone table, walking towards the inner room.

Queer and Qingxin were left stunned on the spot. (To be continued ~^~)

PS: There are so many people here on WeChat~ We have updated the picture of the monkey. The artist has not finished drawing the wind chimes and Yang Chan, but the canopy has been drawn and cannot be released yet, huh. That’s all. Welcome to follow Turtle WeChat public account: jybsg1985