The four of them left Xiaoxitian and walked for another month, which was the time when flowers were in full bloom in spring.
It was dusk again, and Xuanzang stopped his horse and said, "Disciple, it's getting dark. Where shall we spend the night? "
Monkey said with a smile, "Don't worry, Master, if there is no place to live, the three of us will build you a house on this road, and you can live in it for several years."
The old pig didn't hear Monkey's irony and said, "Hum! Brother, there are so many wolves, tigers and leopards here. Even if you are sad in broad daylight, how dare you live here at night? "
Brother Monkey said, "Idiot! You are getting more and more timid! I'm not bragging. I have this stick in my hand, and I can hold it even if the sky falls. "
Master and apprentice were talking about the house when they saw another villa not far ahead. When Monkey saw this, he said, "Good! There is a place to stay. "
Xuanzang asked again, "Where is it?"
Brother Monkey reached out and pointed, "Isn't that the forest? Let's spend the night so that we can hit the road tomorrow morning. "
Xuanzang happily came to the front of the village and dismounted. When he saw the door closed, he immediately knocked at the door and said, "Open the door, open the door."
An old man inside opened the door and asked, "Who is shouting here?"
Xuanzang crossed his hands and saluted, "Old benefactor, I am a poor monk in the eastern Tang Dynasty, and I want to go to the Western Heaven to worship Buddha and seek scriptures. It was late when I passed by, and I wanted to spend the night, but I hope it is convenient. "
The old man said, "Monk, you can't go to the West. This is a small Buddhist paradise, and the big Buddhist paradise is still far away. Don't say that the road ahead is difficult, it is here. "
Xuanzang asked, "Why can't you get through?"
The old man pointed to the west and said, "Our villa is more than 30 miles to the west, and there is a Mount Qijue with a rare persimmon alley in it."
"Why are they called the Four Wonders?" Xuanzang asked.
The old man coughed and said, "This mountain road is 800 Li, and persimmon trees are all over the mountain. The ancients said that this persimmon tree has seven wonders: first, longevity, second, cloudy days, third, no bird's nest, fourth, no insects and frost leaves to play with, sixth, beautiful fruit and seventh, fullness, so it is called the Seven Wonders Mountain. Our land is vast and sparsely populated, and no one has left that deep forest for many years. Every year, ripe persimmons fall to the ground, filling the alleys of rare persimmons. Coupled with the rain and dew, summer is moldy and becomes a dirty road. People here call that place sparse excrement hutong. You can smell the stench when the west wind blows, but it's not so bad to dig out the shit! It's still spring, the southeast wind is blowing, and I still can't smell it. "
Xuanzang was so bored that he didn't say a word.
Seeing that Xuanzang was in trouble again, the Monkey King couldn't help drinking: "I said you old man don't know anything. If we stay, you will only scare us. If you don't want us to stay, just say so. It was also a night when we squatted under the tree outside. "
The old man was shocked when he saw that the monkey was ugly and fierce, but he still got up the courage to drink: "You are so poor, how dare you talk back to me?"
The monkey didn't expect the old man to yell at himself. Instead, he smiled and said, "Old man, as blind as a bat, you know how to judge a book by its cover. I am ugly, but I have great skills. "
The old man asked, "Where are you from? What skills do you have? "
Monkey told his life story with a smile.
When the old man heard that the Monkey King's ability to subdue demons was high, he immediately turned his anger into joy, bowed down and invited Master Xuan Zang into the house, and quickly asked the servant to arrange a sumptuous vegetarian meal for everyone.
Master and apprentice were full of food and drink, and the old pig took the Monkey King and said, "Brother, hum! You said that the old man didn't want to be with us at first. Why did he suddenly care so much? "
Brother Monkey said, "How much can I eat this meal? He must set a big table tomorrow. "
The old pig looked disdainful and said, "Brother, just blow. Trick him into having dinner with your big talk, and we'll be on our way tomorrow. Why did the old man invite us to dinner again? "
Monkey had seen the old man's mind and said with a smile, "Don't worry, I have my own plans."
In the evening, the old man asked someone to light a lamp, and Monkey leaned over and asked, "Dare I ask your name?"
"Last name is Li." The old man said.
"Oh." "So this place is called Li Jiazhuang?" Asked the monkey.
The old man shook his head and said, "No, our name is Luo Zhuang the camel. There are more than 500 families, and there are many other surnames, only my surname is Li. " (Note that Li is the royal surname of the Tang Dynasty. )
Monkey asked, "Mr. Li, how can you invite us to dinner?"
Lao Li got up and said, "Just now, you said you wanted to subdue the demon. We really have a monster here. We'd like you to help us catch it. Thank you very much. "
Hearing this, Monkey threw his fist and said, "Done."
The old pig pouted and said, "Hum! You watched the monkey in trouble sing, but not as close as his grandfather. "
Brother Monkey said, "Brother, you know nothing. If I make a reservation, he can't invite others. "
Xuanzang said, "This monkey is the master of everything. If the monster has magical powers, you can't catch it. I am a monk and I am lying. " (Xuanzang himself didn't say less ...)
Monkey said with a smile, "Master, don't worry about me. I'll ask again. "
Old Li Man said, "What else do you want to ask?"
"You have a good place, a large population, and you are not remote," Monkey said. How dare monsters make trouble here? "
The old man said, "to tell you the truth, we lived in peace all the year round, but in June three years ago, a gust of wind suddenly came." At that time, people were working in the fields At first, they thought it was bad weather. Unexpectedly, a monster appeared in the place where the wind passed, eating a lot of pigs, horses, cows, sheep, poultry and even swallowing many people. Since then, the monster has often come to our place to do evil in the past two years. Senior, if you have the ability to take down that monster, we will certainly thank you and dare not be ungrateful. "
Brother Monkey said, "This is rare."
Hearing what the monkey said, the old pig quickly shirked and said, "Hum! It's really hard to take! It's hard to take! We are just walking monks. We will sleep all night and leave tomorrow morning. What monsters should we bring? "
After listening to this, Lao Li quit and said angrily, "So you are a group of monks who cheat on eating and drinking! Before, I boasted that what I said would change stars, fight and subdue demons, and the result was deceptive! I just said monsters, and you said it was hard to get! "
Brother Monkey smiled and said, "Old man, monsters are easy to provoke, and people here are not harmonious."
"How can I put it?" The old man asked.
"You people here have been killed by that monster for three years, and I don't know how many lives have been lost," Monkey said. Even if each family pays one or two taels of silver, it will add up to 520 taels. Why not find someone with great skills to catch the monster and be willing to be harmed by it? "
The old man sighed and said, "alas, don't mention spending money on people!" Which one of us can't pay 3520 taels of silver! The year before last, I heard that there was a monk in the mountains who paid him to catch monsters. Monks wear cassock. He watched the Peacock Classic for a while and the Northern Territory for a while. After a while, he stunned the monster, went to the villa to fight with the monk, and instantly smashed the monk's head! "
Brother Monkey smiled and said, "I see, this money is wasted."
The old man said, "It's not over yet. When the monk dies, we have to buy a coffin for burial and give money to our disciples. Those disciples wronged us and had to complain to the government. Up to now, this matter is not over yet. "
"Who did you invite later?" Monkey asked.
The old man said, "Last year, a Taoist priest was invited to speak with a token. Soon the wind swept away and the monster came again. I had a fight with the Taoist priest in the evening. The next day, we went out to find a Taoist priest and fished it out in the mountain stream. We are dead and our money is wasted. "
"Nothing, nothing," Monkey said. "Let me bring you the monster."
The old man quickly said, "If you really have the ability to catch monsters, I will ask several elders in this village to sign a document with you. If you win, we will give you as much money as you want, but if you can't beat the monster, don't distort us. "
Monkey laughed and said, "Ha ha ha, your old man misunderstood. We're not like that. Please call someone. "
The old man was so happy that he quickly told the children to invite someone. After a while, eight or nine old men came, met Xuanzang and talked about catching monsters, all of whom were in high spirits. They asked, "Who is the elite disciple who catches monsters?"
Monkey crossed his hands and said, "Young monk, I'll go."
When everyone saw it, they shook their heads again and again and said, "No, no! That monster has magical powers, and you are thin and small, which is not enough for that monster to plug its teeth. "
Brother Monkey said, "Old man, you can't judge a book by its cover. I am small, but strong. That's because I drank the sharpening water and repaired it (rust) in it. "
When everyone saw him say this, they all asked, "Senior, how much do you charge for catching monsters?"
Brother Monkey said, "What money is not money, vulgar! Gold is dazzling, silver is foolish for nothing, and copper money is fishy. We are all monks who do good deeds and never ask for money. "
The old people said, "So, you are all ordained monks. Since you don't want money, we can't let you work in vain. If you catch the monster, everyone here will give you a good purpose. You raise 1,000 mu, and your master and disciples will build temples and meditate on it. Isn't it better than going to the west? "
Monkey laughed again. "That's even worse. If we want land, we must raise livestock and farm. We are so tired every day that we don't bother me. "
The elder was puzzled and said, "What do you want?"
Brother Monkey said, "When we become a monk, a cup of tea and a meal will be a thank you."
Everyone was shocked by the beautiful scenery and said with joy, "It's easy, but I don't know how you caught that monster?"
"I'll catch him if he comes," Monkey said. "
Lao Li said, "That monster is so big! How do you get close to him when the wind comes and the fog goes? "
Brother Monkey said with a smile, "The monsters who call the wind and the fog all belong to my grandchildren. If they are big, what is it? "
Just then, I heard the whistling wind, which made the old people tremble and said, "You monk crow, you said that the monster is coming." Old Li Man quickly opened the low door and called several old people and Xuanzang in. The old pig and the old sand were so scared that they wanted to go in. Monkey grabbed them by the hand and said, "Are you kidding? At least he is a monk, so he doesn't have a screwdriver. Come outside with me and see what a monster this is! "
The old pig took Monkey's hand and said, "Brother, these people are experienced. When monsters come, they all know where to hide. We have no friendship with them, and we don't touch relatives and friends. Why bother! "
The monkey didn't listen to the old pig's nonsense at all He dragged the old pig and sand into the yard with his hands.
The wind outside was too dark, so the old pig dug a big hole in the ground with his mouth and buried his long mouth ... Lao Sha covered his face with a sleeve robe and couldn't open his eyes.
After a while, the limelight passed, and Monkey saw two lights flashing vaguely in the air. He lowered his head and said to the old pig and the old sand, "Brothers, the wind has passed, get up and have a look!" "
The old pig just pulled his mouth out of the dirt, shook the dust, looked up and saw two lamps, and laughed loudly: "Hum! Have fun, have fun! He turned out to be a good monster and should be friends with him. "
Lao Sha said, "It's dark, and the monster can't be seen. How do you know if it is good or bad? "
The old pig said, "The ancients said that you can't walk around in the dark at night. Look at that monster lighting a lamp to show people the way. He must be a good man. "
Lao Sha said, "You are mistaken. This is not a lantern. It's the monster's eyes. "
Hearing this, the old pig was startled and whispered, "Grandpa! What big eyes and big mouth! "
Brother Monkey said, "Don't be afraid! You two protect Master until my grandson goes up to talk to him and see what kind of monster he is. "
The old pig also said, "Hum! Brother, don't give up on us. "
Monkey did a somersault, swung an iron bar and shouted, "Come on! I am here! "
When the monster saw it, he stood motionless and began to dance with a pike.
Monkey leaned on an iron bar and asked, "Where are you a monster?"
The monster ignored Monkey and still played with his gun.
Monkey laughed and said, "So he's a deaf-mute monster! Eat a stick! "
Seeing Monkey's threats, the monster was not afraid. He greeted him with a gun and immediately fought in one place for several hours, regardless of the outcome.
Old pig and old sand can see clearly from below. Seeing the monster can only parry, and there is no strength to fight back. The old pig smiled and said, "Hum! Lao Sha, you protect the master below, and I'll fight the monster. Don't let the monkey take the credit. " Then he jumped into the air and hit it with a rake. When the monster saw it, he separated a pike to block the rake. Two guns make it look like a flying snake.
When the old pig saw it, he smiled and said, "Good shot! The gun shaft is still soft. "
"Don't talk nonsense, you idiot," Monkey said. There is no soft handle. "
The old pig said, "Look at that monster sticking out his gun tip to parry us, but he can't see the handle."
"That's really impossible," Monkey said. "This monster can't talk. It is estimated that he hasn't practiced at home yet, and the yin is still heavy. It is estimated that he will have to run when the sun shines at dawn. Then let's catch up with him and don't let him get away. "
The old pig nodded and said, "Yes!"
The three of them played for hours, but they didn't realize that the east had begun to turn white. The monster didn't dare to continue fighting, so he took it and left. Monkeys and old pigs followed. Chasing after each other, the two men suddenly smelled a foul smell, but they still reached Xishi Hutong.
The old pig said, "Hum! Whose toilet is this? It stinks! "
Monkey brother covered his nose and shouted, "Go after the monster!" "
The monster showed his true colors. It turned out to be a red scale python, with starlight eyes, steel-sword teeth and a meat horn on its head. It looks like thousands of agates piled up, covered with red phosphorus, like rouge. This python is lying on the ground, and people on both sides can't see anything. It spans north and south like a mountain.
"It turned out to be such a big snake," said the old pig. If you eat people, you can't eat 500 at a time! " "(pay attention to this sentence. There are 500 families in this villa, but the old pig said that it is not enough for the red scale python to eat 500 people at a time. )
"That soft gun," Monkey said, "turned out to be his two letters. Let's hit him from behind while he has no gun. "
The old pig rushed forward to rake, and the python plunged into the hole, with its tail seven or eight feet long exposed. The old pig put down his rake, grabbed his tail in one hand and shouted, "Go, go!" " "Pull out the hole and shout.
Monkey laughed when he saw it. "Idiot! If you let him in, I have an idea. Don't pull the snake back like this, or it will bite you later. " Hearing this, the old pig let go, let the snake shrink into the hole and said, "Hum! If we hadn't let go just now, the half snake would have been ours. It's not impossible to play now. "
The Monkey King said, "This guy is so big and the cave is so narrow that he can't turn around in it. There must be a back door behind this mountain, otherwise he can't get out. Go to the back door and block it. I'll hit him at the front door. "
The old pig flew behind the mountain and saw that there was really a hole, which was guarded by it. Here, the monkey poked into the hole with a stick, and the python inside got out of the back hole in pain like crazy. The old pig didn't react. He was caught in the tail of a snake and couldn't climb up. He lay on the ground muttering to himself.
Monkey went into the cave and saw that the python had long since disappeared. He went through the cave and shouted as he ran. The old pig heard it in the back, and was afraid that Monkey would laugh at himself. He stood up reluctantly in pain and beat around with a rake.
Monkey laughed when he saw it. "Idiot! The snake escaped. What are you playing here? "
The old pig said, "Hum! I am scaring snakes! "
Monkey said, "Hall! Hurry up! "
When they chased the mountain stream, they saw the python curled up and opened its huge mouth, and was about to swallow the old pig. The old pig hurried back, but the monkey brother greeted him and was swallowed by the python.
When the old pig saw it, he beat his chest and shouted, "Brother! Hurt you! "
Monkey was in the python's belly, holding an iron bar and shouting, "Bajie, I'm fine. I will let this monster build a bridge for you. " The python is supported by a wishful stick and provides its body. The old pig said, "It's like a bridge, but no one dares to walk." Monkey added, "Then I'll show him a boat." Then he put an iron bar on the python's stomach. The python's neck and tail cocked up in pain. The old pig said again, "Hum! This ship has no mast and sail. How can we get there? " Brother Monkey is in the python's belly, shouting "Long!" The wishful stick passes through the back of the python and stretches out like a mast. The python jumped painfully for more than twenty miles before it fell to the ground and died.
The old pig caught up with him and threw the rake at him. Monkey made a big hole in the python's back and came out, saying, "Idiot, he's dead. Why did you hit him? "
The old pig said, "Hum! Brother, don't you know that my old pig always loves to shoot snakes? "
The two men packed their weapons and carried the python to a high place.
On the camel Luo Zhuang, old Li Man said to Xuanzang, "Your two disciples have been walking all night and haven't come back yet. They are probably dead. "
Xuanzang shook his head and said, "That's impossible. Let's go out and have a look. " Just as I was about to leave, I saw the monkey and the old pig carrying the python all the way back.
Everyone was so beautiful that all the men, women and children in the village came to bow down and said, "Grandpa! This is the monster that eats people here! Thanks to the magic of the lords, we can live a quiet life in the future. " So he invited master and apprentice to his home, and the four of them were locked up for six or seven days, saying that they could not stay any longer. The people in the village didn't stay, so they bought some fruit and dry food to see me off. There are 500 families here, and 700 to 800 people come to see me off. (Pay attention to this crowd)
Xuanzang and his disciples went all the way to the west, surrounded by people, until they reached the rare persimmon lane in Qijue Mountain. When they saw the road full of rotten persimmons, Xuanzang was disgusted and said, "Wukong, how can this be done?"
Monkey brother covered his nose and said, "Master, this is difficult."
Xuanzang couldn't help crying when he heard the Monkey King say it was difficult.
When Li laotou saw it, he said, "Don't worry, we sent you here, and everything has been discussed." Goto helped us catch the monster. We'll help you find another way to send your master. "
The Monkey King laughed and said, "You old man, this is fantastic. You are not Dayu's magic weapon, where can you cut mountains and roads? If we want to send my master there, we must find a way, and none of you can. "
Xuanzang dismounted and asked, "Wukong, what can you do?"
Monkey said with a smile, "We still have to walk in this old alley. I'm afraid no one will take care of the food."
As soon as Lao Li quit, he said, "What are you talking about, senior? No matter how long you stay at the manor, we can afford it. How can no one care about food? "
"In that case," Monkey said, "steam two stones for dry rice, and then steam some pancakes and steamed bread, so that you can feed the monk with a long mouth and big ears and turn him into a big pig. My master can ride through the old road."
The old pig pouted and said, "Hum! Brother, if you all want to be clean, just practice my old pig alone! "
Knowing that the old pig was eager for success, Xuanzang stepped forward and said, "Wuneng, if you have the ability to arch the alley and lead me over the mountain, the first success will be yours."
The old pig smiled and said, "Hum! Master, don't laugh at me in class. My old pig is thirty-six years old. Although the things in the tall building cannot be changed, they can still be changed. It is not impossible for me to become a big pig, but my body will fight and this appetite will increase. Only when you are full can you have the strength to work. "
Everyone repeatedly said: "The rice tube is enough! We all brought dry food, fruit, pancakes and steamed bread. We were going to eat them at the beginning of the mountain, so we gave them to you. When you are hungry, we will go back and make it for you. "
The old pig said that he could finally have a full meal, put down his rake and smiled at everyone: "Hum! Don't laugh, look at my old pig. " Say twist tactic, suddenly turned into a giant pig, mouth hem.
Seeing this, the Monkey King quickly asked everyone to gather their food in one place. The old pig is raw and cooked, and his mouth is arched. After eating that, he arched in the sparse persimmon alley, arching all the rotten persimmons to both sides and making way. Monkey told Lao Sha to take off his shoes, shouldered the burden, helped Xuanzang get on the horse, and took off his shoes himself. He said to the others, "If you pay attention to people, go back and cook for my brother."
Among the 7800 people who came to see me off, most of them rode mules and horses. The flying horse went back to the village to cook, and the remaining three or four hundred people waited at the foot of the mountain. It is also 30 miles from Qijue Mountain to Tuoluozhuang, and 60 miles back and forth. When people went back to cook and sent them back, Xuanzang and his party had already gone out. People in the village are really particular about their children, so they followed them into the arched and sparse persimmon alley and chased them all night. The next day they caught up with them and shouted, "Take your time, master!" " We are delivering food! "
Xuanzang was very grateful and said, "What a nice person!" He stopped the old pig and told him to stop and eat first.
The old pig arched for two days and was hungry and saw stars. This time he sent more than seven or eight stones of rice. He doesn't care about rice and pasta. He ate a clean mouth and continued to clear the way when he was full.
Brother Xuanzang and Lao Sha thanked everyone and followed the old pig to the west.
Exactly: Luo Zhuang, the camel, can go home, and pigs come all the way over the mountains. Sanzang's heart is sincere, and Wukong's method is strange and evil. Millennium hi persimmon today net, seven unique hutongs today open. Six desires are cut off, and the lotus platform is safe and unobstructed.
There are several doubts this time. Let's analyze it.
Why did Luo Zhuang camel Li Lao ask Monkey Brother to soothe the red scale python? Because people in the village say that he eats poultry, livestock and people, and thinks that the red scale python is a monster, so he should get rid of it. So the question is, did the red scale python really eat people?
Old Li Man said that a monk and a Taoist priest were invited to catch monsters in the village before, but they all failed and were killed by monsters. Why did Master Wu arrange such a thing? Just to show that ordinary monks and Taoists have no real skills? It's not that simple. There is a very unreasonable place here, that is, the ending of monks and Taoists. One was smashed in the head and the other was thrown into the river. If the red scale python is a man-eating monster, why not eat monks and Taoist priests, but kill them and leave? Because I'm full. Are you hungry? I'm afraid this statement can't be established, because the old pig said after seeing the python's truth: it's such a long snake! If you want to eat people, you have to eat 500, which is not enough! If monks and Taoists practice, the meat is not fragrant, and pythons don't like it, then let's reconsider. The red scale python came to camel Luo Zhuang three years ago. If they ate 500 people per meal, even if camel Luo Zhuang had the largest number of poultry and livestock, they would have been eaten up long ago. How can seven or eight hundred people send Xuanzang to the last five hundred households? Therefore, the red scale python does not actually eat people. Finally, I wanted to swallow the old pig because I couldn't beat it and couldn't run.
Moreover, the red scale python can't talk, and Monkey Brother also said: But this monster can't talk yet, and I don't think it has returned to human beings. That is to say, this monster has never practiced at home, and all the monsters before him can speak human words. We can come to the conclusion that monsters who haven't eaten people can't talk! )
Listen to the next decomposition.