The Monkey King

At the foot of Lingshan Mountain, Ksitigarbha Ksitigarbha was walking up the long steps step by step with his sleeves half rolled up.

In the pavilion on the side of the stairs, Puxian stood quietly alone, looking particularly deserted.

After handing over the Suixin Iron Soldier to the six-eared macaque, he never set foot in the main hall of the Great Leiyin Temple, but just stayed quietly on the way up the mountain. Silent, or rather, thinking.

Seeing Ksitigarbha walking by, he clasped his hands together and bowed respectfully. Ksitigarbha also clasped his hands together and returned the salute.

"Venerable Ksitigarbha is going out before returning?"

"Exactly."

"Where have you gone?"

Ksitigarbha sighed lightly and said: "I went to the Lion and Camel Kingdom. Patriarch Subhuti took action and wanted to win back the battle against the six-eared macaque."

"Oh?" Puxian also smiled faintly and sighed leisurely: "During this journey to the west, is it Xuanzang who is enlightening, or are we?"

Hearing this, Ksitigarbha could not help but be stunned.

The two looked at each other silently.

Puxian's eyes were full of helplessness. Ksitigarbha, however, frowned slightly.

"Does Venerable Samantabhadra think this is wrong?"

"The four major elements of Buddhism are empty, so where can we find right or wrong?"

Hearing this, Ksitigarbha said in a cold voice: "The four elements are all empty. Of course, there is no right or wrong. However, if we want to solve the eternal confusion of Buddhism, we must distinguish between true and false. This matter is already on the string and must be launched!"

After saying this, Pu Xian actually smiled. He nodded but said nothing more.

The atmosphere between the two seemed a little awkward.

There was silence for a while. Ksitigarbha said softly: "The poor monk has been planning the situation of the six-eared macaque for a long time. Not to mention Subhuti, even if you add Laojun, I am afraid that it will be difficult to do anything for a while. Samantabhadra will not follow the poor monk to the temple. ?”

"I won't go. I won't go. It's noisy in the palace." Puxian waved his hand and said, "The poor monk just waits here. Although Xuanzang didn't really get the point of asking France, the poor monk thought that, Xuanzang has found the node of enlightenment, but he just can't enter through the door. If Xuanzang can really attain enlightenment, he will go up the mountain through this way. If Xuanzang's dream breaks his journey to the west, all the Buddhas will also go down the mountain through this way. Poor monk Just wait here."

"In that case, I'll say goodbye to you, poor monk." After saying that, Ksitigarbha clasped his hands together and hurriedly passed by Samantabhadra.

In the pavilion, Pu Xian was the only one left waiting quietly. Poker face.

…

In the cave with three stars under the slanting moon, Subhuti was silent. The entire Qianxin Hall seemed to be silent.

As time passed, the smile on the six-eared macaque's face gradually solidified and turned into an uneasy expression: "Isn't it possible that even the master...can't solve it?"

Subhuti glanced at the six-eared macaque lightly. He said softly: "Yes."

"Master, please teach me!" The six-eared macaque immediately kowtowed three times and said loudly: "Master is so kind and kind that I can't repay you for it. Six... Wukong is willing to work as an ox and horse for the master in this life!"

Subhuti lowered his eyebrows slightly and stared quietly at the six-eared macaque lying on the ground.

After a long while, he just sighed softly: "Get up."

"Master agreed?" The six-eared macaque quickly raised his head.

"Since you can call me master, I won't let you get stuck in the mud. But..."

The six-eared macaque opened his eyes slightly and looked at Subhuti.

He patted his knees gently and paused for a long time. Subhuti then continued: "However, I can't tell you now. There are some things that you don't know now, which is far better than knowing them."

"Can't you tell me?" The six-eared macaque was slightly stunned.

Subhuti nodded, stroking his long beard and said, "Have you seen Qingxin?"

"I've seen her before, disciple... I just sent her back."

"Do you know who Qing Xin was in her previous life?"

"It seems like in the previous life. Was it called Wind Chime?"

"What about the past life of Feng Chime?"

"It's Que'er."

"Do you know what Que'er has to do with you?"

The six-eared macaque answered hesitantly: "Disciple... I promised to marry her. She died for him, so... I have always wanted to resurrect her."

Subhuti nodded and said, "It seems that you know everything."

"Disciple only knows a little bit about it." The six-eared macaque scratched his head and said: "The memory is all gone. So, I heard it from others. I just know that there is such a thing. Master, you suddenly mentioned this, is it? What are you doing? Want your disciples to fulfill their promises?"

Hearing this, Subhuti couldn't help laughing and sighed helplessly: "Whether you fulfill your promise or not is your own business. Why should I care about this? What I want to ask you is, do you know that eight hundred years ago, you The reason for leaving Xianyue Sanxing Cave?"

The six-eared macaque shook his head slowly, becoming more and more confused as he listened.

"It's just one word, doubt!" Subhuti puffed up his sleeves, stood up and walked slowly in the hall, and said slowly: "You before the amnesia, and you after the amnesia are two completely different people. . Before you lost your memory, you were suspicious, withdrawn, and obsessed with things. It has reached the point where you can't easily resolve it. This is the seed implanted in your heart during your ten years of traveling to the west, and no one can change it. When you have doubts about your teacher, for No matter what the teacher says, it’s useless.”

"At the beginning, you thought that your master did not care about Queer's life and death just to pursue your own great cause, so you chose to leave Xianyue Sanxing Cave. However, in the end, didn't 'Quier' come back again? From this we can see that the suspicion , it’s superfluous.”

The six-eared macaque blinked blankly and was stunned for a while.

Turning his face, Subhuti looked at the six-eared macaque and said, "Master, I just want to ask you, if I give you another chance, will you make the same mistake again?"

At this time, the six-eared macaque was completely stunned. It took him a long time to regain his composure and hesitantly said: "Master, disciple, I don't understand very well."

"Don't understand?" Subhuti raised his eyebrows slightly.

"I don't understand." The six-eared macaque shook his head and said, "I don't understand why I doubted the master in the first place. If even the master is suspicious, then who else can be trusted?"

"Then can you believe it without any doubt?"

"Yes!" the six-eared macaque replied decisively. There was no trace of hesitation in that expression.

Subhuti's brows immediately relaxed slowly.

Obviously, this is another person completely different from the monkey, whether in personality or experience. After all, those ten years of seeking immortality are the root of everything...

Thinking about it, Subhuti couldn't help but laugh, pointed at the six-eared macaque and said, "This is what you said! In this case, you should go back first."

"Go back?" The six-eared macaque was stunned for a moment: "Master hasn't told his disciple how to crack it yet."

"When it's time for you to know, you will know naturally. You just need to know that being a teacher will not harm you."

"ah?"

Subhuti looked at the six-eared macaque with half-squinted eyes, and said leisurely: "What? Just now I said that I had no doubts, and now in the blink of an eye, I immediately started to doubt him as a teacher?"

"No, no, no! Disciple doesn't dare! Disciple doesn't dare!" The six-eared macaque quickly kowtowed to the ground and said, "Disciple will obey the master's arrangements!"

Although he said this, the six-eared macaque was still uneasy in his heart.

…

On the balcony, Lao Jun, who had been sitting motionless in front of the chessboard, couldn't help but sigh and said: "The old fox and the fool, hey, they are really a good match made in heaven."

…

Seeing that Subhuti had stood up, the six-eared macaque who was kneeling on the ground suddenly said, "Master, I promised Junior Sister Qingxin that I want to save Agarwood. I wonder if Master will allow it."

Subhuti, who was about to leave slowly, was suddenly stunned.

Lowering his head, the six-eared macaque added: "If the master allows me, please teach me how to save agarwood."

…

Lao Jun, who was holding the chess pieces, suddenly laughed. While arranging the chess basket, he sighed leisurely: "It turns out it's the old fox and the little fox. This is testing. If we are both members of the sect, if we don't save Chenxiang, how can we do it?" How about saving him? Hey, old Bodhi, old Bodhi, don’t blame the apprentice for being suspicious. If you want to blame, I can only blame you as the master, it’s so weird. Hahahaha.”

…

After being in a stalemate like this for a long time and hesitating for a long time, Subhuti bowed down and helped the six-eared macaque up and said, "It's not appropriate for you to do this. If you want to ask Ksitigarbha for help, it's better to go as a teacher."

The six-eared macaque nodded solemnly and said: "The disciple will be waiting for your good news from the master in the Lion and Camel Kingdom." (To be continued ~^~)