The Monkey King

"Can't escape, can't let go. Can't escape, can't let go. Can't escape, can't let go..."

Under the shadow of the solitary lamp, Xuanzang held the heart-hiding stone and muttered to himself. His eyes gradually dimmed, but his expression was full of helplessness. There was a kind of panic.

There was an indescribable sadness in that scene.

For a moment, the monkey suddenly thought of the old white ape who died in the Evil Dragon Pond... The old white ape who was obviously insignificant, but wanted to carry it on his shoulders, and in the end, his head was missing...

If it were not known that Xuanzang's previous life was Jin Chanzi, the monkey would probably doubt whether Xuanzang's previous life was him.

After a long time, the monkey smiled faintly and said: "Once upon a time, someone told me a story about Buddhism."

Hearing this, Xuanzang raised his eyes slightly and stared at the monkey quietly.

After a slight pause, Monkey continued: "The person who told this story is my eighth senior brother. A guy who practiced Buddhism and then came to practice Taoism. He is a bit inexplicable."

"The story goes like this: Once upon a time, there was a woman who was breastfeeding and eating her baby who was just one month old. At this time, a mosquito flew over and bit her on the neck. She slapped her to death immediately. After a while, After the meal, she threw away the remaining leftovers. Following the smell, a skinny wild dog ran over and wanted to eat, but she scolded him and beat him away with a stone."

After saying that, the monkey stared at Xuanzang silently.

Xuanzang raised his head slightly and continued softly: "Then the Buddha pointed at the woman and told the disciples: 'This woman had no idea that the mosquito she killed was the reincarnation of her mother. The wild dog she killed was the reincarnation of her mother. It was her old father who was reincarnated. And the child she held in her arms was indeed the reincarnation of her hated father-killer.'"

"You know this story?"

"Every Buddhist knows this story." Staring at the empty front, Xuanzang recited in a recital tone: "The Buddha used this story to warn his disciples not to kill. It also serves as a metaphor for mortals. The mortal eyes of the human body. The inability to distinguish between true and false. And, the suffering of the mortal world. The emptiness of human feelings... This is the path of Buddhism."

Having said this, Xuanzang smiled bitterly and said, "The Great Sage suddenly mentioned this story. Do you understand it?"

"I don't understand it, and I don't have time to read it." The monkey stretched and said, "How can I have the free time to think about this and that like you all day long? As soon as I was born, I had to endure hunger. The tiger wants to eat Me. The hunter wants to kill me. I have to apprentice and learn skills, and I have to avoid the encirclement and suppression by the heavenly army, and I have to think of various ways to manage Huaguoshan. Hehe... Thinking about these things seriously is not as fast as swinging a stick directly. Maybe Before I could think clearly, I was already dead and in a different place. It was my eighth senior brother Ling Yunzi who understood it."

"Oh? What did he say?"

The monkey sighed lightly: "He said that Buddhism could obviously prevent this, but it sacrificed a woman's filial piety. Just to fulfill his own supreme theory. He thought he couldn't do it, so he stopped practicing Buddhism and changed to Taoism. .”

Hearing this, Xuanzang was slightly startled. He lowered his head and thought for a long time, and sighed: "Ling Yunzi is a wonderful person."

"Is he wonderful?" The monkey laughed and grinned: "Probably. I think you are the really wonderful person. You are all people who have seen through this. The difference is that my eighth senior brother chose to be a deserter. . Since this road is impassable, then take another path. But you chose to stick to it."

"So... a poor monk will never become a Buddha." Xuanzang looked down at the heart-hiding stone in his hand and smiled. It was a genuine smile.

It feels like the road to enlightenment is no longer lonely.

"It's not that you can't become a Buddha, it's that you become a Buddha, but you can't just sit back and watch. In fact, that's good." He breathed a long sigh of relief. Monkey bared his teeth and said, "What's happening now is exactly the same as this story, isn't it? All the residents of Fengxian County have become the woman in the story, a bargaining chip for enlightenment."

Xuanzang still stared at the heart-hiding stone in his hand.

Pursing his lips, Monkey casually put the golden cudgel on his shoulder, and said leisurely: "Okay, I'm going out, you can think of a solution slowly. If he dares to attack you directly, I will beat him to the ground. . However, if he comes with letters instead of force, you have to deal with it yourself."

Xuanzang clasped his hands together, bowed and said, "Xuanzang thanks the Great Sage on behalf of the people of Fengxian County."

…

When he walked out of the door, the monkey found Tianpeng sitting under a small tree in the courtyard and looking at him quietly.

The monkey was stunned for a moment and asked casually: "What?"

"There are also good people among Buddhas."

"What do you mean by that? Did you eavesdrop on us?"

"You didn't even use the Suppression Technique. With such a small distance, I could hear it even if I didn't want to hear it. It's not eavesdropping." After a slight pause, Tianpeng said softly: "I now find that in fact, in every ethnic group, , there are all different kinds of people. There are evil monsters and good monsters among monsters. There are evil gods and good gods among gods. There are evil people and good people. The same goes for Buddha."

"Buddha is different." Monkey walked up to him step by step and sat down crookedly. Looking in the direction of Xuanzang's room, he said, "Buddha is not a human being. All those who can become Buddhas have the same face. It’s as if they were stamped with the same seal. Therefore, there is no good Buddha or evil Buddha. Xuanzang will never become a Buddha unless... we lose."

Time passes bit by bit, from the tip of the moon to the star setting in the east.

Throughout the night, Xuanzang locked himself in his room and murmured to the heart-hiding stone. Monkey and Canopy guarded the door. As for the other monsters, they spread quietly throughout Leiyin County.

Just like casting a big net, they tried to cover the entire Leiyin County, not even allowing the slightest accident to happen.

However, the accident happened after all.

…

When the sky was gray and bright, more than a dozen demon generals had gathered in the yard of a house in Leiyin County, including the Bull Demon King and Lu Liuguai.

Soon, the monkey also arrived.

Pushing aside the monsters that were gathered together, the monkey quickly saw the mummified corpses of two monster generals lying in the middle of the yard.

"Great Sage, this was already the case when we arrived." The Bull Demon King on the side whispered: "This family discovered it first. The mistress screamed early in the morning... Fortunately, we arrived first and in time. He captured them all, and then transformed into their appearance separately and fended off all the neighbors."

Looking back, the monkey glanced at the dozen or so people who were neatly tied into rice dumplings and dumped in the hall.

"Have you asked them all?"

"I asked, but nothing came out." The Bull Demon King said cautiously: "I just said that I saw a shadow. Unfortunately, it was too fast and the sky was dark. I couldn't see clearly what it was."

"All of these people are tied up and served with good food and drink. They will be released after we leave."

"promise!"

Soon, Lu Liuguai walked towards the monkey, bowed and said with his hands: "To the Great Sage, there are almost no traces of a fight. Both of them were killed in an instant, with no power to fight back. Moreover, sucking After draining the blood and essence, this technique looks like it was done by a six-eared macaque."

The monkey's eyes slowly narrowed into slits, and he said calmly: "I know."

…

At this moment, in the back hall of "Little Leiyin Temple", Chen Xiang was frowning, holding a brush and carefully copying Buddhist scriptures. From time to time he raised his eyes to look at Lingji sitting upright in front of him.

"Mr. Baldhead, I...when can I go see my master?"

Lingji pointed at the rice paper written by Chen Xiang and said: "This character has an extra horizontal line. Rewrite it."

After fanning himself, Lingji continued: "Why are you looking for your master? What your master can teach you, a poor monk can teach you. Also, what is a bald man? Poor monk Lingji Buddha, you are a newbie. Disciple, the poor monk should be called the Venerable Lingji."

"But I don't want to shave my head."

"How many people want to shave their heads and enter Buddhism but haven't had the chance yet. Don't be ignorant of your blessings when you are in them."

While he was talking, the tall and thin monk hurriedly walked in from the door and bowed deeply.

"Master Qi, two monsters died in Leiyin County last night."

"Oh?" Hearing this, the corners of Lingji's mouth raised slightly, and he said with a leisurely smile: "Now, there is something good to watch." (To be continued ~^~)