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Tang Seng couldn't bear it in his heart, so he said: "Female benefactor, it's better"

As a result, the woman's face changed in surprise, she waved her hands, subconsciously glanced around, and then said: "The holy monk doesn't know something, you follow me into the courtyard first and then we can talk about it."

"mother"

Seeing the mother turning back to the house, the child in the cage cried even louder.

The children around were also responding, and the sound of crying and screaming resounded over the royal city.

Entering the hospital, a man came out.

"Zack, come and pay homage to the holy monk from Dongtu Datang."

The woman waved to the man.

The man froze for a moment, then stepped forward to salute with excitement.

Afterwards, the woman poured a few cups of tea and was busy preparing the fast meal, while the man stayed to accompany the guests.

After chatting for a while, Tang Seng couldn't help asking about the children.

When this matter was mentioned, the man's eyes turned red, and he sighed, "This is a disaster for the people of the Bhikkhu Kingdom."

After some narration by the man, Tang Seng finally understood the whole story:

After the current king of the Bhikkhu Kingdom came to the throne, he became obsessed with the art of immortality and tried to sit on the throne forever.

About three years ago, an old Taoist brought a beautiful woman to the bhikkhu country to ask to see the king, saying that the beautiful woman was his daughter, and he was willing to keep her daughter to serve the king.

The woman was extremely charming, and she hooked the king's soul in one fell swoop.

Ever since, the king was agitated, and regardless of the opposition of all the ministers, he insisted on marrying the woman, canonized her as the beautiful queen, and her status was second only to the queen, and canonized the old man as the head of the country.

After getting married, the old Taoist also said that his daughter is a natural spirit body, and together with the king, they can complement each other and go to the fairyland together.

The king was overjoyed, so he was naturally happy every day, and he was inseparable from the beautiful queen.

In the end, he didn't expect that his body was getting weaker and weaker day by day, and now he was mentally exhausted, and his life was dying.

At this time, the abbot said that he had a magic formula, as long as he used the hearts of one thousand one hundred children as medicine, he could refine the elixir of immortality and fulfill the king's wish of immortality.

The ridiculous thing is that the king actually believed it, and ordered his guards to post notices, and searched for school-age children from house to house, and ordered them to be locked up in cages and placed outside the house for the soldiers to collect.

Those who resist the king's order will be killed without mercy!

"We have no choice. Several families in the city wanted to flee with their children, but the whole family was beheaded for public display."

Having said that, Zach couldn't help but burst into tears.

It's not that they don't want to fight, but they really have no way to fight.

Once the order is violated, the whole family will die.

"Amitabha!"

After listening to Zach's narration, Tang Seng couldn't help but recited a Buddhist name, and sighed secretly in his heart.

"What kind of foolish king is that? Look at my old grandson, go and wake him up with a stick!"

"Wukong is going to be crazy!"

Tang Seng shouted hurriedly.

After all, no matter how ignorant and cruel the other party is, he is still the king of the party, and no matter how they say it, it is not up to their master and apprentice to deal with it.

In addition, he has to go to the palace to find the king to change the pass.

At this time, Zhu Bajie subconsciously glanced at the woman who was also wiping tears, straightened his waist, and said with a gesture of righteousness: "But Master, since we have encountered this, we can't stand by and watch!"

"Yes, yes, the second senior brother is right!"

Drifting, who seldom expressed his opinion on weekdays, also echoed.

"Amitabha, this is natural." Tang Seng chanted a Buddhist name habitually, then glanced at Zha and his wife and said, "Don't worry, two benefactors, this poor monk will definitely enter the palace to intercede with the king and let him release the innocent man." child."

Hearing this, the couple were very pleasantly surprised, and hurriedly bowed to Tang Seng.

"Thank you Holy Monk, thank you Holy Monk!"

"Ugh"

Tang Seng let out a long sigh.

The lives of more than 100 children are too heavy for him.

That night.

Gu Ming found Tang Seng.

As soon as they met, they cut straight to the point and said, "What is Elder Tang going to do?"

"The poor monk should try his best to persuade the king to release the innocent child."

Gu Ming waved his hand and said, "It's useless."

"Huh? Could it be that there is something hidden in it?" Tang Seng couldn't help asking.

"That's right, the king has been blinded for a long time, no matter how much you persuade him, he won't listen.

Now, his life is dying, not to mention the lives of more than 1000 children, even if the lives of the people of the entire Bhikkhu Kingdom were exchanged for his life, he would not hesitate. "

"This"

Tang Seng was at a loss for words.

In the past, he might have justified a big reason.

For example, what human nature is inherently good, as long as good persuasion can make people change their minds and so on.

But along the way, he has seen too much of the ugly side of human nature.

To put it bluntly, most people are selfish.

The king was seriously ill, and naturally he went to the doctor in a hurry. As long as there was a glimmer of hope to cure his illness, he would be desperate.

And there is indeed a hidden meaning in it.

The old Taoist and his so-called daughter are actually monsters.

The old Taoist is actually a deer spirit, and his so-called daughter is a fox spirit.

The deer spirit was originally the mount of the birthday star, who sneaked down to the mortal world and turned into a veteran.Later, they met a fox spirit and were attracted by the beauty of that fox spirit, so they fooled around together.

If it's just like this, it's fine, anyway, it didn't harm others.

The problem is, Lu Jing managed to slip down to the earth, unwilling to live a mediocre life, and decided to enjoy the glory and wealth in the world.

So he discussed with the fox spirit, and finally locked the target on the king of the bhikkhu country.

After all, the cave where the two of them lived was not far from the Bhikkhu country, so they naturally knew the Bhikkhu country well.

Lu Jing is ambitious, and his goal is the throne.

In other words, he wanted to be the king of the bhikkhu kingdom.

But he is a goblin, how can he be a king?This requires a little thought and a price to pay.

After discussing with the fox spirit, the two finally reached an agreement: pretending to be father and daughter to enter the palace to deceive the king's trust, and the fox spirit will stay by the king's side to confuse the king.

For Lu Jing, although this method is a bit aggrieved, after all, it is considered to be giving away his woman, and he also has to watch his woman make out with the king every day.

However, for the sake of the big plan, only a little sacrifice can be made.

To put it bluntly, this is his own willingness to grow grass on his head.

In the end, relying on the beauty of the fox spirit, the two successfully sneaked into the palace and had a sweet dream.

According to the plan of the deer spirit, the fox spirit will try its best to "squeeze" the king until the opponent is exhausted.

When the king dies, the deer spirit will change into the king's appearance, pretending to be recovering from illness, so as to majestically ascend to the king's throne.

At that time, the queen will be abolished, and the fox spirit will be the queen, and live the life of the fairy and beautiful family in the world.

It would be better if it was just like this, at least it didn't hurt the people.

However, this guy's ambition is really too big, and he even came up with a lot of bad ideas, wanting to improve his strength as soon as possible.

For example, this time, taking advantage of the king's serious illness, he prescribed a so-called folk prescription for immortality, and ordered the king to arrest [-] children and use their hearts to refine the elixir of immortality.

In fact, it was his own enjoyment.

As for the king's tossing around for three years, he has almost figured out every word and deed of the king, even if he pretends to believe it, no one will be able to discern it.

Regarding what the deer spirit and fox spirit did, Gu Ming actually had the thought of killing him.

Including that fatuous king, damn it!

However, before implementing these plans, you have to think of a surefire strategy.

At least the Bhikkhu Kingdom cannot be plunged into chaos and war, and a successor to the throne must be found in advance.

Otherwise, once the king dies, the prince under his name will fall into a battle for the throne, causing chaos in the bhikkhu kingdom.

And this time, Gu Ming didn't plan to destroy the demon himself, after all, this was the matter of Tang Seng's mentor and apprentice, and he could just plan it behind the scenes.

The matter of undertaking cause and effect is left to Monkey King, Zhu Bajie, and Drifting Monk.

"Elder Tang, listen to me first. The reason why the king of the bhikkhu country became what he is today is not unrelated to his own problems, but also to the confusion of monsters."

"Monster?" Tang Seng was taken aback: "What does Shangxian mean to say that there are monsters around the king?"

"That's right! When I entered the city, I could faintly notice a ghostly aura in the direction of the palace. Now that I think about it, the origin of that old man is very suspicious, most likely it was changed by monsters."

"The poor monk asked Wukong to take a look"

So Tang Seng asked Sun Wukong to visit secretly, and repeatedly told him not to disturb others.

Sun Wukong flew to the sky above the king's city and saw the real body of the head of the country and the fox spirit with his golden eyes.

What's funny is that the king was already terminally ill, and he still didn't stop. He still insisted on taking a little medicine prescribed by the abbot, and then he did indescribable things with the fox spirit.

"Hey, it really spoiled my old grandson's eyes!"

Monkey King flew back and told the situation.

"Sure enough, the head of the country is a monster, and the woman he brought into the palace is also a monster."

"How about that?"

Although Tang Seng has the heart, but is powerless, he can only turn his eyes to Gu Ming and the three apprentices for help.

Zhu Bajie was once again brave, and volunteered: "The old pig is going to capture that fox spirit now."

"Don't act rashly!" Gu Ming waved his hand: "At present, our first priority is to save those children, otherwise, once these children are sent to the mountains, they will die."

"Yes yes yes, saving people is the most important thing, saving people is the most important thing!"

Tang Seng nodded in response.

"I don't know how many children they have arrested now?"

"It's simple, just go out and do some statistics."

Therefore, Gu Ming, Monkey King, Zhu Bajie, and Drifting Monk split up and started to go out to make statistics.

The four wandered around the city for a long time, and there were about five or six hundred children in the end.

However, according to the inquired news, the king also sent a team of hundreds of people to arrest outside the city, and within five days, [-] children must be arrested.

It has been three days now, and there are still two days left.

After returning, a group of people surrounded Gu Ming, obviously looking for an idea.

Who made him think too much.

"In this way, let's split up, Drifting stays to protect Tang Seng, Wukong and Bajie are ready, if there is any trouble, we must save those children first.

I will be in charge of the palace, and I will try to inquire about the situation in the palace."

afternoon.

Royal Palace Garden.

A woman in fine clothes sat on a stone bench and sighed, with a sad expression on her face.

Not long after, a young man with a long sword on his waist hurried over and bowed to the woman: "My child sees the queen."

The man was the king's eldest son, Milo, and the woman was the queen of the bhikkhu kingdom.