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If you want to talk about this trip to the West to learn Buddhist scriptures, whoever has the deepest feeling is naturally none other than him.

After all, he paid the most.

"The hard times are finally coming to an end."

Zhu Bajie is also eager to finish reading the scriptures quickly, so that he can live the life he wants freely by then.

The master and apprentice were chatting vigorously when Gu Ming suddenly appeared.

A group of people greeted each other, and then continued to march in the direction of Jinping Fucheng.

Two days later, he entered the city.

At this time, just as the Lantern Festival is approaching, the city is decorated with lanterns and festoons, full of joy, creating a lively and peaceful atmosphere.

After walking not far, several monks greeted him.

Presumably, they had already heard the news that Tang Seng and his party were about to arrive at Jinping Mansion, so they made preparations in advance.

"Excuse me, are you all elders from the Great Tang Dynasty in the Eastern Land?"

"It's exactly..."

Zhu Bajie answered first.

"Amitabha, the abbot has prepared vegetarian dishes in the temple, and please come to the temple to rest."

Regarding this, Tang Seng naturally would not refuse, and immediately accompanied those monks to a monastery in the city.

As soon as he arrived at the temple, the abbot led the crowd to welcome him out with a very warm attitude.

"Since the holy monk has come to Jinping Mansion, the Lantern Festival will be held in a few days, and the Lantern Festival will be held in the city, which is very lively.

The most important thing is that Bodhisattvas will manifest themselves at the Lantern Festival every year. You can stay for a few more days to watch the excitement and pay homage to the Bodhisattvas. "

When Tang Seng heard this, he naturally responded on the spot.

Gu Ming was noncommittal.

Because he knew in his heart that these three so-called bodhisattvas were actually transformed by monsters. These three monsters were rhinoceros spirits, and their names were "King Pihan", "King Pishu", and "King Pichen".

However, these three monsters are different from the previous ones. Not only do these three monsters not harm people, but they like to help others, and they especially care about face.

It's not entirely deceitful that they become Bodhisattvas. After all, they are monsters. If they appear in front of the people as monsters, wouldn't the people scare them away?

So, he appeared pretending to be a Bodhisattva, not to mention the common people, even the monks in the city were deceived.

These three guys like to drink the sesame oil in the temple very much, so every year during the Lantern Festival, various temples in the city will prepare several jars of sesame oil for offering.

Since he didn't do any evil, Gu Ming naturally didn't intend to get rid of the three demons. Instead, he wanted to use the hands of Tang Seng and his disciples to enlighten the three demons so that they could go on the right path from now on.

Gu Ming has always had no prejudice against goblins.

After all, he came from the world of Liaozhai, and the world of Liaozhai has no fewer monsters than the world of Journey to the West, it's just that the strengths of the two sides are not equal.

The reason why some monsters do evil everywhere is actually not because of their nature.

Just as a wild animal walks out of the forest, it still eats people because it wants to survive.

To put it simply, many monsters act on instinct, with no one to guide them, no one to tell them what is right or wrong.

For example, cannibalism, for many monsters, what is the difference between cannibalism and eating other animals?Are they all meat?

In fact, people are the same...

People eat pork and chicken with peace of mind, without any burden at all.

But if you eat dog meat... that might trigger a war of words.

Strictly speaking, pigs, dogs, cows, chickens, ducks, etc., all belong to domestic animals.

However, sometimes, the dog's status is often elevated to a level almost equal to that of a human being...

In Gu Ming's previous life, there was even a farce where people knelt down to apologize to dogs.

When a dog bites a person, it is because it is an animal and not sensible, so it can be forgiven.If a person beats a dog... the dog is not sensible, and you are not sensible either?

Closer to home.

In any case, Gu Ming has no ill feeling toward these three rhinoceros spirits, just taking this opportunity to properly guide them can be regarded as accumulating some merit.

For practitioners, no matter what school they belong to, or even ordinary people, accumulating merit is a beneficial but harmless thing.

After staying in the temple for two days, Tang Seng found that the incense in this temple was quite prosperous.

Every day, many people come to offer incense and make wishes, or come to thank them.

There was an old man who had been paralyzed for many years. Not long ago, following the advice of others, he was carried by his family to the temple to make a wish, praying that the old man could stand up again. At that time, he would definitely offer two large jars of sesame oil.

Unexpectedly, the old man's legs gradually improved after a few days. The family members were naturally surprised and happy, and fulfilled their promise, bringing two cylinders of sesame oil as offerings.

A businessman had rats in his house, and they often chewed up the goods and clothes in the house.

The businessman ran to the temple to make a wish, hoping to solve the rat problem.

Unexpectedly, it was really a miracle. That night, the house was no longer plagued by rats, and the businessman fulfilled his promise by donating money and sesame oil...

There are many similar incidents.

In short, the people in the city are quite Buddhist, and they like to go to the temple to pray and fulfill their vows whenever they encounter something.

Although it cannot be said to be 100% effective, there are many benefits to be gained.

In this regard, Tang Seng was very pleased, thinking that because this place is close to Daleiyin Temple and surrounded by Buddhism, the people can live and work in peace and contentment.

A few days passed in a blink of an eye, and the Lantern Festival is here.

That night, Tang Seng also had a rare relaxation, and happily went to the street to appreciate the lanterns with his apprentices.

Along the way, it was really "the east wind puts flowers and thousands of trees at night. It blows more and falls, and the stars are like rain. BMW carved cars are fragrant all over the road. The sound of the phoenix flute moves, the light of the jade pot turns, and the fish and dragon dance all night."

When I was enjoying myself, suddenly the Sanskrit sound curled up in the sky, and the Buddha's light shone everywhere.

"The Bodhisattva has manifested himself!"

"The Bodhisattva has come!"

The people were so surprised that they knelt down and worshiped.

Tang Seng raised his eyes subconsciously and found that Guanyin Bodhisattva was also among them. He couldn't help being overjoyed, and hurriedly saluted: "Amitabha, my disciples pay homage to the three Bodhisattvas."

Monkey King naturally also saw Guanyin, and couldn't help but fly up into the air to say hello with a smile.

Unexpectedly, the three bodhisattvas acted as if they didn't know him...

As a result, Sun Wukong suddenly became suspicious, and immediately took a look with his fiery eyes: it turned out to be three goblins.

So he flew down in a hurry, and said to Tang Seng: "Master, don't worship, these three Bodhisattvas are fake, they are monsters!"

"what?"

Tang Seng was taken aback.

Without waiting for Tang Seng's reply, Sun Wukong immediately called out the golden cudgel and yelled at the three goblins: "Where is the goblin, dare to pretend to be a Bodhisattva, you should fight!"

After speaking, he swung the golden cudgel and flew into the air to beat the three monsters.

"Oh my God, why are you even beating Bodhisattvas?"

"Who is this so presumptuous?"

"Sin, sin..."

On the ground, a group of people were in a commotion, accusing Monkey King one after another.

Although they heard Monkey King say that the three Bodhisattvas in the sky were fake, they didn't believe it at all.

In the chaos, the three monsters disappeared in a gust of wind.

"Brother, it's not good, Master was captured by monsters again..."

On the ground, Drifting saw that Master was gone, he couldn't help but roared.

Monkey King was about to chase the monster, when he heard that his master was missing, he hurriedly pressed his cloud head to look for it, and sure enough... his master really disappeared.

Gu Ming saw Tang Seng being swept away by the evil wind, but he didn't try to stop him.

Anyway, this is Tang Seng's difficulty, and those three monsters will not eat Tang Seng's meat. After all, they want to become a Buddha wholeheartedly.

Let's say that after the three monsters took Tang Seng back to the cave, their faces were full of anger.

"Hateful, I didn't expect that monkey spirit to ruin the reputation of the three of us brothers in public."

"Oh, this is embarrassing in public..."

"I don't know if those people will worship our three brothers in the future..."

Hearing the complaints of the three monsters, Tang Seng couldn't help but said: "Amitabha, the three of you seem to be devoted to the Buddha, so why bother the poor monk? It's better to let the poor monk go, maybe the poor monk can ask my great disciple for mercy." ..."

"Shut up, do you think our three brothers can't beat your apprentice?"

"Yes, we just don't want to do it in front of the people."

"You are not very capable as a master, how can your apprentice be any better?"

Tang Seng sighed and said: "Amitabha, the three of you probably don't know the name of the great disciple of the poor monk. His name is Sun Wukong, and he was called the Great Sage Equaling Heaven..."

"What? He is Monkey King?"

"So you are Tang Seng?"

"It's the poor monk."

Having said that, the three monsters couldn't help but change their faces.

At the moment, I walked to the side and started to discuss...

"Since he is Tang Seng, it is better to let him go, and avoid making more troubles."

"No, let him go like this, how shameful are the three brothers?"

"That's right, third brother, think about it, that Sun Wukong swept away our face in front of the whole city and exposed our brother's bottom, this enmity is irreconcilable!"

"I think the three of my brothers have worked hard for many years, bringing countless benefits to the people of Jinping Mansion, treating their illnesses, praying for rain for them, solving their troubles, and even solving family disputes for them...

What are we drawing?

Isn't it just for a good reputation, isn't it just for immeasurable merit?

This is good, I don’t know if the people will believe us in the future..."

Having said that, the hesitant youngest couldn't help but grit his teeth: "Big brother and second brother are right, but Sun Wukong is indeed too hateful. He has ruined our hard work for many years. We must teach him a lesson."

In this way, the three brothers naturally refused to let Tang Seng go, and it was useless to let Tang Seng persuade him.

In short, they want to make Sun Wukong suffer a little bit, get a little lesson, and let out a bad breath...

Chapter 70 Princess of Tianzhu

On the other side, Monkey King couldn't find his master everywhere.

However, a group of common people were relentless and gathered around the third brother to discuss the explanation.

Monkey King was annoyed by the trouble, so he flew out of the city directly to call out the land to ask about the situation.

After asking, I found out that there are really monsters nearby, but they are three rhinoceros spirits, called to avoid the cold, avoid the heat, and avoid the dust respectively.

"My lord, these three monsters did not do evil, but did a lot of good things for the people. They also like to drink some lamp oil and sesame oil on weekdays..."

"Hmph, isn't it considered evil if you dare to impersonate a Bodhisattva?"

Sun Wukong yelled angrily, and flew to the Xuanying Cave of Qinglong Mountain that the land said without saying a word.

When he came outside the cave, Monkey King began to scream angrily, telling the monster to hand over his master quickly.

The three demons came out of the cave and had a theory with Monkey King.

Bi Han said: "Sun Wukong, you take your scriptures, and the three of us are not in trouble with each other, so why make trouble?"

"Bah! Make trouble? How dare you impersonate Bodhisattvas!"

"So what? We pretend to be Bodhisattvas to do good things for the common people..."

"Stop quibbling, hurry up and hand over my master, maybe Lao Sun can let you go."

"It's not difficult to hand over Tang Seng, but you master and apprentice must apologize to the three of us in front of the people of the city, and you are not allowed to reveal our true identity."