Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons

Wen Jiao had imagined that the three monsters wanted Chiji dead because they were stubborn and bloodthirsty, or they were acting on behalf of others and doing this dirty work. But she never thought that Chiji's death was just a fun thing for the three monsters to do under the banner out of boredom.

The Dragon Snake Sword's brilliance surged, and the sword's light rose and fell like a rapid heartbeat, hinting at the master's anger at the moment. Wen Jiao held the sword in her hand and walked towards the Lion King step by step. The latter hurriedly crawled towards Manjusri Bodhisattva, saying, "You dare to kill me? My master is Manjusri Bodhisattva!"

My son will be the future Sandalwood Merit Buddha! Wen Jiao sneered in anger in her heart.

Are we going to compare the backstage? Although the Brahma behind Chiji and the people of Jiadi is a well-known unreliable person, Yin Wenjiao's backstage is very reliable.

A master named Dangmo Tianzun was standing on earth, a monkey head who was the current Great Sage Equaling Heaven was standing next to her, and there was a good son who was the reincarnation of the second disciple of Buddha, Jin Chanzi, who was waiting for her to come back underground. She just didn't believe it. Even if she killed the Lion King in front of Manjusri Bodhisattva, could Manjusri Bodhisattva still ask her to pay with her life?

Bajie was so shocked by this scene that his face turned pale. He muttered, "Why are they fighting for no reason? Brother Monkey, Brother Monkey, can you please persuade the grandmother?"

Who would have thought that when he turned around, he saw Wukong putting his hand into his ear hole, with the golden cudgel in his hand, staring straight at Manjushri Bodhisattva with a sharp gaze, and he looked eager to try, and he didn't look like he was going to stop the fight.

Bajie stamped his feet, moved to the side, propped up his sleeves to cover his head and face, and squatted in the clouds, pretending that he could see nothing and that he did not exist.

Manjusri Bodhisattva shook his head slightly, and the sword of wisdom in his hand flashed, and once again blocked the Lion King: "Yin Wenjiao, you don't have to be impatient. This lion did not mean to do it."

"It was all unintentional, but the evil has already been done." Wen Jiao saw that he was obviously trying to protect his shortcomings, so she took a deep breath, tightly grasped her sword, and refused to retreat. "Although I am not a Buddhist, I also know that Buddhism attaches great importance to cause and effect. Bodhisattva, the Lion King has already deeply planted the cause, can the fruit be avoided by saying it was an unintentional act?"

Wukong also started to make noises. He had felt deep sympathy for the people of Jiadi when he had heard Wen Jiao's story. Now he saw Manjusri Bodhisattva's intention to lightly cover up the matter, and his face was filled with indignation. "Back then, the Heavenly Court mobilized 100,000 heavenly soldiers, and asked the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King, Nezha the Third Prince, the Four Heavenly Kings, and many other gods to capture me, just because I got drunk and messed up the Peach Banquet. After that, I was chopped by knives and axes, drowned and burned, and thrown into the Eight Diagrams Furnace for 49 days. Then you, the Tathagata Buddha, pressed me under the Five Elements Mountain for a full 500 years before I was able to settle the account. It was all because of my drunkenness that I caused such a disaster. But is it that the Bodhisattva's mount is so precious?"

Manjusri Bodhisattva raised his palm and chanted the Buddha's name softly, "Of course not." Seeing that this matter could not be resolved peacefully, he thought for a moment and said, "Although my lion has caused a great disaster, it was only an unintentional slip of the tongue and a concealment of the truth. I will punish him to go to the country of Najiadi to be the guard of the little queen. He must be loyal to the country and help the country of Najiadi to have good weather and good fortune in all seasons. He cannot return to heaven before the queen passes away."

"The Bodhisattva is fair, and is indeed worthy of being a great Buddhist wise man with a great reputation for kindness." Wen Jiao gently gave him a compliment. She could barely accept this result. After all, the main culprit in this matter was not the talkative Lion King. "But I wonder how the Bodhisattva will punish the Lion-Elephant Peng?"

"The white elephant is Samantabhadra's mount, so I cannot deal with him without permission. Besides, he and the blue lion also received the Buddha's order a few days ago and went to the place they should go." Manjusri Bodhisattva said in a calm and tactful voice, "As for the big peng..." He paused, "His coming and going is not something we can discuss."

Wen Jiao's hand holding the sword suddenly clenched.

Manjushri Bodhisattva talked about a lot of things, but the content was nothing more than two points.

First, the Blue Lion and White Elephant had Buddha's life and could not be moved. Even if they did not have Buddha's life, Manjusri and Samantabhadra Bodhisattvas did not intend to investigate further. After all, these two were different from the Lion King. They were capable generals with great supernatural powers. They were reluctant to sacrifice these two generals for the life of a queen in the lower world.

Secondly, Dapeng couldn't be touched at all. After all, among the three brothers, he was the only one who had a cheap nephew named Tathagata. Even Tathagata couldn't do anything to him, let alone others?

So this is how these three people are treated. If you ask, they are not there, and there are no more. If you ask more, it would be ungrateful.

Wukong was completely confused, but he was smart and immediately figured out the meaning of what Manjusri said. He laughed and said, "Since these three have important matters to attend to, the Queen of Jiadi Kingdom has died suddenly, the sun and moon have been lost for more than eight years, and the people have suffered. They have to swallow it up if they want to."

This monkey is really good at being weird.

Manjusri Bodhisattva shook his head and smiled: "Don't make a fuss, monkey. The people of Jiadi have suffered for nine years, and the lion will help Jiadi for more than nine years in the future, and it has been difficult. As for the sudden death of Queen Chiji, although it is pitiful, it is not difficult for me to protect her reincarnation and give her a destiny of both blessings and wisdom in the next life as compensation, but I am afraid I can't do anything about it."

Wen Jiao put away her sword, without a smile on her face: "The Bodhisattva is right, Chi Ji has entered the reincarnation cycle."

She personally asked Judge Cui to go through the process, ensuring that she would be reborn in the Tang Dynasty in the East in her next life. The Tang Dynasty had always been tolerant of all religious sects, and would never create a disgusting drama where someone would be killed for being an enemy of Buddhism.

Chiji's life as a drought demon is enough to ensure that her fate in the next life will be noble and extraordinary. However, she has committed many sins in this life, so she will face many obstacles and dangers in the next life, and it is inevitable that she will die in an unnatural way.

"Let's end this matter here." Wen Jiao said to Manjusri Bodhisattva, "I promised in person in front of the queen's ghost that I would avenge her, so I did what I did just now. If I have offended you, please forgive me. Since these three monsters each have important matters to attend to, maybe we can settle today's matter when we meet again in the future. Wukong, Bajie, and Xuanzang have been waiting for a long time, let's go back."

Is that the solution? Bajie immediately jumped up, overjoyed. Wukong was still dissatisfied, but seeing Wen Jiao's strange expression, he thought for a moment and followed her: "Madam, is that the end?"

Wen Jiao asked, "Have you ever heard of the story of the Buddha Mother Peacock King?"

Wukong thought for a moment, "I heard that the Peacock King was bloodthirsty and murderous, and once swallowed up the Tathagata Buddha in one gulp. The Tathagata couldn't bear to hurt him, so he simply came out of her side door, just like a mother giving birth to a child. Because of this fate, the Tathagata was not in a position to kill her, and even gave her the title of Buddha Mother. Why are you talking about her all of a sudden, Master?"

Wen Jiao's expression darkened slightly. "The Peacock King was born to the Phoenix, and the Phoenix also had a son, who I heard was a golden-winged Peng bird."

Bajie took a breath and said, "No wonder Manjusri Bodhisattva was so evasive and refused to tell the truth. It turns out that Dapeng, who caused the trouble, is the Buddha's uncle! With such a good nephew, let alone killing the queen of a country, even if he ate up the entire country, who would dare to pursue him?"

Yes, who dares to pursue him? As early as when Wen Jiao heard that the three people who killed Chi Ji were these three monsters, she had been mentally prepared and had already made plans. It would be good if she could seek justice from Manjusri Bodhisattva, but if she couldn't, there were other ways.

"Sun Dasheng, in the future you and your group will have to pass through a place called Lion Camel Ridge. There are three demon kings here, namely the Green Lion, the White Elephant and the Golden-winged Peng Bird." Wen Jiao's voice was very calm, and even in its extreme calmness, it contained a hint of surging emotion.

Wukong realized something, and a golden light flashed in his eyes: "I understand."

"Be sure to let me know when the time comes." Wen Jiao nodded and said.