[Journey to the West] Empty Enlightenment Bodhi

"Instead of flattering a monster, he might as well flatter Luming's mother."

Before going to bed, Monkey King sighed.

But Bodhi heard his complaints, and said casually: "He started his family with Lu Ming's mother, do you think he never curry favor?"

Sun Wukong just shook his head, and said for a long while, "Master, there is no trace of the demon pill on that national teacher's body."

"Well, it's normal," Bodhi replied indifferently, "If the national teacher had a demon pill in his body, how could he die so early?"

"It's not that I died early, I'm afraid it's a coincidence." Zhu Bajie passed by the two of them, and interjected, "I'll be strangled to death. Hurry up and reincarnate with the king, and be a happy friend in the next life."

The speaker had no intention, but the listener had intentions. Sun Wukong suddenly had a very incredible idea. He looked at Bodhi, but found that Bodhi was also staring at him. Monkey King said hesitantly, "I have an idea."

Bodhi only nodded sternly: "I think our thoughts are the same."

"But what is his purpose in doing this?"

When Zhu Bajie came back from releasing the water, seeing that the two were still discussing, he couldn't help but interjected: "Revenge."

"Revenge?" Sun Wukong and Bodhi repeated it twice, Zhu Bajie chuckled and continued, "You might say, in the next life, the national teacher will be reincarnated into a wealthy family and become a beggar king by force. Isn't that revenge?"

Monkey King & Bodhi: ...

Why would I believe what Zhu Bajie said?

I knew he was talking nonsense, but I was serious?

I feel a little silly, jpg

"Didn't you say that this man abandoned his wife and became a king? If I were your good friend, I would definitely turn into a ghost and come to seek my soul."

Zhu Bajie hummed and said something human.

Sun Wukong and Bodhi looked dignified.

"If I knew it was like this, I should have gone to see my teacher earlier." Sun Wukong just sighed, "I thought he was gone long ago. Who would have thought that it would be a missed opportunity, a missed opportunity!"

Bodhi just recited a Buddha's name: "If you really want to see him, you might as well go to the underworld and see the king of Hades in the ten halls. With your current status, it is only a matter of moving your fingers to make the dead return to life."

Sun Wukong shook his head: "I won't go."

"Come on, it's not like you haven't been there before." Zhu Bajie teased him, "Didn't you, Junior Brother Sha, when you were in Heaven, you must have heard about the great deeds of Senior Brother."

Sand Monk shook his head and said, "Second Senior Brother, if Senior Senior Brother doesn't go, you don't have to push him."

Sun Wukong was not annoyed, he just smiled and said, "I want to be a good person."

Zhu Bajie laughed hahaha: "Hey, what did I hear? The number one demon in the ages said he wanted to be a good man? Why didn't you say that when you killed the heavenly soldiers and generals? Hahaha, be a good man , wouldn’t it make me laugh to death.”

Drifting looked at Sun Wukong worriedly, for fear that Zhu Bajie would offend the ancestor. To his surprise, Sun Wukong just smiled lonely, turned his head to look at the east, and the boundless land spread to the end of his sight. After a while, Sun Wukong said : "A good man is not not killing, but obeying the rules."

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There is a long way to learn from the Western Paradise, and Monkey King and his party walk and walk, and walk and walk, and it takes 30 years to walk.

It's not that he has to go on for 30 years, but since Sun Wukong has the idea of ​​replacing Bodhi, and the teachings he spreads are completely different, he needs to go around a few more times in the mortal world.Three years of road, a few more laps, is 30 years.

In the past 30 years, Sun Wukong has successfully spread his reputation to the entire Xiniu Hezhou. Now, the name of Monkey King in Xiniu Hezhou is no less than the name of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva in Nanfang Buzhou. Of course, with this At the same time, a new kind of thought quickly replaced Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism's "governance by doing nothing", and it was deeply conveyed to some areas of Xiniu Hezhou and Beiju Luzhou—— Sun Wukong's Legalism.

Every time Sun Wukong went to a place, after killing monsters, relying on his own prestige, he made rules for the people in the village along the way - those who obeyed were rewarded, and those who violated were punished.As time goes by, the governance in the village is no longer the so-called rule of man, and no one will say "Lao Tzu is the law of the king, and Lao Tzu is the rules".

Even the head of the village and the patriarch must follow the law rather than personal wishes when dealing with matters.

Whether it is long or short, 30 years is enough for people in the village to change their minds.

Gradually, the concept of the legal system initially entered the hearts of the people here.

30 years later.

Bhikkhu country.

Before Sun Wukong entered the city gate, he heard new news from the city, saying that the national teacher of the bhikkhu country wanted to refine the elixir of life from the hearts of virgin boys and girls.

"This is really a big forest, and there are all kinds of birds. Where did this rumor come from, and someone really believes it?"

"Come on, brother, don't you look at you back then and say that our master's meat is so tender that you can live forever if you eat it," Zhu Bajie groaned at Monkey King, "What a lie, why are people still believing it? "

"Can it be the same for me? If it wasn't for you making a fuss, would the monsters passing by believe such a crude lie? If it wasn't for Drifting who also made a fuss, would the monsters along the way believe it?"

"Okay, okay, my fault, my fault," Zhu Bajie admitted his mistake without any sincerity, and continued to groan at Sun Wukong, "Without my booing, your rumors would spread quickly. Anyway, in some people In my eyes, your words are the imperial decree, the unchanging truth."

"Second senior brother," Sand Monk saw the flames of war spreading to him, and hurriedly pulled away, "Senior senior brother has a high position, as the Monkey King, and also has the belief of monsters and mortals. Convincing."

"After all, it was my fault?!" Sun Wukong grinned and threatened Drifting Monk.

Drifting only replied seriously, "Yes, big brother."

"I'm so mad!" Sun Wukong said angrily, "Confucius once said that the people are foolish, so the people are foolish. This is so true!"

Zhu Bajie & Sand Monk: So Confucius was so cunning?

"When did Confucius say this? Which chapter or verse, can you recite it to me?" Bodhi got off his horse and asked him casually as he walked forward.

"Hey," Zhu Bajie interjected, "Senior brother is lying to people again."

Drifting rubbed his bald head: "I almost believed it."

Zhu Bajie summed it up: "So, big brother, we really can't blame us for being stupid. As long as we trust you too much. Look, it's like these city residents trust their national teacher, even if their national teacher says If you kill the king, everyone will live a long life, and they will believe it. Don't use the name of Confucius to fool people."

"The people can let them know, but they can't make them know! Isn't this a stupid person, no wonder he wants to be fooled by everyone!"

"..." Drifting Monk & Zhu Bajie & Bodhi

"Although I don't know much, but passer-by, I think your understanding of this sentence is very problematic." A passerby on the side grabbed Monkey King and insisted on explaining the truth of this sentence to him.

"Let the common people follow the path we guide, there is no need to let them know why, isn't this a policy of ignoring the people?"

"The people are stupid, so there is no need to listen to their opinions? Isn't this because the people are stupid?"

……

Monkey King snapped back the words, leaving the passers-by speechless.

"Amitabha." Sun Wukong thought for a while, and felt that although he did not spread Confucianism, Bodhi believed in it. As a gentleman and a disciple, it seemed that he would not influence his patriarch so badly, so he deducted it for himself. A monk's hat.Pretending to be a monk, discrediting Buddhism openly.

"No wonder, no wonder, so this master is a little novice." The pedestrian seemed to have realized something, and let go of the hand that was holding Monkey King, "The meaning of this sentence actually means that the common people don't need to know too much. Just live your life well.”

Sun Wukong: ... Isn't this the foolishness of the people?

But Sun Wukong didn't argue with him any more, he just performed a Buddhist ceremony, then turned and left.

"Master, let's go to the bhikkhu king's palace and see what kind of person this king is, who can believe that young children can make elixir."

The pedestrian grabbed Monkey King just now, and began to explain the whole story in a eloquent manner.

It turned out that since the king got a new concubine a few years ago, he played and sang every day, his physical strength was weak, and he looked around for various medicines to prolong life.

At this moment, a young talent revealed the imperial list and refined the elixir for the king. After the king took it, his physical strength really improved, and he trusted this young talent ever since.

This young talent is also a good-looking talent, not only good-looking, but also able to pray for rain and survive.Several times in succession, the queen thought the concubine was charming, and wanted to put the new concubine to death several times, the king was furious, but this young talent rescued the new concubine from the dying state several times.The young talent of the Kings team was very appreciative, and even made him a national teacher, trusting him a lot.

The new concubine has been rescued by the national teacher many times, and she is also very concerned about the national teacher, and often whispers to the king for the national teacher.

As time went on, the concubine was deeply favored by the king, and the status of the national teacher also rose because of this.

What's more, this national teacher prayed for rain, beat tigers, and repaired roads for the people.

The people are naturally very convinced of the national teacher.

Even if such a thing happened, the people never blamed the national teacher, they only regarded the king as obsessed with ghosts, insisting on the magic of immortality.

Sun Wukong listened halfway, and he had some ideas in his mind. He chanted "the people are foolish, so the people are foolish" all the way, and walked far away.

The advantages of this method belong to him, and the disadvantages belong to the king.

It is exactly the same as the method used by the national teacher of the Wuji Kingdom.

Calculating the time, 30 years is enough for a soul to reincarnate.

It's just a pity, Sun Wukong shook his head, not knowing what kind of virtues Lu Ming's father had accumulated in his previous life, yet he was reborn into a prosperous and wealthy womb.

I am afraid that King Yama's inspection system will have to be changed.

Monkey King thought about going to Yan Luo Hall to have a heart-to-heart talk with Yan Luos another day, and walked into this bhikkhu country while leading the horse.

After passing the Bhikkhu Kingdom, and then passing the Lion and Camel Kingdom, it is Xiaoxitian.

Walking along the way, the group went to the palace of the bhikkhu kingdom.

The king of the Bhikkhu Kingdom really looked like a dog, like a good man, more like a good king—if the new concubine in scantily clad clothes hadn't been limp in his arms.

The king of the bhikkhu kingdom didn't take it too seriously when he heard the announcement from the guards outside. He just stamped his seals and let them go.

However, after Sun Wukong and others walked into the hall, the king suddenly opened his eyes wide, pushed away the new concubine who was feeding him grapes, and rushed down to the hall: "This expert, have we met?"

"Never seen, never seen." Monkey King only said.

The king looked at Sun Wukong suspiciously, for a long time, "But I see that the master looks familiar, as if I have seen it before. It is indeed familiar, familiar."

Sun Wukong didn't say a word, but Bodhi suddenly answered: "This king, we came from the Tang Dynasty in the Eastern Land. We have never passed by Guibao Land, and we have never seen it."

The king pursed his lips and nodded: "I probably saw it in a dream."

Sun Wukong:  …

"We monks don't dream, and we don't easily enter other people's dreams. I'm afraid the donor may have misremembered." Bodhi only performed a Buddhist salute, "Amitabha."

Sun Wukong made Bodhi laugh, but he could only force himself to laugh: "If you dream of me, I'm afraid it's not a good omen. Old Sun, I always only find people to fight and kill, and I don't find people to dream about."

The king startled him, and hurriedly turned to ask the national teacher for help.

The national teacher only nodded with a smile, and the clear voice calmed the panicked heart of the king: "Your Majesty, don't panic." As the words fell, the national teacher stretched out his hand to lift the curtain, walked out of the throne from the side, and entered the hall.

"Several eminent monks, being able to meet my great king in a dream must be a kind of fate." The national teacher clapped his hands twice, and his clear voice echoed in the main hall, "Come, let's go to Suzhai."

Before Sun Wukong could suppress the shock in his heart, he saw the woman in the king's arms turned her face, revealing a familiar yet unfamiliar face.

The gentle and docile temperament was replaced by charm and charm. The girl from Yiqishi's family has now become a demon concubine who seduces the lord.

This kind of change may not only change the appearance, but also the heart.

The national teacher didn't seem to realize it, and the banquet was a pleasure.

Even though the king kept doing some inexplicable things to Su Shou, Lu Ming's face did not waver in the slightest.

Sun Wukong was very angry with his meal, and when Bodhi got up, Sun Wukong stood up with a whimper and turned over the table and chairs.

The national teacher only waved his hand, and the tables and chairs returned to their original appearance.

In the middle of the body, Monkey King heard Lu Ming's low voice again: "If I am a brother, don't worry about this matter."

How could it be ignored?

Monkey King came up angrily, can brothers ignore this matter?

"I'll take care of this matter, my grandson!" Sun Wukong kicked over the table and chairs, and the tables and chairs that had just been lifted up wobbled, and finally fell apart, becoming a piece of debris on the ground.

"Lu Ming, Lao Sun, let me tell you today, I will take care of you, Lao Sun! Your mother has studied the Four Books and Five Classics all her life, three obediences and four virtues, and today I will teach you for him. Do it to people'!"

"Really?" Lu Ming chuckled, not loudly, but arrogant enough, "You also know that my mother has learned the three obediences and four virtues all her life. I hate that thing before it's too late. How can I learn it again? Naturally, I will try my best destroy this scourge."

"Your Majesty, I know you don't want to harm your own people. I have another way here."

The voice of Lu Ming was soft and low, but it was inexplicably creepy.

Like a whisper in sympathy with the world, the words are soft, but with an unguardable fatal blow.

"The four masters and apprentices are all people of great merit and virtue, and they are all compassionate people. If they can be used as medicine, the effect will be better."

"I think, they are all holy monks with the world in mind, they are all flesh and blood, presumably—" Lu Ming's soft voice was magical, as if it was irresistible, "Of course they are willing."

"Holy monk," Su Shou looked at Bodhi sideways, with tall temple hair and soft words, "I heard that the holy monk is the reincarnation of the Buddha, and he must have profound Buddha nature. Now, the lives of hundreds of babies are in the hands of the holy monk." On the hand," the eyebrows and eyes on Su's hand are alluring, charming, and very seductive. Foxes belong to the charming family, and this Su hand is a rare charm fox. At this moment, she can't wait for someone to give her life, but she The words that are spoken are really fatal, and the bare hands touch the red lips up and down, opening and closing, "I just don't know—"

"Can the holy monk be willing to follow the example of the ancestors and save these one hundred babies?"