Journey to the West: The Ninth Life

Canopy's blood was boiling hot, and his eye sockets were sour.

He stood there in a daze, looking at the familiar figure who was only one step away from him, he wanted to go forward, but he didn't dare to go forward.

Habitually, he reached out to touch his face, and wanted to dodge because of inferiority. When he raised his hand, the metal armor made a dull metal sound, and he realized it in a daze.

He is in heaven now.

Now he has regained the majesty and glory of the Marshal of the Canopy. He is no longer that hideous pig demon who is so blasphemous to even glance at the moon.

"Marshal Tianpeng, why don't you take a step forward?" The Jade Emperor's voice was unhurried, with a little condescending gift, and he said slowly: "You have gone through all kinds of difficulties and dangers all the way to the west, and finally returned to the heaven. , don't you want to have a good word with Fairy Chang'e?"

Hearing the sound, Chang'e was shocked all over.

The woman was dressed in white and was originally thin and weak. At this moment, she couldn't restrain her slight trembling. She turned around with tears in her eyes and stared at the face of the canopy motionlessly.

Thousands of years no see.

A farewell, thousands of years have passed.

The vicissitudes of life in the world have gone through several cycles, and the sweet-scented osmanthus tree also bloomed, thank you, and bloomed again, and today she actually saw him again.

While Chang'e was looking at the canopy, the canopy also raised its head and looked at Chang'e.

Eye to eye.

The resolute and strong man's eyes were bloodshot, his fists clenched like stones, and his Adam's apple rolled slightly.

He opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but after a while, he took a deep breath, turned around, and looked at the aloof Jade Emperor.

bang—

Shen Shen knelt down.

Canopy heard his own voice resounding clearly and resonantly in Guanghan Palace.

"The canopy is lucky to be able to return to the heaven today, and I am also fortunate...to be able to see... Fairy Chang'e again."

"I just don't know the Jade Emperor... what orders does the Jade Emperor have for the humble minister..."

He is not a fool, or in other words, he is very, very sober from beginning to end.

The more sober you are, the more powerless and desolate you feel that cannot be restrained.

Seeing Chang'e, he felt agitated, joyful and in a daze, but how could the Jade Emperor let him meet Chang'e so easily for no reason?

Something went wrong.

That is a threat.

Taking a deep breath, I suppressed all my emotions and hid them in my heart, but the hands under the robe were tightly clenched, and the veins were exposed.

And this moment.

Chang'e, who was originally in a trance with red eyes, looked at the resolute side of the canopy who was holding back her words. Suddenly, she seemed to catch something in her heart, and realized the strange atmosphere. She clasped her bare hands slightly, and fell silent, holding her breath. Breathing stopped talking.

Jade Emperor laughed.

He sat high on the ceremonial stage, raised his hands slightly, and a gentle force appeared beside the canopy out of thin air, lifting him from the cold floor of Guanghan Palace.

"Why should the marshal be nervous?"

"I just sympathize with you for your hard work in the lower realm these years, so I bring you here to untangle your mind."

"As for your order..." A meaningful cold light flashed in Jade Emperor's eyes, he changed the subject, his voice sank, and he spoke slowly.

"Since I have come back all the way from the west to learn Buddhist scriptures, compared to the marshal, I should know that there has been a worry in my heart for hundreds of years, which has disturbed me day and night, right?"

The canopy shook.

Taking a deep breath, he forced himself not to show the slightest change in his emotions, stood in place with his back straight, and remained silent for a while.

He made a fist.

He raised his head to meet the Jade Emperor's eyes, chuckled lightly, pretended to be nonchalant, and cupped his hands.

"The Jade Emperor is the head of the Heavenly Court, I really don't know...what can make the Jade Emperor so..."

"Do you really not know, or are you pretending not to know?"

The Jade Emperor snorted coldly, the sound was not loud, but the sound seemed to hit the hearts of everyone present, and the canopy's face became more and more embarrassing.

"Canopy... I really don't know."

"Then I will tell you today!"

The Jade Emperor sneered, looked straight into Tianpeng's eyes, and said without concealment: "My depression is all thanks to your big brother Sun Wukong."

A whole heart sank to the bottom.

Canopy's throat moved slightly, but his face remained calm, his hands arched, his back straight, and there was no fault in his etiquette.

"All the way to the west, the eldest brother slayed demons and provided us with shelter. I don't know what he did wrong to offend the Jade Emperor."

Not angry but laughing.

The Jade Emperor seemed to be annoyed by Tianpeng's pretending to be stupid, he twitched the corners of his mouth, smiled bluntly, and simply turned his face cold, and spoke sharply.

"Tianpeng, as my marshal Tianpeng, with 36 heavenly soldiers in hand, I am very relieved to have finally returned to the heaven after many calamities. Therefore, I give you a special opportunity to take the blame and make meritorious deeds."

The Jade Emperor narrowed his eyes, spoke in a cold voice, with an unconcealable aura of life and death from a superior, and spoke slowly.

"500 years ago, Monkey King made a big disturbance in the Heavenly Palace, and my majesty was swept away."

"Today, I will use his own way to treat his body."

The Jade Emperor's voice was loud, word by word, transmitted to Tian Peng's ears extremely clearly, he only felt that all the blood in his body seemed to be congealed together, the bad premonition became stronger and stronger, and his breathing became more and more difficult. dignified.

The way of the person also heals the body of the person.

That is to say... Huaguo Mountain?

The whole body is full of excitement.

"I want to send someone to shovel Huaguo Mountain for me, and help you solve the knots of hundreds of years. I don't know if Marshal Tianpeng has a suitable candidate to introduce to me, eh?"

The Jade Emperor spoke meaningfully and spoke slowly, as if he was very interested in seeing the canopy's reaction, staring at him intently, not missing any change in his expression.

"I think that Huaguo Mountain cannot be moved."

half an hour.

When the Jade Emperor almost thought that the canopy was going to be silent to the end, he heard this difficult answer that was almost word for word.

For Tianpeng, as the veritable Tianpeng Marshal of the Heavenly Court, he has lived under the Jade Emperor Tianwei for thousands of years, obedience is already flowing in his blood, and he has long been accustomed to it.

Whatever the Jade Emperor asked him to do, he had to do it, and even if the Jade Emperor wanted him to die, he would never dare to have the slightest hesitation.

But at this moment, all the muscles in Tianpeng's body were jumping together tightly, and his fists were also tightly clenched together. He straightened his back, raised his head, and looked in the direction of the Jade Emperor. He said Huaguoshan Can't move.

Hearing Tianpeng's words, the Jade Emperor smiled instead of anger.

The smile was bright, as if he hadn't heard what the canopy said at all.

"Actually, I think that you are the most suitable person to complete this matter in this huge heavenly court. What does the marshal think?"

"You and the monster monkey are like brothers, so we must understand each other. If so, it will be easier to know his weaknesses, and then we will be able to understand more clearly what should be done to make the monster monkey feel the most painful feeling, isn't it?"

The more he talked to the end, the colder and crueler his eyes became.

Tianpeng took a deep breath, knelt down heavily, and his knees collided with the floor, making a muffled sound.

"Jade Emperor, Huaguo Mountain cannot—"

Before the words of persuasion and refusal could be said, the Jade Emperor's eyes had already shifted to Chang'e, his eyes were gentle and generous, where there was not even the slightest bit of life and death just now, on the contrary, he was a little more caring.

"Fairy Chang'e has been alone in Guanghan Palace for thousands of years."

The Jade Emperor chuckled, shook his head, and said with a bit of regret, "It's been too long, even I feel a little worthless for you."

"Tianpeng, if you can solve this problem for you, then I will allow you to marry Chang'e, and promise that you will live forever and never be separated, how about it?"

With a magnanimous smile on the corner of the Jade Emperor's mouth, he looked down at the two of Tianpeng from a height.

Chang'e's pale face showed a little blood. She couldn't help looking at the canopy, but saw the man's side face. There was no trace of joy, but he became more and more silent and restrained.

It's like hiding a huge pain.

Tianpeng pursed the corners of his mouth, the veins on his temples were exposed, throbbing with pain.

"Why, is the marshal not satisfied with the conditions I have given?"

The Jade Emperor seemed to have lost his patience, raised the corners of his lips and sneered, waved his sleeves, stood up abruptly, took off his disguise, and simply got straight to the point.

"I'll give you an hour to think about it."

"Destroy Huaguo Mountain, then I promise you to return to the immortal position and enjoy the incense and glory forever."

"If you are ignorant of current affairs," the Jade Emperor said coldly, "I am afraid that the Marshal is stubborn and will affect the innocent Fairy Chang'e."

The canopy shook violently.

Those eyes, when she raised her head to look at Chang'e, were almost covered with bloodshot eyes, and her eyes were red.

"Your Majesty, I finally... want to say a few more words to Fairy Chang'e."

Canopy heard himself say so.

The Jade Emperor snorted softly and waved his hand, thinking that Tianpeng had agreed to personally go down to destroy Huaguo Mountain, his face looked a little better, he nodded, got up and left.

"How have you been all these years?"

There was a faint scent of sweet-scented osmanthus in the sky, and the petals were fluttering. The Guanghan Palace, which had been desolate for thousands of years, unexpectedly showed some indescribable beauty.

Chang'e spoke softly, trembling indistinctly and imperceptibly, standing only two steps away from the canopy, and asked him, how have you been all these years?

Canopy turned his head, his eyes were red and bloodshot, he smiled and nodded at the woman, he said I am fine.

He said that I went to the West to learn Buddhist scriptures with a monk named Tang Xuanzang, and I also have a senior brother named Sun Wukong, Chang'e, you may have heard of him.

Canopy took a deep breath, raised his head and looked beyond the heavens, to a more distant place.

His voice was very soft, but there was a sense of pride in his tone that moved people and made them unable to restrain their tears.

He said Sun Wukong, he is my elder brother, he is also the famous Monkey King.

Chang'e listened very carefully, and smiled softly at the man who hadn't seen each other for nearly a thousand years.

"Tianpeng, you have changed a lot."

Has it changed?

A trace of vicissitudes and open-mindedness flashed in Tianpeng's eyes, and he nodded, perhaps it has changed a lot.

"Can you tell me the story of your journey to the west?" Chang'e sat on the stone bench under the osmanthus tree, reached out to catch a petal of osmanthus, and said softly: "I am here alone in Guanghan." Palace, I have been here for too long, I want to hear what you have to say."

"Like...like 1000 years ago."

Canopy nodded.

He stared deeply under the sweet-scented osmanthus tree, this woman dressed in white, with picturesque features, was like a thousand years ago, her eyes were focused and gentle.

Perhaps a man has never been so patient in his life.

He recalled little by little, from meeting Gao Laozhuang to slaying demons all the way.

Then Monkey King fell in love with Tang Xuanzang.

Chang'e's eyes were in a trance, as if following his description, she entered a different world. She saw the proud and powerful Monkey King who was happy and enmity, and Tang Xuanzang, who was gentle and elegant and full of Confucianism.

She smiled softly, looked at the canopy, her eyes flashed with complex meanings, "Sun Dasheng, you are really brave, and the holy monk you mentioned...is really happy."

Canopy laughed.

He stood up, as if he had regained the majesty of Marshal Canopy thousands of years ago. With a wave of his hand, he was dressed in black iron and black armor, with a resolute face.

"Chang'e, in this life, I won't believe in anything but my senior brother."

"The Great Sage once told me that as his brother, I don't have to worry about anything, and I don't have to be afraid of anything."

"Because even if the sky falls, he, as a brother, can stand in front and help me up."

The canopy was dressed in a military uniform, black gold and iron armor, and the bottom of his eyes was smudged with the smell of gold and iron horses. He made steel a lot, but was turned into a heart-wrenching softness by the woman in front of him.

He half-kneeled in front of Chang'e. The eyes of a resolute and strong man were bloodshot, and the folds between his brows were uneven like an abyss.

"I have a sentence that has been held in my heart for thousands of years, and I have always wanted to tell you."

Tianpeng looked at Chang'e, stretched out his hand, and slowly caressed the woman's cheek.

"Don't cry."

"Chang'e, Tianpeng has loved the woman he loves the most in his life."

"Don't cry."

After wiping away the tears on Chang'e's face, the canopy paused, let out a long breath, and after a long silence, it was almost difficult to speak.

"I'm not as good as the Great Sage."

"I'm not as powerful as him, and I don't have the distinction between likes and hates. I'm too cowardly."

Chang'e didn't know why, seeing the canopy like this, a bad premonition surged in her heart, she was extremely hurt, her eyes were red, and she kept shaking her head at him, she wanted to tell him no, she wanted to tell him, In her long and lonely life, only him is the only bright color she can look forward to and look up to.

He is an indomitable man, the mighty canopy marshal in this heaven, how can he be cowardly?

"Actually, that's fine."

Tianpeng clenched his fists, and every word he uttered was like rolling over the tip of a knife, excruciatingly painful, but that was exactly the case, and he had to maintain a calm, nonchalant smile on his face.

"Although Guanghan Palace is good, it is still too deserted."

Canopy looked at Chang'e, with deep love and distress in his eyes, and the pain of not wanting to let go. In the end, all of them were turned into a coercive man by this man who was once beaten into the animal world and became the laughing stock of everyone in the heaven. Nothing smiles.

"Chang'e, if you want, why not go down to Gao Lao Village before me, I can send you there, the people there are simple and honest, you will definitely have a good time, or—"

"I'm not going anywhere."

Chang'e interrupted by shaking her head.

This woman, known as the most beautiful woman in the heaven, had poignant and determined eyes. With the most gentle smile on her face, she shook her head at the canopy, saying that she was not going anywhere.

At this moment, no matter how slow Chang'e was, she could still guess what the canopy was going to say next.

The threat of the Jade Emperor, his brotherhood with Monkey King.

Chang'e saw understanding and understanding.

More moving and tolerant.

She reached out and took Canopy's hand.

Word by word, firm and gentle eyes.

"Marshal, Chang'e will go wherever you go, okay?"

All the blood in his body rushed to his brain, his eye sockets were sore, and his temples were swollen and painful.

Even so, Tianpeng couldn't help looking at Chang'e. The man's eyes were bloodshot. He looked into her eyes and asked with almost difficulty, "Do you know what you're talking about?"

Chang'e smiled softly.

Originally, she was stunningly beautiful, but at this moment, when she laughed like this, it almost made everything around her lose their color.

Breathtaking.

"The Marshal said that the Great Sage and you are brothers."

"The great sage said that even if the sky collapses today, he will stand in front and help you back up."

Chang'e smiled and held Canopy's hand, and said slowly: "Although Chang'e is a girl, I don't know what the relationship between you guys is."

"But Chang'e will definitely not become the weakness and hindrance of the marshal."

"Men do something and don't. Huaguo Mountain is the only home of the Great Sage in the lower realm."

Chang'e was dressed in white, and her robe was blown up by the wind. There were tears in her eyes, but there was an indescribable gentle power.

She held Tianpeng's hand, clasped his fingers together, and pressed her palm tightly.

"Marshal's choice is correct. Chang'e can understand and definitely support it."

Tianpeng was shaken all over, all the words were stuck in his throat, and he didn't know what to say anymore.

Chang'e looked up.

Close your eyes.

On the canopy lips, press a kiss.

She said that Chang'e also had a saying, and she wanted to say it to the marshal as early as a thousand years ago.

You treat it like a rock, and you treat it like cattail grass. The cattail grass is as tough as silk, and the rock has no transfer.

Marshal, Chang'e is willing to advance and retreat with you, and to help the Great Sage prop up the collapsed sky with you.

If you think Chang'e is in the way, you are willing to take Chang'e with you.

The woman's eyes are gentle and poignant, but her voice is firm.

marshal.

I will live and die with you, okay?