[Journey to the West] The 500 Years of Feeding Master

◎Why is it an exception to come to his house this year! ◎

After asking, I just learned that there lived a "river god" in the Tongtian River, named King Inspiration, and this King Inspiration blessed Chenjiazhuang with good weather and a bumper harvest every year.This was a good thing, but the king of inspiration needs the people of Chenjiazhuang to pay tribute to a boy and girl every year, and this year it happens to be the turn of Ji Tao and the others to stay at this house.

"What kind of gods, bless the people of one side, just use some tributes, why do they want to eat people?" Sha Wujing sighed.

But Zhu Bajie said: "If you really don't want to pay him tribute boys and girls, you can just move to another place and don't want his protection. It's just that it's not your turn in previous years, so it doesn't hurt." Zhu Bajie rubbed his belly , I don’t pay much attention to this matter, I just want to have a vegetarian meal early.

Zhu Bajie's words almost revealed the thoughts of everyone in Chenjiazhuang. Master Chen cried bitterly: "Yes, what the elder said is that it's all our fault that we are greedy for the benefits brought by the Inspiration King, and luckily we can't get our turn."

Ji Tao and Monkey King looked at each other, and the Monkey King pulled Zhu Bajie aside, and said: "You idiot, don't talk sarcastic." Even so, Monkey King still asked: "Old Chen, I think your family has a great career. If you don’t want to sacrifice your own children, why not just buy two virgins?”

When Tang Sanzang heard this, he became anxious: "It can't be like this, the same boy and girl have their lives."

Sun Wukong only blinked at Tang Sanzang, signaling him not to worry, and sure enough, he heard Master Chen say: "In the early years, there were indeed people who bought virgin boys and girls to fool around, 50 taels for a virgin boy, and 100 taels for a virgin girl. After being discovered by the king of inspiration, he caused a year of drought and a year of floods, and he often came to our Chenjiazhuang for a walk, and he knew the people in our village. Since then, I will never dare to do it again."

Zhu Bajie had such an expression as expected, then Sun Wukong asked Master Chen when the inspiration king would come.Master Chen sighed, and took them to the side hall, but saw that the side hall had long been decorated as a mourning hall, and a child was eating tribute in this hall, Monkey King looked at the child and said: "It must be Is this your child?"

This child is about two or three years old, just learning to speak.Master Chen asked his servants to carry the child down, and said distressedly: "This is my grandson Chen Guanbao. The king of inspiration will come tonight to take away and eat Guan Bao. Hey."

"Amitabha, this child is too pitiful." Tang Sanzang clasped his hands together and said, "Wukong, is there anything you can do to help them?"

"But it's not difficult. Tonight, I will take the appearance of Chen Guanbao, and let the king of inspiration eat him instead."

Hearing what Sun Wukong said, Master Chen looked surprised and said, "Can this elder still transform into form?"

Sun Wukong smiled and took on the appearance of Chen Guanbao, which surprised and delighted Mr. Chen, and immediately asked someone to set up a vegetarian banquet for his master and apprentice.Zhu Bajie had been hungry for a long time, and when he heard that there was something to eat, he was more like a master than Mr. Chen, calling for everyone to go to the table for dinner.A few people ate a few bites, but a woman dragged a little girl to come. This woman was originally the daughter-in-law of Mr. Chen's family. Her husband died early, and now only her mother and daughter are left alone. This girl is the king of inspiration today the virgins who will eat in the evening.Hearing that several elders had come to the mansion, they could help the Chen family survive the catastrophe, so they hurriedly brought their daughter to ask for help.

The girl is also very well-behaved, listening to her mother's words, kneeling with tears in her eyes and begging Sun Wukong.Ji Tao watched from the sidelines, feeling pity in her heart, so she volunteered to change into a girl and deal with the inspiration king.The Chen family knew that Ji Tao was Monkey King's apprentice, so they thanked him a thousand times and did not mention it.

That night, Ji Tao and Monkey King changed into Chen Guanbao and Yicheng Jin, and they were carried by the Chen family to the Dawang Temple of Inspiration. After everyone dispersed, Ji Tao couldn't help but ask Monkey King: "Master, what will happen in a while?" The king of inspiration is here, shall we accept it or not?"

Mr. Chen never said from the beginning to the end that he asked Sun Wukong and others to subdue the King of Inspiration, because in his eyes, the King of Inspiration is a river god, not some evil spirit.He just wanted Sun Wukong and the others to help him get through tonight.But it is impossible for Sun Wukong and Ji Tao to really be eaten by the king of inspiration. This matter was revealed tonight, and the king of inspiration knew that he had been deceived, so wouldn't the king of inspiration come back even more crazily?

Sun Wukong said: "He can bless this side with good weather. Even if he is not a god, he has nothing to do with the heavens. Let me see what his real body is, and then make a plan."

Ji Tao knew that what Sun Wukong said made sense, so she nodded.

Soon after midnight, there was a strong wind blowing outside, Ji Tao could only smell a fishy smell, and soon a monster wearing a golden helmet and armor, with a face that looked like a human but not a human, like a fish but not a fish, came to him .He turned his eyes around the two children, then walked up to Ji Tao, sniffed his probe, showed his sharp and even teeth, and said, "This year's virgin smells so good. Then I'll eat you first..."

After all, the king of inspiration opened his mouth wide, trying to swallow Ji Tao whole.Ji Tao couldn't help covering her nose and shrinking back. When the King of Inspiration opened his mouth, the fishy smell became even stronger... Seeing Ji Tao dodge, the King of Inspiration was not only not angry, but even more excited: "The former little boy When I saw this seat, I would faint from fright, and I would only start to struggle if my flesh and blood were eaten in one bite, and the more I struggle, the more tender the flesh and blood will be." In order to ensure the tenderness of the flesh and blood, he never bites To cut off the children's arteries, they will only eat them one bite at a time, and let them die as late as possible.

At this time, Sun Wukong on the side stretched out his hand and grabbed King Inspiration, and said, "My lord, why did you eat her first and not me first? I want you to eat me first."

The night is long, and the king of inspiration is naturally not in a hurry. He has one night to eat the two children, so when Sun Wukong said that, he temporarily let Ji Tao go. He looked at Sun Wukong and saw that he was very pitiful. , Seeing that he was not afraid of himself at all, he was even more interested, and said, "Little boy, are you not afraid of me?"

"Don't be afraid. Majesty, I beg you to eat me quickly."

Ji Tao couldn't help but help his forehead, the master was really naughty as always... He even teased him before catching the demon.The monster was really fooled, and opened his mouth to eat Monkey King. Suddenly, Monkey King showed his original shape. The king of inspiration saw that the white and clean boy had turned into a long-haired monster. He said, "You, you, what kind of monster are you?"

"Monster? You don't even know your grandpa grandpa. How dare you pretend to be a fairy and eat virgins? Let's see if my grandson beats you to death!"

The King of Inspiration didn't fear him, he transformed his weapon and fought with Monkey King, but after two or three rounds, the King of Inspiration knew that Monkey King was not easy to deal with, so he quickly turned into a puff of yellow smoke and ran away.

Ji Tao also took the opportunity to change back, and asked Sun Wukong, "Master, what kind of monster is this Inspiration King?"

"This is a goldfish spirit." Sun Wukong said, "There is something weird about him, he seems evil but not evil, and he probably came from the sky."

Ji Tao frowned, and went back to Chen's house with Monkey King, and told everyone what happened in the temple.Everyone sighed, but Mr. Chen was worried when he saw the two people who were intact, forced them to live in the wing room with a forced smile.

At night, after the Chen family all went back, Tang Sanzang and the others discussed it, and Sha Wujing said: "Master Chen probably thought that the elder brother and the younger nephew died in place of his grandchildren. Now I am glad to see you all come back safely." I can't get up."

"Amitabha, benefactor Chen is probably worried that the monster will retaliate afterwards. But since Wukong said, the king of inspiration turned out to be a goldfish, so we might as well accept him and go west." Tang Sanzang said.

Ji Tao also said: "That's the reason. Master beat that goldfish spirit away tonight. He won't dare to act recklessly for a while, but when we leave, he will definitely take revenge on the people in Chenjiazhuang even more crazily."

Sha Wujing said: "If the big brother is willing to take action, it will be easy to subdue a mere goldfish spirit. But the people in Chenjiazhuang may not want us to help subdue the demon." Sha Wujing looked at the crowd and found that they They were all a little puzzled, and said, "If they really wanted to tame the monster, they would have invited eminent monks and Taoists to come. Even if they are very ignorant and regard the monster as a river god, they would be even more reluctant for us to intervene in their affairs."

Ji Tao thought about it carefully, and felt that what Sha Wujing said was very reasonable. She subconsciously looked at Sun Wukong, but she heard him say: "Ask old Chen tomorrow and you will know their choice. We have done our best, tomorrow they will If we want to get rid of the demon, we will stay one more day, if we don’t want to, we will continue westward.”

After everyone heard this, they all felt that the big stone in their hearts had been let go, and they went to bed separately, without saying a word or mentioning it all night.

But the King of Inspiration was seriously injured. After returning to the mansion, he realized that it was Tang Sanzang and his party who had passed by this place on their way to the west. Naturally, I also heard that eating the meat of Tang Monk can live forever, which is better than eating hundreds of virgin boys and girls, so he came up with Tang Sanzang's idea.He also thought about the great power of Sun Wukong, and he was not his opponent, so he devised a plan...

In June, it snowed heavily.

The moment the first snow fell, Monkey King woke up. He found a quilt to cover Tang Sanzang, and woke up Zhu Bajie and the others, saying: "Snow in June, it is probably the ghost of the inspiration king." Brothers, you go door to door to wake people up, it suddenly snows in the middle of the night, and how many people will freeze to death in their sleep!"

Both Sha Wujing and Ao Lie left swiftly, and Zhu Bajie muttered: "Brother Monkey, you are really meddling with a mouse, and now you have provoked someone. Are we going to cross the Tianhe River or not?" gone."

Sun Wukong kicked him and kicked him out.

Ji Tao rubbed her eyes and woke up. Seeing the heavy snow falling outside the window, she couldn't help saying: "The king of inspiration is here for us."

"Don't be afraid, I'm still worried that he's going to be so cowardly." Sun Wukong narrowed his eyes slightly, and said softly to Ji Tao, "Today you also suffered a lot of fright, you continue to sleep for a while, there is a teacher, Don't worry."

Ji Tao nodded, lay down next to Monkey King and continued to sleep.

In the early morning of the next day, Zhu Bajie ran to the restaurant in a hurry to eat. Unexpectedly, there were leftovers on the table, and the owner's face was also very stinky, so he said to them: "Elders, you should go quickly Right! If you offend the king of inspiration this time, our Chen family will suffer disaster, and our Chen family will not be able to keep you."

Tang Sanzang had just arrived, and when he heard this, his expression changed slightly, he was a little embarrassed, and also a little unspeakably aggrieved.

In the room, Zhu Bajie shouted: "Do you still have a conscience?! Last night, my senior brother and junior nephew helped you save the lives of your two children. It snowed heavily at night, and my two junior brothers and I were more It’s braving the wind and snow to knock on the door of every household, so that they won’t be frozen to death! You’re not grateful, and you’re going to put on a stinky face for someone to see!”

"I only think that your big brother is going to replace my Guan Baoer to feed the King of Inspiration, who knows that he..."

"What do you mean?! You mean, my elder brother's life is not life?! He deserves to be eaten by that Lao Shizi monster!" Zhu Bajie cursed and saw Tang Sanzang and others, so he said to Monkey King: " Senior brother, my old pig has told you not to help them! Look at the difference between them and white-eyed wolves!"

That old master Chen's face changed a few times, before he could open his mouth, he saw the young servant stumbling over to report, saying, "Master, it's not good, it's not good! People from the Zhuangzi broke in!"

Following the boy's words, dozens of strong men with hoes and rakes broke into the inner courtyard of the Chen family.The leader said: "Chen Qing, didn't you dedicate Guan Baoer and a scale of gold to the king of inspiration!"

Master Chen's face turned pale, and he said to them, "Why did you talk to me?"

The few people who broke in the door were all younger than Master Chen, and they usually called him uncle, but they would call him by his name when they entered the door.The strong man at the head snorted coldly and said, "It's all this joint, what identity do you still hold on to? In previous years, no matter how angry the King of Inspiration was, he would not directly turn the scorching summer into severe winter! It's all because you listened to the demon monk's words and offended you. King of Inspiration!"

As soon as his voice fell, the rest of the people also shouted.

Master Chen shook his hands angrily, pointed at them and said, "What do you want to do?!"

"We have discussed it. In order to calm the anger of the King of Inspiration, we will dedicate you and this group of demon monks to the King of Inspiration, and ask him to forgive us."

"That's right!"

"I beg your majesty to bless us with good weather!"

……

In order to protect himself, Mr. Chen said: "I can't blame me for this matter! It was this elder who said that he would let the king eat instead of Guan Baoer, so I agreed!"

The matter has already involved Tang Sanzang and the others, and it is impossible for them to remain silent. Zhu Bajie stepped forward and shouted: "That King Laoshizi Inspiration is nothing more than a river god. He is a monster cultivated from a goldfish! See you!" Which decent fairy wants to eat a child?!"

Zhu Bajie's words caused everyone to be silent for a while, but soon someone said: "If he is not a god, how can he bless us for so many years? In my opinion, you are like a monster!"

"That's right, aren't you just a pig demon?"

"That's the monkey monster!"

……

The crowd couldn't stop insulting them, Zhu Bajie rolled up his sleeves and began to scold them.In the end, apart from Tang Sanzang and Monkey King, Ji Tao and others also joined in.

After a while, Monkey King dug out his ears, took out the golden cudgel, and threw it on the ground. Suddenly, the earth shook and the mountains shook, and everyone was terrified. Then they stopped cursing and fighting, and they all looked at Monkey King in fear.Sun Wukong curled his lips and said, "Your river god, the king of inspiration, can't do three tricks under my grandson's hands. You want to arrest us and sacrifice to him? Even if you dare to sacrifice, he has Is that capable of killing my old grandson? The king of inspiration designed to prevent our master and apprentice from going west. I must arrest him. Your only choice is to stay at home honestly and wait for my grandson to arrest the king of inspiration gone."

Of course the king of inspiration can't beat Monkey King, otherwise he would have eaten him last night.Of course, the common people have not seen this matter with their own eyes, so they will not believe it completely.Today, they saw the power of the Golden Cudgel. Even if they wanted to object, these men didn't have the guts to face Monkey King head-on.

For some reason, this monkey is clearly thin and small, but it is daunting...

Of course, there are those who are not afraid of him.

As soon as the monkey finished speaking, someone smashed a rotten egg on its head.

A few middle-aged women came here at some unknown time. They were wearing half-worn padded jackets and carrying vegetable baskets filled with rotten eggs and rotten vegetable leaves.They pointed at Sun Wukong and cursed: "Who do you think you are?!"

"Why do you care about our Chenjiazhuang's affairs!"

"We sacrifice boys and girls to the King of Inspiration every year, and he always protects us in good weather. Why don't we sacrifice our children when we arrive at Chen Qing's house!"

"For so many years, their family has also enjoyed the protection of the King of Inspiration, which is in exchange for our child's life! Why is it an exception to come to his house this year!"

"Have you ever died a child?!"

"Why are you meddling in your own business!"