[Journey to the West] Monkey, be good

300 years later.

The world of ghosts, the realm of the underworld, and the city of one thought.

The heavens are always bright, and there will never be night;

The ghost world is just the opposite, it is dark all day long, and there is no sunlight.

Now it's the twelfth lunar month in the ghost world, and the end of the year is approaching. It's already freezing cold, and there is no sun. When I think about it, the yin in the city becomes even stronger, and it's so cold that people can't stretch out their hands.

This immortal gentleman has always been cold, but now even though he has recovered his life, he is even more afraid of the cold, so he simply shrank under the blanket, even unwilling to get out of bed.Let the gongs and drums outside be noisy, the fireworks and firecrackers exploded one after another, and the bright fire light penetrated through the screen window.

After a while, a ghost servant gently opened the door, brought in some food, and put it beside the bed where I could reach it with my hand.He called "Young Master" softly again, and said: "I put the things here for you. My city lord personally selected them. They are guaranteed to be sweet but not greasy and not sticky to the teeth."

I don't know who set the rules. Since ancient times, gods and ghosts are not in harmony.

Especially after Su Changxiu made such a fuss thousands of years ago, the two clans completely turned their faces.Although the Jade Emperor has taken the initiative to show favor to the ghost clan in recent years, and the king of the underworld has also become a peacemaker, and has spent a lot of time, but after all, freezing three feet is not a one-day cold, and the two clans have deep grievances. Still tense.

Therefore, in the ghost world, it is generally taboo to have gods haunting, especially the naughty rascals like me, who can't be driven away even after 300 years.In the past, if any priest had to come to the ghost world to do business, most of them would hide their immortality and pretend to be mortals or little ghosts, and they never swaggered through the streets in their real bodies.

Therefore, even though these little ghosts know the identity of this fairy, none of them dare to call me "Xian Shang" directly, and only call me "Young Master" or "Mr. Huanxi".

At this moment, Ben Xianjun lifted the quilt and stretched out his head, squinted his eyes very sleepily and glanced at the low table, and saw that it was a plate of wedding candy.Looking at this ghost servant again, although his face is bloody and his arms and legs are missing, he is wearing a red shirt and has a red ginkgo leaf pinned to his head, which is very festive.Only then did he realize that today is that person's big day, so he said with a smile: "Oh, I said, why is it so lively today? It turns out that the chief of your city has married the demons."

The little ghost servant smiled innocently twice, and said: "Today, the welcoming team sent by Lord Mojun is very long, and it has circled the city seven or eight times! Someone sprinkled wedding candy, peanuts, osmanthus, and money on the city wall." , everyone was having a great time grabbing it, but it was lively. My ghost clan has always been aggressive, and everyone in the demon clan is even more outrageous and unreasonable. The combination of the two is naturally very interesting. You must have never seen it before. Could it be that Don’t want to go and watch the fun?”

Ben Xianjun raised his hand, shook his head and said: "Forget it, I'm afraid of the cold, so I won't go to see it, just bring your heart." Then, Ben Xianjun took out a golden peach and gave it, "Take this To your lord, and pass on a message for me, just say that this lord wishes him and Ji Ye a happy marriage for a hundred years—no, according to their lifespan, it should be a happy marriage for tens of thousands of years."

The ghost servant looked at the golden peach with some curiosity, said "thank you", and happily ran out to return to his life.Ben Xianjun picked up a toffee from the plate, peeled off the paper and put it in his mouth.

It is rumored that Ji Ye's family is the only big business in the Three Realms, and the money is tight.I didn't think it before, but today he is overjoyed, and this immortal gentleman can see a thing or two from the wedding candy he entertained.

Produced by Mojun, it is absolutely extraordinary.

The candy is not only rich in milk flavor and melts in the mouth without sticking to the teeth, but even the oil paper wrapped in the candy is painted with a blushing and heart-pounding color painting - the name of the painting is: "The Devil is on top, the ghost king is on the bottom" - even several A piece of wedding candy is so fresh and refined, it really is a big deal.

Candy Ben Xianjun ate one after another, and couldn't put it down.Not long after, the plate was empty.The paintings on the paper are so beautiful that I am not willing to throw them away. I smoothed each piece and put it carefully under the pillow. I thought about finding paste some other day and pasting these candy papers into a drawing book, so that I can’t sleep Take it out to kill time.

Ben Xianjun clicked his mouth unsatisfied, his throat was a little dry after eating sweets, so he wanted to get out of bed and drink water.But thinking that it was too cold outside the quilt, he retreated again, only hugging the quilt tightly.

At this time, the door slammed again, and someone came in.

Thinking it was a ghost servant, Ben Xianjun didn't even open his eyes, and muttered, "Please pour me a glass of water. Hey, everyone is going to send your master off, why don't you go?"

With a "click", the teapot touched the teacup.Someone brought a glass of water, sat down by the bed, gently lifted the head of this fairy, brought the glass to my mouth, and said with a smile: "As the weather gets colder, Cheng Xianjun, you are getting more and more lazy. The water has to be served by someone."

Realizing that it was not a ghost servant, Ben Xianjun hurriedly opened his eyes.The young man in front of me is dressed in a bright red wedding dress, a red crown on his head, thin lips and narrow nose, long eyebrows and fine eyes, and is extremely handsome.There was a bit of a smile between his sparse eyebrows, and there were small dimples on both sides of his raised mouth, which wiped away the aggressiveness brought about by his slightly sharp facial features.

Su said lightly.

His eyes flickered, and Ben Xianjun drank half a glass of water from his hand, brushed his hand away, and said: "Now I have lost all my mana, and I am sick, and I am very afraid of the cold. The Jade Emperor said Although the old man sent someone to pass the message, saying that after a while, there will be vacancies on the Siming side, so I will let me go down to the realm to go through a few kalpas and reincarnate a few times, so that the damaged soul will be broken The primordial spirit has been repaired. But it’s been 300 years since I waited and waited, and I haven’t seen Si Ming come. No one cares about me, so I’m not happy that I feel sorry for myself, delicate and delicate?”

"You really feel sorry for yourself." Su said lightly, without much praise, but rather sarcasm.He handed back the golden peach that the immortal sent by the ghost servant, "If you really cared about yourself, you wouldn't give this to me today. Are you making an old mistake again? If the Great Sage sees it, It's going to scare him again."

Ben Xianjun snorted, and said: "I take my own peaches as favors. I give them to whom I love, and what do I do with them? But you, come to take care of me at any time, so you are not afraid of that little jealous jar in your family." Overturned, are you anxious?"

Su Qingyan raised his hand to stroke the messy hair on the side of this fairy's cheek, and sighed softly, "Huanxi, don't say that. No matter how angry you are, hiding with me is not an option, you should face it." always have to face."

Here I need to mention the day when I was trapped in Abi Hell 300 years ago.

The Japanese fairy thought that he would die in the flames, but he was saved by Su Qingyan.When I woke up, I found that I had arrived in Yinian City in the ghost world.

It took several months to leave Shilipu, and there was no news from Su Qingyan. I was worried that something would happen to him, but I didn't expect him to go home with his little lover.This lover is no one else, but the demon king Ji Ye who fought against the monkey in Yashan.

This immortal gentleman never thought that Su Qingyan's home is actually located in the ghost world, and it is also the capital of the ghost world, "Yi Nian City".What's more, he lived in the largest mansion in the city, and the people in this city were his family's captive ghost servants, and he turned out to be the Infernal Ghost King who had disappeared for a long time in the Three Realms and everyone talked about it. Su Changxiu.

But Mr. Qingyan said that in the past, Su Changxiu was imprisoned in Wujian and suffered the punishment of karmic fire, and he had already been burned to death.The only one alive today is Su Qingyan, and it can only be Su Qingyan.

As for why Su Qingyan wasn't afraid of Karma, and where the scholar was taken by him, I didn't ask any more questions.

This immortal gentleman once saw that Su Qingyan had two iron whips protruding from the bones of the lute, called "Fenqing", which were his magical weapons.Burning blazingly on the whip is the extremely treacherous blue fire of karma, but the existence of "Fenqing" is not for killing people, but for saving people.The large and small ghosts who passed through the ghost world, as well as the lonely wandering ghosts living in the human world, were whipped and whipped by Su Qingyan, and they were either completely purified or sent into reincarnation.

Scholar is born only because of a ray of desire, there is no previous life and no afterlife, so naturally he cannot be reincarnated.Presumably, Su Qingyan whipped him a few times to purify him.

Ben Xianjun talked about it from left to right, and said with a smile: "These years, thank you for leaving me a place to stay, and sending all kinds of elixir to heal my wounds. The Jade Emperor also treats you well in his heart, and you You are kind to me, so when you have free time, you should go back to the heaven to see his old man. After all, you are still the "Xiuwen Zhenjun" in our fairy world. Although the atmosphere between the ghosts and gods is embarrassing, I believe that In your heart, you must hope that the two races can turn the war into a jade silk, and eliminate the grievances of thousands of years. Otherwise——otherwise, you would not have thought of becoming a fairy. If you can go back, today is not only the marriage of the two races of ghosts and demons, but also It can be regarded as a marriage between the gods and demons, hahaha—"

Su Qingyan quietly waited for this fairy to finish talking and laughing, his face expressionless.Ben Xianjun lost his voice and stared at him.The room suddenly became quiet, only the sound of breathing.Suddenly, he said lightly: "The Great Sage has been looking for you for 300 years. Ever since I knew you were with me, he has come to the ghost world to beg people every day. If you don't go back with him, he is afraid that he will be in the city of my thoughts." Make a big fuss. If this is the case, my marriage will not be able to be concluded today."

Ben Xianjun's face froze, he couldn't hold back his smile, and became cold a little bit.After a moment of silence, he pulled the quilt to cover his head, and said sullenly: "Isn't your little vinegar jar capable of fighting with heaven and earth, explosive combat power, insidiousness, cunning, and scheming? That day, I almost stripped me of you." Get the skin off. If the monkey is making trouble, just let the little vinegar jar drive him away, and come and tell me what to do? I'm very annoying and don't want to hear about him."

Su Qingyan apologized: "I'm sorry Cheng Xianjun. Jiye said that he watched you wandering around me a long time ago and found it extremely annoying. Now that the wedding is imminent, he can't bear it anymore, so he reached a settlement with the Great Sage— - put the Great Sage in."

Ben Xianjun tore off the quilt, sat up suddenly from the bed, almost flinched, and said: "What?!"

Su Qingyan pointed to the door and said, "The Great Sage is outside, waiting for your words."

Ben Xianjun took a peek out, and from the half-closed door, he could only see a red corner of his clothes on the snow-covered ground.

Su Qingyan got up, walked out, and said: "I've said everything I need to say, and the auspicious time is coming soon. I'm leaving, you should think about it."

Ben Xianjun retracted his neck and called to him: "Hey, Mr. Qingyan, wait!"

"Huh?" Su Qingyan turned around, "Why?"

Ben Xianjun jumped out of the bed with bare feet, but was stabbed by the cold floor tiles and jumped a few times. The pain was so painful that he had to go back to bed.

Su Qingyan looked helpless, couldn't help laughing, and said with a smile: "The shoes are under the bed, fish them yourself."

Ben Xianjun stood on the bed, wrapped in a quilt, picked up a small strand of hair on one side of his cheek, and used his palm as a knife to cut off a strand of broken hair while leaving himself a slanted bang that was neither too long nor too short.

Su Qingyan was startled: "What do you mean?"

Ben Xianjun tied the broken hair into a ball, handed it over, and said lightly: "Please give this to the monkey when you go out. He will naturally understand my intention when he sees this. You don't need to drive him away, he I will go by myself. Well, by the way, remember to close the door when you leave."

After getting along for so long, Su Qingyan also understood this fairy's temperament to some extent, so he stopped persuading him.

The monkey came up to meet him, and when he took something from Su Qingyan's hand, his body shook suddenly, and he couldn't stand on his feet.Holding the severed hair tightly, he seemed to be unable to accept it. He raised his head and looked over deeply, but his golden eyes were chaotic and lifeless. Turned around and left.When he walked, his shoulders hung down, and his back looked much more lonely than the vicissitudes in my memory.

At this time, Su Qingyan turned back and closed the door, blocking the sight of this fairy.However, the monkey's last look at me took root in the heart of this fairy, and the thorn was pierced, and it hurt severely——

If you don't have the golden eyes, even if you can still see things, but for monkeys... How is it different from blind people?

Su Qingyan and Jiye were newly married to Yaner, and they went to various places in the Three Realms to play in mountains and rivers, and went happily.

The ghost world could not be turned upside down without the ghost king, whether it was above the court or far away in the rivers and lakes, everything was still in order, and no one dared to make trouble.

Although Su Changxiu was notorious in the Three Realms, it was frightening.But this fairy sees that Su Qingyan is a sincere and good person, worthy of deep friendship.

However, friendship is friendship, now that Su Qingyan, the city lord, is not in the city, how can I, the guest of the city lord, be so stubborn and refuse to leave?What's more, as soon as he left, there was not even a single person in Yi Nian City who could talk to me.So I stayed here for a few more days, feeling bored, and finally returned to the fairyland when it got warmer next year.

The Jade Emperor and his elders were very considerate, afraid that I would be embarrassed to come back by myself, so I found a step for me, and said that Miaoyuan, the Lord of Beihai Sea, was getting married again, so I posted a post to invite me Jun went to have a wedding, and sent several priests to go to the gate of ghosts to take me back to the heaven.

Tsk, Mr. Miaoyuan Shui wished he could get married eight times a year, he must have become addicted to taking money from family members.It's a pity that no one exposed him. We are all immortal officials, and we must reciprocate courtesy and courtesy. Who doesn't want to have a kiss, have a birthday and have a child?That is to say, this fairy is alone, and I only see a lot of money sent out, but I don't know when I can get it back.

When Ben Xianjun first returned to the mansion, Zitong was very happy for a while.He hugged this fairy and cried in distress, but he couldn't persuade him.He said, at that time everyone thought that you and the scholar Lao Shizi died together, and the old man Jade Emperor was also sad for a long time.It wasn't until the King of Ghosts burned a letter that everyone knew that you were still alive, and that you had been staying in Yi Nian City to recuperate.

Zitong looked this fairy up and down carefully, and said: "Your Majesty, it is said that Su Changxiu has been imprisoned in the Infernal Land, how did he escape? You have been recuperating with him for so long, but you are getting more and more haggard. Yes. Did he treat you harshly?"

"No, no." Ben Xianjun smiled and patted Zitong's head, and said, "Su Changxiu is not as scary as the legends say, in fact he is Su—"

Zitong: "Su what?"

Ben Xianjun shook his head: "It's nothing. By the way, what happened to Jin Chanzi after that day?"

"You mean Jin Chan?" Zitong wiped the corners of his eyes, and said, "When he was brought back by the Great Sage, he was seriously injured, his seven orifices were bleeding, and he lost his five senses. After waking up, he remained silent as if he was stupid. But he didn't tell, the Great Sage didn't tell, and your whereabouts are unknown. So everyone doesn't know what happened that day.

"I only heard that Jin Chan had been recovering from his injuries for ten years. After recovering from his injuries, he went to the Buddhist scripture pavilion. He said he wanted to punish himself. He would copy all the scriptures in the building a thousand times, and he would not come out if he couldn't finish the copying. No, It has been copied for 300 years now, and he has never stepped out of the Buddhist scripture pavilion. But the remaining scriptures are enough for him to continue copying for another 1000 years."

"Really? Cough——" Ben Xianjun was stunned, choked, couldn't help coughing for a while, and said: "This seems like something he can do. But if you are too calm, you will be bound by yourself after all. .”

Zitong hurriedly helped me back to the house to shelter from the wind, helped me sit down at the table, warmed my hands with a cup of hot tea, and said, "Your Majesty, why do you only care about Jin Chan and don't ask the Great Sage. I heard that the Great Sage was burnt by karmic fire that day, not to mention losing his sharp eyesight, and he still can't see clearly."

Ben Xianjun shook his hand and almost dropped the cup.Fortunately, he reacted quickly enough to catch the cup before it hit the ground, but most of the water in the cup was still spilled, causing the back of his hand to turn red.Zitong let out an "ah" and was busy wiping this fairy.Ben Xianjun twitched the corner of his mouth, signaling him not to be nervous.

"That—" Ben Xianjun said awkwardly: "On the eighth day of February, I will bring a congratulatory gift to Beihai Palace. How are you preparing?"

Zitong said: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, it has been prepared a long time ago. It is the tonics sent by the palaces and halls when you were injured 300 years ago. They are all good things. It is not shameful to take them out."

Ben Xianjun frowned: "In 300 years, will things go bad?"

Zitong patted his small chest and said, "I've smelled it, and it's still fresh."

Ben Xianjun heaved a sigh of relief: "Fresh is good. But you have to look carefully, don't send out gifts from the Palace of Shuijun before, otherwise it will be a joke. You can figure out the rest .”

Zitong nodded, and asked again: "Your Majesty, it's enough when the gift is delivered. Don't tell me you really go to the wedding. Didn't you like to get involved in these things in the past? And now you are injured again, how good it is to recuperate at home. Why bother to join in the fun?"

Ben Xianjun said: "The Jade Emperor made it clear that I came back this time to attend Miaoyuan's third thousand eight hundred and fifty third weddings. If on the day of Miaoyuan's marriage, this fairy just arrived but the person did not arrive, how could it be Didn't you slap the Jade Emperor in the face?"

Zitong thought for a while, and said, "That's right, that's right. Your majesty is still thoughtful."

Just as he was talking, there was a knock on the door outside.Ben Xianjun now lives in a tall mansion, and the vermilion lacquered solid wood door is no better than a fence, and you can see who is standing by anyone.

Zitong asked, "Who is it?"

"..." No one answered.

The knock on the door paused, and then it rang again.

Two long and one short, very regular, the strength is neither light nor heavy, and the etiquette is thoughtful.

Ben Xianjun winked and said lightly: "Go and see."

Zitong answered "Yes" and trotted out.Not long after, when he came back, there was a cute little monkey by his side.

It's really small, only about a foot high.Golden short hair, golden eyes, wearing a short skirt woven from leaves, looks like Huaguoshan style.But he is neither a star nor a cub.Ben Xianjun has been to Huaguo Mountain many times, but he has never seen him, and he thinks that it is unknown which female monkey gave birth to the baby.

"Who told you to let him in?" Ben Xianjun's face darkened, and he looked like a villain, and said coldly: "Anyone who comes from Huaguo Mountain will be seen."

Zitong pulled the little monkey and said, "Did you hear that? Come on, follow me out."

The little monkey seemed to have nails under its feet, despite its small size, Zitong couldn't pull him.He stood there motionless, holding a small rectangular box in his arms.He carefully held the box with his fluffy little paws, his eyes rolling.It was the first time Xu met, and he was a little bit unfamiliar. He looked at Ben Xianjun with a firm look in his eyes, showing a trace of nervousness, as if he wanted to get close but didn't dare to get close.

Ben Xianjun's heart moved, he changed his mind, hooked his fingers at him, and said: "You, stand up."

The little monkey slowly dawdled over, with its head down.

"Your king asked you to come?" Ben Xianjun asked, reaching out to hug him on his lap.

The little monkey moved its butt a little awkwardly, but didn't make a sound.

Zitong reminded: "Your Majesty, this monkey is too small, I'm afraid it can't talk yet."

Ben Xianjun stared at it carefully, the monkey looked just full-term, and said: "Maybe."

Zitong saw that he was cute, so he raised his hand and touched the monkey's head. He was amused, and said, "Your Majesty, his head still hurts. Haha."

The little monkey shrank its neck.Ben Xianjun thought he was afraid of Zitong, so he took him into his arms to protect him.

The little monkey's body stiffened for a moment, and then suddenly stretched out its arms and hugged the fairy's waist tightly.Although he is not big, his arms are extremely long, and it is really surprising that he can wrap around the waist of this fairy.

Burying his entire face into this fairy's chest, the little monkey arched its back, its vertebrae protruded through the fur, and it was trembling, with a suppressed and dull whimpering sound from its throat.

Listening to this cry, Ben Xianjun felt very uncomfortable, as if his heart was being pulled by something, and he couldn't breathe.Frowning, Ben Xianjun complained to Zitong, "Teach you to touch his head, look, it scares people."

Zitong looked aggrieved: "I didn't do it on purpose, I just wanted to touch him because he was cute. Who knew he was so ignorant of teasing."

Ben Xianjun stroked the little monkey's back to comfort him, and said in a gentle voice: "Okay, good boy, don't be afraid. This brother rubbed your head because he likes you. He didn't mean any harm. Well, show me, your king asked me What did you bring over?"

The little monkey trembled for a long time in this fairy's arms before slowly calming down.He reluctantly let go of his hand, not daring to look directly into the eyes of this fairy, and handed over the small box with his eyes lowered.

When I opened the box, I was stunned, and sighed in my heart—the monkey knew the most about me, and knew how to poke at my most soft-hearted place in one go.

Lying quietly in the box were a cut of hair, a red thread, and...a sentence on a page.