[Journey to the West] Monkey, be good

"Yes..." Ben Xianjun just opened his mouth, and suddenly he heard a "sigh" coming from the room, and then there was a young boy's voice——

"elder brother?"

In addition, there were several low-pitched voices, and the "dingling" sound of heavy objects bumping into each other, but unfortunately it was very complicated and difficult to distinguish clearly.But the young man's voice sounded familiar to me. After thinking about it carefully, isn't it the young man in white who bumped into on the street yesterday?

"It's you, what a coincidence!" Ben Xianjun said.

The monkey asked me, "Do you know these mortals?"

"I have a relationship with this young master." Ben Xianjun said.

When I first met the boy, he looked like an ordinary boy in the world, at most he was a chivalrous man with some kung fu skills.Moreover, this temple is hidden behind the five Jade Emperor temples. If it weren't for Xue Beng, even the monkeys and I would have found it difficult. Why did the boy and these mortals appear in the temple?

A few doubts arose in Ben Xianjun's heart, and he asked, "Why are you here?"

The boy said: "The mountain is blocked by heavy snow, come in and take shelter."

"..."

What I want to ask is why he went up the mountain and why he appeared in the temple. I don’t know if this young man is really young and ignorant. He doesn’t understand what I’m asking, or he pretends to be confused and gives such an ambiguous answer. .

However, since the monkey said that all the people in the temple were mortals, it naturally included young people.In this way, even if he concealed his intention of climbing the mountain, he is just a mortal and has nothing to do with the matter of Mount Di, so I will not ask any more questions.

"You two, it's windy and snowy outside. Come in quickly and close the door." An old man's voice came from the corner.

I judged by my ears, there are at least ten people in the hall, and except for the old man, they are all young and middle-aged.

"What the old man said is true." Ben Xianjun responded, turned around and fumbled to close the door.

The monkey gently closed the door, led me into the house, stopped at a place, and whispered in my ear: "Sit."

Ben Xianjun was kind, squatted down, "tsk..." sighed.

I thought I was sitting on a piece of wood or stone, but I didn't expect that there were soft futons in such a dilapidated temple.

This fairy is inconvenient to move, so he has to rely on the monkey's guidance everywhere.The boy was afraid that he saw something, so he asked, "Brother, what's wrong with your eyes?"

I don't know how far the place where the monkey asked me to sit was from the boy's seat, his voice sounded a bit floaty, he called "brother" one after another, but his tone was very light, and he couldn't hear the slightest intimacy.

"Snowblind." Ben Xianjun said, I still remember his appearance, and the brows are also extremely cold.

"Snowblind?" The boy hesitated slightly.

A series of gentle footsteps came, and the young man seemed to walk in front of this fairy.

I don't know what he did to annoy the monkey, but I heard the monkey stretch out its arms to stop him.

"I have no malicious intentions." The boy said lightly, "You don't need to be nervous, brother in red."

It turned out that this young man caught someone who was older than him and called him "Brother". I thought he was very close to me. It seems that I was being affectionate again.

"Long stay." Ben Xianjun gently pulled the corner of the monkey's clothes.With the monkey around, I wasn't worried about what the young man would do to me. On the contrary, I was a little worried. The monkey became unreasonable and took a mortal man crazy.

"..." The monkey didn't speak, but moved a little, I guess it got out of the way.

"Let me look into your eyes." The boy squatted down, and then a cool hand supported Ben Xianjun's chin, and lifted it up a little.

"Brother, open your eyes wider, do you feel uncomfortable?" the young man said, his tone was as strong as his, neither light nor heavy.

It was the first time that this immortal gentleman was held in his hands and looked at, and it was in front of the monkey again, so he was somewhat embarrassed.I shook my head, and said dryly, "I don't feel any discomfort, that... can you let go first?"

"..." There was a soft rubbing sound of the clothes, and the monkey squatted down.

The boy moved his hand away, and the fairy just said to take a breath, but the monkey's hand replaced it.

Ben Xianjun: "..."

The monkey walked around my shoulder with one hand, and gently fixed my jaw with the other hand, protecting me in his arms.

"So, maybe you can see clearly?" the monkey asked, speaking to the boy.

The boy said "hmm", took out some bottles and cans from nowhere, poured out a lot of ointment with a delicate fragrance, dipped a little of it with a soft cloth, applied it to my eyes, and said, "Brother Changliu, It will take a while for the medicine to take effect, so you support him not to move around."

When the boy uttered the words "Brother Changliu", Ben Xianjun obviously felt that the hand of the monkey pinching my chin tightened involuntarily, and my heart also tightened, and it hurt so badly.

Ben Xianjun felt that under the soft cloth, his eyes were so painful from the weird ointment, he couldn't help the scalding heat overflowing the eye sockets, soaking the gauze.I stretched out my hand to tear off the annoying cloth that made me cry, but before I touched a corner of the cloth, the monkey caught it and held it in the palm of my hand.

"Happy...don't move." Monkey's voice was unusually low and hoarse, he clenched my hands so painfully that he didn't know how to let go, his chin rested on the top of my hair, coaxing: "Be patient, even though Snow blindness can heal itself after a few days of rest, but recovering sooner is also a good thing for you."

"It hurts..." Ben Xianjun said, he couldn't tell where the pain was, and being embraced by the monkey like this, there seemed to be no part of his body that was not uncomfortable.

"Where does it hurt?" Monkey asked, a little anxious.

"It hurts everywhere." I twitched the corners of my mouth, I didn't know whether my expression was crying or laughing, or whether I couldn't laugh or cry, so I said calmly, "Let go, I just don't move."

"..." The monkey was silent for a while, then let go of his hands and said, "Okay, I won't move you."

"Does this medicine hurt so much?" Someone said, "This little brother just gave it to me, don't you think so?"

The air suddenly became quiet.

Those mortals probably think that this immortal gentleman is too delicate to cry out for the slightest thing, and he is contemptuous in his heart.

After a long time, the boy said: "The medicine varies from person to person, maybe brother Huanxi's special constitution makes it more painful."

"Oh, that's how it is." The man said, and turned to comfort me again: "Young master, bear with it, the pain will only last for a while, and the cloth will be taken off soon."

"En." Ben Xianjun nodded, and another teardrop overflowed with the movement, this time it failed to fall on the cloth, but slipped from the corner of his eye.

Before I could wipe it off with my sleeve, the monkey had already gently wiped away the tear for me with the belly of its thumb.I thought he would say something, but there was nothing in my ears except the slow breathing of the monkey.

The fairy and the monkey originally had nothing.If there is something else, it's just wishful thinking of this fairy, Zeng Shu, who has many fools.

After those people comforted this fairy, they started to "ding dong" to busy with the things at hand again, which sounded like they were chiseling stones.

Less than half a moment later, the boy said to me: "Brother Huanxi, take off the soft cloth and try."

"It's all right?" Ben Xianjun was dubious, took off the soft cloth, and tried to open his eyes.I didn't see the sun for a day, and I felt a little uncomfortable at first. I squinted slightly and gradually got used to it.When my vision is clear, what falls into my eyes is a magnified face of a monkey, with a silent expression and scarlet eyes.He half-kneeled in front of me, held my shoulder with one hand, and asked, "How is it? Can you see it?"

"Look... I can see it." Ben Xianjun turned his face away, avoiding the monkey's gaze.This time, I saw the whole picture of this ruined temple, and I also saw clearly what these mortals were doing.

This temple is very tall and empty, the mahogany pillars that the two embraced were engraved with gold-painted cloud patterns, and the glass dome was also covered with various gold flakes and precious stones, countless of them, very magnificent.There are only crooked tables, chairs and benches on the ground, tattered door frames and window frames, messy cobwebs and old gauze, dust so thick that it can be buried up to a person's calf, and a half-burned red candle for an incense burner dumped on the table, and... a life-sized statue The dilapidated god statue is telling the world that this temple was once glorious, but today, this fairy entered by mistake and accidentally saw its downfall.

The god statue was also shaped like a golden light, but now it was lying on the ground, covered with a thick layer of dust, so I couldn't see the exact appearance, let alone which Taoist friend he was in the sky.

At that time, a dozen or so men in coarse linen clothes were digging on the wall with chisels.

Ben Xianjun saw someone chisel out a gemstone and put it in his pocket, and said something in his mouth, "Don't blame the real king, the villain has no choice." The "true king" in his mouth should refer to the owner of the temple. The statue of the god in the temple.I don't know how this fellow Taoist would feel if he saw his idol being toppled from the sky and the money in the temple was stolen.I couldn't help complaining, and said: "It's all right for you to take other people's treasures. This house is so dirty. In return, shouldn't you clean it up for others?"

The man was taken aback, looked at the three of us carefully, and said, "My lord, the three of you are dressed in gorgeous clothes, you must be from other places. You don't know, it's not that we are greedy for the treasures in the temple, but In order to build the Jade Emperor Temple, money is urgently needed, so we have to do it as a last resort.”

"Huh?" Ben Xianjun asked: "Did you get all the money to build the Jade Emperor Temple from here?"

"You continue to dig, and the old man will explain to them." The old man was sitting on the ground to supervise the work, but now he got up and said: "This matter is a long story."

It turned out that this temple was called "Xiuwen Hall", and it was dedicated to "Xiuwen Zhenjun".According to the old man, this temple existed in the generation of his great-grandfather's great-grandfather's great-grandfather, and it has existed for thousands of years.Who exactly is Xiuwen Zhenjun, because of the long history, there is no way to verify it, but there is always such a saying, "Worship Xiuwen, keep safe", even now, this kind of legend still exists.

At that time, Fuyang was not as poor as it is now. There were many rich and powerful people. Everyone had money to contribute money, but no money to contribute. They built such a magnificent temple to worship "Xiuwen Zhenjun", and even imitated it. His real body, molded a statue for him.

But for some reason, one night 500 years ago, while the people of Fuyang were sleeping, thunder exploded, and a bright flame fell from the sky, splitting the temple.

At dawn, the villagers went up the mountain together to check, and saw that the sky fire had burned everything that could be burned in the temple, leaving only the treasures and the statues made of pure gold lying on the ground.Some people tried to lift the statue up, but found that it fell down again and could not be lifted up again.Some people thought of the protection of "Xiuwen Zhenjun" for themselves, and wanted to pay for the repair of the temple and light the incense burner, but found that every time a brick was added to the wall, a brick was broken, and the incense...couldn't be ignited anymore.

Later, without the blessing of "Zhenjun Xiuwen", Fuyang City gradually declined.But the people are simple and honest, and everyone thinks of Zhenjun's kindness. Even if they are too poor to get rid of the pot, no one wants to play with these gems in the temple.

"If it wasn't for the ghosts in the mountain this time, we wouldn't steal Zhenjun's things." The old man said here, his eyes were already wet, "Now worshiping Zhenjun is useless, so we have to use the money to build a temple to worship the Jade Emperor. "

"So that's how it is." I understood clearly, and noticed that the other party had been emphasizing "Xiuwen Zhenjun", but I didn't remember this fellow Taoist in the sky, so I looked at the monkey.The monkey shook his head at me, saying he had never heard of it.I couldn't help raising my eyebrows, and another god who was as nameless as me appeared in the sky, which is interesting.

The old man said again: "Although Zhenjun has left Fuyang, we will still worship him in our hearts just like worshiping the true god. He is a good man."

"Good...human?!" Ben Xianjun was stunned, "Did I misunderstand, he is a human, not a real fairy?"

"Listen to my great-grandfather, it's a human being." The old man said.

Ben Xianjun frowned, "Are you sure... this statue can't be lifted up?"

The old man nodded: "The old man has supported it all his life, and it is dying, but he has never helped it up."

"There is such a thing?" Ben Xianjun and the monkey looked at each other, understanding.

Walking in front of the statue, I knelt down and stretched out my hand to sweep the dust off the statue, only to see that every time one layer was removed, another layer fell on it.The monkey motioned me to get out of the way. He clasped the statue's shoulder with one hand and lifted it up from the ground, but before he let go, he heard a "boom", and the statue fell down again.

"Sirs, you believe me now." The old man said, "It's not that we are greedy for money and disrespectful of humanity. We also wanted to clean up the temple, but something strange happened, the ground was not clean, and the statue was also lifted I'm sorry..."

"..." Ben Xianjun suddenly thought of a person, "Xiuwen Zhenjun", that person seemed to have the word "Xiu" in his name.Looking at the look in his eyes again, Ben Xianjun shook his head and chuckled: "There is no need to help him. If he is willing to fall and sink into hell, even if others try to drag him to heaven, it will be futile."

"You said he was in hell..." At this time, the young man who had been silent by the side since we started talking about "Xiuwen Zhenjun" suddenly spoke. Looking at the god statue under the dust, his pale silver eyes were cold, and he said slowly: "Then what about you, brother Huanxi, are you in hell or heaven?"

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