[Journey to the West] Monkey, be good

"..." The monkey was silent for a while, took the beans and cut them, and said, "Why are you asking this all of a sudden?"

I said: "I want to know why cannibalize people since there is a better way? Although for Jin Chan or the Buddhas of the Western Paradise, it is just a calamity, and even if Jin Chan dies for a lifetime, he will still eat people." There is a next life to live again. But in the eyes of outsiders, it is still too cruel, isn't it?"

"There is indeed a better method, but based on the conditions at that time..." The monkey suddenly turned his head, gave me a deep look, and said, "That method still doesn't work."

"It won't work?" I was taken aback, and asked, "Are the requirements for the implementation of that method so high? What exactly is it?"

"Learn scriptures from the west," said the monkey, pouring the beans into the pot.

"Learn the scriptures from the west?!" I was taken aback again: "This method is much gentler than letting the golden cicada sacrifice his life, and it is not difficult to achieve. Aren't you and the holy monk just learning the scriptures now?"

The monkey stopped looking into my eyes, turned his back to stir fry, and continued: "Mahayana Buddhism can save all sentient beings. As long as someone sincerely learns the scriptures and spreads the scriptures to the world, they can help the gods and Buddhas to overcome the catastrophe. But, At that time, there was no suitable candidate for the scriptures, and it took too long to go through many hardships on the way to the west. At that time, the doomsday of the Buddhas in the west had come, and there was not enough time to wait for a mortal to obtain the scriptures, and then wait for the scriptures to be preached in the world. So I had to let the golden cicada sacrifice her life to relieve the urgent need. After the calamity is over, I will slowly look for Buddhist scriptures to prepare for the next catastrophe.”

"That's it." I nodded and said, "Brother Changliu, is it because of this that you are determined to protect Jin Chan from the west to learn Buddhist scriptures?"

"Me?" The monkey chuckled and said, "Huanxi, you always seem to like to think of me as great. When you look at me now, can you see a halo above my head?"

I really looked up at his head, and said honestly: "There is no golden halo, but there is a golden magic spell."

"Haha." The monkey seemed to be in a good mood, and said with a smile, "When I see the Tathagata, I will definitely ask him to take off the hoop on my head."

"Seeing the Tathagata..." With my arms resting on my knees, I looked up at him with my chin resting on my shoulders, and said quietly, "At that time... you should become a Buddha, right?"

"Perhaps." Monkey said, he filled the dish and walked into the house with it.

I stood up, looked at his back, and smiled wryly in my heart.I thought that when he came back, he really came back.But he forgot that even if he came back, he was still a disciple of Buddhism and had to abide by the rules of the Western Paradise.

"What's the matter? Go back to the house for dinner." Seeing that I didn't keep up, the monkey called me back.I responded and hurried into the house.

Jin Chan's master and apprentice went through all kinds of difficulties and dangers, and finally reached the foot of Lingshan Mountain. They were very excited when they saw that the Tathagata would soon obtain the scriptures.

Now they are in my thatched cottage, knowing that they are not in danger, and they don't need to be wary of wolves, ghosts, monsters, and people's hearts, so they are very relaxed mentally.

Even Jin Chan, who has always been calm and reticent, couldn't help but say a few more words during the meal, showing a little smile.

Jin Chan said, "Wukong, did you cook this meal?"

The monkey smiled and said, "Why, it's not to your liking?"

Jin Chan pursed her lips, smiled very subtly, and said softly, "It's pretty good, I like it very much."

The monkey stopped talking, and added a chopstick to stir-fry lettuce for Jinchan, then pulled the plate of fried lettuce I made in front of him, and ate it with relish while drunk with peach blossoms.

Seeing the monkey drinking, Jin Chan just frowned, but didn't say anything.Bajie said that he would also like a bowl of wine, and the monkey poured some for him.Asking Wujing again if he would drink or not, Wujing looked terrified, shook his head and said, "No, no, no, I don't want it! Amitabha, Amitabha!"

Monkey and Bajie looked at each other and smiled in unison.It was rare for the two of his seniors not to quarrel, they seemed to be in harmony, very warm.

I silently picked up the rice, and I have to say that the monkey's cooking skills are more than one thousand and eight thousand miles better than his writing skills, and the taste is so delicious that it almost catches up with the chef in the fairy world.Although I have never eaten the food cooked by God of Chef, I have smelled the food.At that time, I was just a tree with a crooked neck, and the fragrance wafted upwards from the Jade Emperor's Yuqing Palace in the Three Heavens, and all the way to the Peach Garden!You can be hungry to death!

It's just that although Houzi's cooking skills are good, but watching his master and apprentice gather together, talking and laughing happily, I can't help but feel a little uncomfortable in my heart. I always feel like an outsider, wanting to intervene But I can't find a place to plug in the feet.For example, they talked about the king of the Wuji Kingdom, for example, about the Tongtian River, and for example...

Although I have heard these things from others, after all, I have not experienced them personally, and I cannot empathize with them. I just eat quietly and listen to them.When I was full, I excused myself to go out to digest food, and was about to get up, but the monkey put its hand on the back of my hand and held it tightly.

"Huh?" I turned to look at him.He shot me a reassuring look.So I was relieved again.

The four of them, master and apprentice, have a deep relationship, and they really don't allow others to intervene.But so what?I just want to be close to the monkey, other people, even if the relationship is a little bit distant, it doesn't matter much.

After the meal, Jin Chan said that he was going to visit the Buddha on Lingshan Mountain.In order to show his respect for the true Buddha and his sincerity in vowing to obtain the scriptures, Jin Chan deliberately changed into the brocade cassock that was bestowed by Master Avalokitesvara, and took out his magic weapon, the nine-ringed tin rod.

Bajie and Wujing also carefully arranged their appearance, and Bajie even took a few sips of cold water to wash away the smell of alcohol in his mouth.

The monkey laughed at him: "You idiot, do you think Tathagata doesn't know you've drunk after you clean your mouth?"

"What should I do?" Bajie said, "Grandpa Tathagata will not blame me, right? If I had known earlier, I shouldn't be greedy."

The monkey said: "Don't worry, the Tathagata has too many things to take care of, and I don't have time to take care of you."

"Wukong." Jin Chan said softly, "Okay, don't talk about him, let's go aboard."

"Hehehe, master is in a hurry." Bajie said with a smile, "I will see the Buddha soon, and the great work is about to be completed, so the master is getting nervous."

Jin Chan said: "Bajie, don't talk nonsense! Why are you nervous about being a teacher?" Then he turned and led the dragon horse, and went out of the yard.Bajie followed closely behind with a smile.Wujing nodded to me, picked up his luggage and followed.

"Brother Changliu!" I grabbed the monkey's sleeve.

The monkey said "huh?" and asked, "What's the matter?"

"You...you met the Buddha..." I haven't decided what to say, but subconsciously grabbed him.

I had a disquieting hunch that something might happen when the monkey left.I know that my thinking is ridiculous. After all, there are not many people in the world who can embarrass monkeys, and he has made great merits after obtaining the scriptures. Even the Buddha will protect him. I have nothing to worry about.

Thinking of this, I felt relieved, and slowly let go of my hand.

"Hurry up, Brother Monkey. Master can't wait to see the Buddha!" ​​Bajie shouted loudly after climbing a certain mountain road.

The monkey ignored him, leaned forward slightly, and put it next to my ear, and said softly, "You go to Huaguo Mountain and wait for me."

I froze for a moment before I realized where my anxiety came from.It sounds a bit selfish to say that, I am worried that the monkey will become a Buddha, and he must abide by the precepts and clear rules, and draw a clear line with me from then on.It's just that I didn't expect that the monkey understood me better than myself, and saw through what was thinking in my heart one step earlier.

With his assurance, I am really at ease this time.When he came back to his senses, the monkey had jumped over the fence and was chasing Jin Chan and the others along the mountain road.I put my hands around my mouth to make a trumpet shape, and shouted: "Okay, then I'll wait for you at Huaguo Mountain!"

I don't have much belongings, just some pots, pans, quilts and the like.After the monkey left, I found a big sack, packed those things casually, and carried them on my shoulders, which was regarded as moving.

"Is my great king coming back soon after learning the scriptures?"

The monkeys in Huaguo Mountain look forward to the stars and the moon, and day and night they look forward to the return of the monkeys.Every time I come to Huaguo Mountain, the first time they see me is always to ask me if the monkey has come back, or when the monkey will come back.

My answer is -

"Ah, not yet." Or "Well, soon."

This time they asked again, and I could finally say to them, "I've come back! The Great Sage is going to see the Buddha now. After seeing the Buddha and getting the scriptures, I will come back to see you!"

"really?"

"Really?"

"Really really?"

When the little monkeys heard this, they all surrounded me, hugged my thigh, raised their faces and asked, "Brother Huanxi, my king is really back!"

"Yes." I smiled and stroked the head of a little monkey. His golden hair was very similar in color to the monkey's, but each one was less than half an inch long, and it was extremely difficult to touch.

"Great, the king is back!" They cheered.

A few horse monkeys with great eyesight quickly picked up my luggage and said, "It's from the king's house, you brought all the quilts, are you planning to live with my king from now on?"

"!" I blushed when I was asked, and said, "I'll... move here first, for a few days."

"Hee hee." General Ma Hou helped me arrange my luggage and said, "Actually, everyone likes you very much. We welcome you for a long stay, not to mention a short stay. When the king comes back, we How fun it is to play together. Well, I have a lot of ideas about the king, and I can play!"

"Really?" I raised an eyebrow, helped to make the bed, placed my pots and pans, and said, "Why do you know how to play, tell me?"

"For example..." General Mahou recalled, shaking his head distressedly: "I can't remember, the king hasn't played with us for more than 500 years since he was crushed on the Five Elements Mountain. What game did I play at that time? Just forget it."

"Yeah... 500 years." I looked at the ring on the fourth finger of my left hand, and sighed softly: "I have known the Great Sage for more than 500 years. Looking back now, how does it feel?" ..."

I didn't say anything after that.

After 500 years of ups and downs, the monkey has changed from a rebellious and unrestrained majesty to a calm and dignified monkey today.It also made me change from a naive and ignorant rotten wood to an ordinary person who is now full of sorrows, joys, sorrows and anger.Among them, sour, sweet, bitter, spicy and salty, what kind of taste is it, and how can it be explained clearly in one sentence?

Only I know.I know enough.

It's just that I didn't expect that the monkey went to Leiyin Temple to meet the Buddha, and he went there for half a year.

After half a year, he never returned to the mountain.Because someone made a big disturbance in the Western Heaven Court and started a fight with the Buddhas of the Western Heaven!

On that day, the sky was full of blood, and even the West Heavenly Court, which was always auspicious and auspicious, was shrouded in layers of dark clouds inlaid with golden rims. It was a miserable scene, just like the deepest hell.

The sounds of weapons colliding, screaming, howling... Although I am in Huaguo Mountain, far away from the western sky, I can vaguely hear and see them.

"What happened?" The arm-armed ape stood on the stone platform, looking towards the west sky, and said: "Who the hell has eaten the heart of a bear and dared to go to the West Heaven to make trouble! My king is the one who defeated the Buddha in the West Heaven!" , who dares to cause trouble, can't beat him to death!"

"..." Looking at the eerie red light, I suddenly felt a little uneasy in my heart. I frowned and said, "General Ape, take care of everyone. I'll go to Xitian to have a look."

"Then be careful." Tongbei Ape said.

I nodded, took the water retrograde and went down the mountain.When walking down the mountain, Xitian had gradually returned to calm.I saw one person and froze for a moment.

The monkey stood at the foot of the mountain, as if he had experienced a fierce battle. He was covered in blood, his face, the back of his hands...all the exposed parts were covered with wounds.I don't know how he came back from Xitian, but he seemed to hold his breath and was crumbling.

After seeing me, he choked up a sob, laughed desperately, and called out: "Happy..."

I rushed forward, but before I could touch the corner of his clothes, he collapsed in front of me like a dilapidated stone sculpture.