[Journey to the West] Monkey, be good

I looked at Jin Chan, who was dressed in snow-white cassock, as cold as jade, and said, "Holy Monk."

Jin Chan said nothing, his smile was very gentle.

He noticed that the silver lotus seal between his eyebrows was no longer there, replaced by a little cinnabar red mole, reflecting his snow-white skin, adding a touch of scorching heat to the coldness.I was in a daze, knowing that it was Jin Chan who came back, so I lowered my head and respectfully said, "Jin Chan."

Jin Chan stretched out her hand to support my arm, and said softly, "Jin Tao, you and I are already so familiar, there is no need for these formalities."

I said: "Yes."

Jin Chan glanced into the cave through the water curtain and said, "Wukong..."

"The Great Sage's injury hasn't healed yet, and he's been sleeping all these days." I said, leading Jinchan to the water curtain cave, "Do you want to see him? Be careful of the water curtain, don't get your clothes wet."

"Who is this monk? Why haven't we seen him before?"

"Is this your first time?"

"Oh, shouldn't it be the king's master?"

"He was the one who took our great king away, making him unable to return to the mountain, and finally came back from Xitian with injuries all over his body?"

"Don't like, don't like him! Let him go! Hate this monk!"

"Yes, yes, I don't like this monk either, drive him away!"

The little monkeys poked their heads out from behind the rocks on the tree, and first expressed curiosity about Jin Chan's identity, but after a while they began to repel him, throwing him with the shells.

Jin Chan had to cover her face with her sleeve.I hurriedly shouted: "What are you doing? This is the mentor of the Great Sage, Jin Chan, the second disciple of Xitian Tathagata, how can you allow you to mess around and molest?"

"Brother Huanxi, we don't like him, we only like you!" Monkey Boy said.

"..." I lowered my face, feigned anger and said, "Don't talk nonsense, go and pick some fresh fruits for the holy monk to eat."

The little monkey stuck out his tongue, made a face, and ran away.

I turned around and smiled apologetically at Jin Chan, and said, "I'm sorry, these little monkeys are usually kept... spoiled by the Great Sage, messing around, don't take it to heart."

"In my opinion, it's not that Wukong is spoiling them, but you are pampering them." Jin Chan smiled lightly, but what he said made me a little embarrassed, so I had to laugh dryly and said: "They are innocent, Anyone who sees it will feel pain unconsciously."

"Yeah." Jin Chan didn't say much.

I said: "Little monkey boy is going to pick fruit, let's stop standing outside and go into the cave. Don't you want to see him?"

"Jin Tao." Jin Chan called to stop me.

I paused and turned around: "Huh?"

Jin Chan said: "I'm not looking for Wukong today, but for you."

"Me?" I pointed to the tip of my nose, saw Jin Chan nodded, took two steps back, and said, "Alright, then we won't go into the cave. I also have something to ask you. "

"This stone is quite flat, let's just sit here and talk about it." I said, taking the lead to sit down on a bluestone in the forest, and then used my sleeve to clean up the dust on the stone for Jin Chan, motioning him to sit down too.

Seeing me rubbing stones for him, Jin Chan was stunned for a moment, then arranged the cassock gracefully, and sat down slowly.He nodded and smiled at me and said, "Thank you."

I also smiled: "Thank you? Your clothes look very expensive, and the white ones are not easy to wash. How troublesome it is to get dirty?"

"Heh—" This time, Jin Chan's smile finally reached his eyes.He looked at me and stared at me for a long time, until I felt a little uncomfortable being stared at by him, and then he said: "You are much more interesting than I imagined after getting in touch with you. It's no wonder Wukong treats you differently from other people."

"Different? Hey, is there?" I asked knowingly, staring down at a small mushroom not far from the ground, and said, "The Great Sage treats you differently from others."

Jin Chan sighed lightly, with a slightly bitter tone: "Maybe."

I poked the grass that had just sprouted on the ground with my fingertips, and said, "You like him, you can hide it from the Great Sage, but you can't hide it from me."

Jin Chan smiled: "Who doesn't like a peerless hero in golden armor and stepping on auspicious clouds, the Monkey King in the Three Realms?"

"Many people don't like it, even if they like it, it may not be sincere." I said, looking at him with my head tilted, "You know what I mean, what I mean when I say like it."

Jin Chan's eyes were calm, her light-colored eyes looked into the distance, she didn't look at me, and she didn't answer.

I know that at this time, for a holy monk who is dedicated to saving the world and caring about the common people, "silence" is already the best "answer" he can give me.

"You haven't said, what do you want me for?" I remembered his purpose for coming.

Jin Chan said: "A few days ago, someone bloodbathed the West Heavenly Court, you...know it?"

"Well, I heard." I nodded, remembering that day when I saw a monkey covered in blood at the foot of the mountain, I couldn't help but feel terrified.

These days, the monkey has a high fever and is unconscious. I really want to know what happened that day and why he was so seriously injured, but I can't ask him.

Since Jin Chan came today and took the initiative to bring up what happened that day, I might as well ask him, so I said, "What happened that day? Why did the Great Sage come back with all his injuries?"

Jin Chan glanced at me and said, "Do you know who is the person who washed the West Heavenly Court with blood?"

Facing Jin Chan's gaze, I suddenly had a bad feeling.My intuition tells me that my guess these days is likely to be right.Sure enough, he said, "It's Wukong."

"!" Although I had expected it, I was still shocked when I heard Jin Chan verified it with my own ears. I said, "Why? Why did he do it?"

I know Houzi's temperament, even if he is completely like Brother Changliu, he will take revenge when he has revenge, and he will not do such a thing of killing gods and Buddhas for no reason.What's more, today's monkeys are very different from before, let alone do such things.

Jin Chan hesitated for a while, and then said softly, "It's... it's for me."

"!" I suddenly opened my eyes wide.

I thought, when guessing that the matter was done by the monkey, why didn't I also guess that he was doing it for the golden cicada?Or maybe I guessed it a long time ago, but I just don't want to believe it.

It turns out that for the sake of the golden cicada, the monkey can be an enemy of the gods and Buddhas all over the sky, can he bear the sins for him, and he will not hesitate to become a demon?What does the golden cicada mean to him?Just Master?Or is it just a protective desire born of sympathy and compassion?

Maybe he doesn't even know how important Jin Chan is to him?

Jin Chan explained: "Jintao, have you heard of the Buddhist term 'Life Calamity'?"

The buzzing sound of "buzzing" sounded in my ears, and I saw Jin Chan's mouth moving, so I nodded blankly.

"Life calamity comes once every 500 years. If you survive it, you can live in peace for another 500 years. If you don't survive it, you will die." Jin Chan continued: "I once reincarnated nine times, in exchange for [-] gods and Buddhas to survive the calamity safely. I originally thought that this time I could get the scriptures and save all sentient beings, but... who would have thought that the scriptures would turn out to be wordless scriptures."

"No words? Why are there no words?" I muttered, "How could there be no words? Didn't we all agree to use Mahayana Buddhism to save sentient beings?"

"Maybe... Maybe there is a mistake in the heavenly secret." Jin Chan said uncertainly: "But whether it is a mistake or not, the destiny is the destiny, and the wordless heavenly book can't save anyone, and it can't save anyone. And the new 'Life Tribulation' It's coming soon, Wukong couldn't bear to see me being thrown into reincarnation again, so..."

"What will happen then?" I asked, "Jinchan, will you still go through nine reincarnations like last time, and die miserably in each life? If so, brother Changliu, you will be sad, right? Or, will he become a demon? This time he is an enemy of the gods and Buddhas of the heavens, and bloodbathed the West Heavenly Court, and what he has done is almost the same as that of a demon."

"So, I would like to ask you to take good care of him after I enter reincarnation, help him protect his heart, and make sure not to let him fall into the evil way." Jin Chan said.

Even when talking about life and death and facing love and hate, Jin Chan can still remain sober and calm, as if he always knows what the right choice is, and he will never be at a loss.This, I will never be able to do.

"Is this why you came to me?" I asked, twitching the corners of my mouth, and said shyly, "Even if you don't ask me today, I will take care of him and protect his heart. It's just that you don't care about him." What exactly does it mean, maybe he doesn't even know it? Are you sure you don't want to tell him your heart, let him know that you still have him in your heart besides the common people? "

"No need, it's just... a secret between you and me." Jin Chan shook her head with a smile, got up and said, "I'm going back, and I have to clean myself and take a bath before entering reincarnation, many etiquettes, maybe... Jintao, this is the last time we meet. After reincarnation, I may be me, but I may not be me anymore. I hope that by then, I can forget everything I told you today."

I stood up, took a step after him, and shouted, "What about the Great Sage? Are you going to forget him too?"

Jin Chan paused without looking back, and said softly: "Amitabha, Jintao, you must know that I am devoted to cultivating Buddhism, and some things are remembered...it is better not to remember."

"You are so cruel!" I said, "You are too cruel to yourself, and you are too cruel to him! You forget everything, what will he do?"

"He..." Jin Chan chuckled lightly and said, "He has you..."

After finishing speaking, a golden seat of lotus flower emerged from under his feet and ascended to the sky.His figure was still aloof and cold, but gradually moved away.

I stood there in a daze, looking up at the golden cicada's snow-white cassock and the clouds in the sky, until I could no longer see it, until my upturned neck became numb, until night fell, and my hands and feet were frozen cold by the mountain wind. Until a person came and hugged me gently from behind.

So, I easily indulged in the monkey's warm embrace, relaxed my body, and leaned on his chest.Since I haven't spoken for a long time, my throat is a little dry, and I said in a hoarse voice: "Brother Changliu, are you awake?"

"What are you doing standing here?" The monkey tightened his arms, as if I would disappear if he let go.He slept for several days, and when he just woke up, his voice was still a little hoarse and weak, but his gentleness remained the same.

"Jin Chan came during the day, I talked to him for a while." I said, I didn't know what I was afraid of, and held the monkey's hand.

"..." The monkey's body obviously became a little unnaturally stiff. After a long time, he lowered his head and kissed my ear, and said in a low voice, "What did you say, can you tell me?"

"What else can I say when I'm with him, of course it's about you." I smiled, pulled my ears down, and said, "Don't touch me, it's so itchy."

"Go back." The monkey kissed again, then let go of me, took my hand, and said, "I miss you, Huanxi, miss you very much..."