[Journey to the West] Monkey, be good

"It doesn't matter whether it's good or bad, as long as it's fate, you can just cherish it." Su smiled lightly.He squatted on the ground and raised his right arm. Ben Xianjun stretched out his hand to pull him up, and asked with a smile, "Mr. Xiuwen, how did you fall to this point?"

"Oh, it's a long story." Su Qingyan talked.Although he looks thin and his slightly pale skin makes him look sickly weak, his actual height is not short, at least not much different from that of a monkey.Therefore, in order not to be touched by the ceiling, he had to lower his head when speaking.

Su Qingyan patted the grass and mustard off his body, and pulled off the wide sleeves to show me.I saw a few large characters stabbed with gold thread on it, "begging by order, and a signboard given by the emperor".

Ben Xianjun remembered that he was also wearing this colorful beggar's clothes on the day of his ascension. It seemed that there were eight large characters on the back of the clothes, "Honesty begs for food, children are not deceived", plus the nine pockets hanging in front of him, it can be described as It was very funny, so he couldn't help laughing and said: "Begging by order, after all, it can't be the order of the Jade Emperor, right?

According to my understanding of his old man, even if he doesn't like someone and wants to punish him, the most he can do is to cut off the three flowers on the top of the person and remove the fairy bone, knock him down from the mortal world or directly throw him into the animal realm, he won't Come up with such a harmful trick of 'punishing people for begging'. "

"Cutting off three flowers, taking out the immortal bones and throwing them into the beast way, isn't this trick... worse than being punished as a beggar?" Su Qingyan raised his brows leisurely.

Ben Xianjun laughed twice: "Hey."

Su Qingyan said softly: "But what you said is right. Naturally, it wasn't the Jade Emperor who punished me for begging. What I did was nothing more than repaying some old debts left before Ascension. After all, taking people's lives to eliminate disasters for others. "

"Well, taking people's money is to replace others..." Ben Xianjun nodded in agreement, and felt that something was wrong. What did he say just now, huh?Take someone's life? !Ben Xianjun raised his eyes, Su Qingyan just smiled, as if he didn't want to continue talking.He said: "Don't talk about me, but you, Cheng Xianjun, why are you here?"

"Me." Ben Xianjun said: "Didn't you knock down my house when you ascended before?"

"..." Su Qingyan was stunned for a moment, and said: "I'm sorry, I'm really sorry. Is the injury on your forehead healed? When I save enough money, I will definitely pay you back."

"It's not in the way, it's not in the way." Seeing his guilt, Ben Xianjun quickly waved his hands and said: "The Jade Emperor has already cured me. The money matter is fine, and the Jade Emperor said that he will cover it for me as soon as possible in the next two days." A courtyard. It’s just that Zitong and I have nowhere to go for the time being, so we remembered that we still have a courtyard house in Shilipu, so we moved here for a few days.”

"It's good that you're fine. But I must pay back the money I owe you." Su said lightly.

Ben Xianjun couldn't help but rolled his eyes, and said in his heart: Hey, this person looks very clever, why is he actually so stupid, he is so poor that he is begging for food, so he still has to think about paying back the money of this fairy?

"But before I have the money to pay you back, I have one more request." Su Qingyan said again.

"What's the matter? But it's okay to say." Ben Xianjun said.

Su Qingyan glanced at the little beggars who were squatting on the ground to eat, and said with an embarrassed smile: "Well... I just heard from you that you have a courtyard house in Shilipu. The house should be very big. Can you see it in everyone's eyes? For the sake of being immortals, take them in? These children have no father or mother, and it is very pitiful to live on the streets."

As if he was afraid that this fairy would not agree, he explained again: "Although I intend to take care of them, they are mortals after all, and I can't take them with me all day. I am looking for a place for them these days. If If your yard is big enough and you don't dislike their noise, can you..."

"It doesn't matter if it's noisy or not." Ben Xianjun said, no matter how noisy it is, it is no more noisy than the Huaguo Mountain of the monkeys. Thousands of wild monkeys shouted at the same time. what can i doonly…

"I don't live alone in the house now, so I need to ask Zitong's opinion." As he spoke, he looked at Zitong, only to see him squatting on the ground playing marbles with a group of children of similar age.

"Flick it, flick it! Whoops, almost!"

"That red one, aim, aim! Yay!"

"Who is it?"

"I, me, me! It's my turn! Blow him to death!"

The children of Tianting were required to familiarize themselves with the Four Laws and Five Classics and recite various formulas since they were young. They were strictly controlled, and they had no time to play at all, and they had never seen small gadgets such as marbles.

A few children finished their meal first, gathered in a corner of the shed, dug a dozen small crooked grooves on the ground, and started playing with marbles.There are transparent beads, painted pottery or white porcelain beads, colorful ones, and single-colored ones, but each one is round and lovely, very beautiful, and it is very eye-catching when rolling around on the ground, quite childlike.

Zitong didn't care whether Ben Xianjun was watching him or not, so he borrowed a few marbles from a child next to him, and played with them, frolicking together.

Seeing this scene, I know that I don't need to ask Zitong's opinion anymore, he must agree.Looking away, Ben Xianjun smiled and said: "My little boy is short of a few playmates, since that's the case, it's a deal."

"Thank you, Su." Su Qingyan cupped his hands and smiled gratefully at me.I held his forearm, and didn't let him really bend down to salute, and said, "We're all fellow Taoists, so why not be polite. Then...now it's late at night, why don't you bring these children and move to my place tonight Go live."

"Thank you very much." Su said lightly, clasping his fists with both hands, and bowed again.Ben Xianjun had no choice but to support his forearm again, and after going back and forth, he also found that he was being impolite, lowered his head and laughed, "Then I will not be polite."

"Zitong, let's go." Ben Xianjun walked over and patted Zitong on the shoulder.He was so engrossed in playing marbles that he was startled and exclaimed, "Ah!"

"Stop playing, my brother has found a place for you to live." Su Qingyan said with a smile, and walked to the wall to pick up his dog-beating stick, golden rice bowl, and a pair of golden chopsticks.

Ben Xianjun thought, in fact, he just looks poor, but in fact he may be quite rich. After all, no matter in the mortal world or in heaven, except for the emperor and a few rich and powerful emperors, there are not many people who can hold gold like him. Bowls and chopsticks to eat.

However, Su Qingyan's next action instantly dispelled this idea.

Because those children heard his greeting and got up in a hurry, one of them accidentally dropped half of the steamed bun in his arms on the ground.But the little friend next to him didn't see it, and stepped on the steamed bun while walking.Su Qingyan saw it, frowned, went over to pick up the crushed steamed bun, patted the ashes, threw small pieces into the mouth, and ate with relish.

Seeing how smooth his movement of picking up steamed buns and the expression of enjoyment in eating steamed buns, I have no doubt in the slightest that he picks up such rotten buns at least three times a day on average.

"Haha." Su Qingyan noticed that the immortal was looking at him, with a slightly embarrassed expression, and said, "That...it's shameful to waste it."

"En." Ben Xianjun nodded and said: "My house is not far away, you come with me."

Su Qingyan got rid of the steamed buns in twos and twos, and asked the little beggars to line up according to their height and hold hands.Zitong walked in the front and led the way, and Ben Xianjun followed him to prevent anyone from getting lost. They left the hut together and walked back.

On the way, I heard Zitong discussing with some children, asking if he could give him some marbles to play with, and how to play them far and accurately.The other party explained a few words and said something, probably agreeing to give him a few, Zitong grinned.Ben Xianjun watched from behind, and couldn't help but bend the corners of his mouth.

"You like children very much." Su Qingyan asked suddenly.Ben Xianjun looked at the jumping children in front of him, and said with a smile: "I just feel kind, but I can't say I like it very much."

"I like them very much. Teenagers don't know what it's like to be sad. Even if they are struggling with food and clothing and living on the streets, there is still a piece of innocence in their hearts. You see, it's just a few marbles that can make them so happy." Su Qingyan said that the bridge of his nose was slightly high, half of his face was hidden in the shadow under the moonlight, making it hard to understand his emotions.

"Not everyone's childhood can be so carefree. There are still some people who are burdened with many things since childhood, even from birth." Ben Xianjun said, thinking that he was also like this when he first cultivated human form. So young, what were you doing at that time?It seems to be chasing monkeys all over the street.

Su Qingyan didn't know what he thought of, and he said "um" very softly.The moonlight seemed to slant to the west, hiding his entire face in the shadow, and his expression looked much darker.

Knowing that he might accidentally remind him of his dark and miserable childhood, this immortal gentleman wanted to find something to say to ease the suddenly cold atmosphere, so he said with a smile: "Actually..."

At this time, a silver light as thin as a cicada's wing suddenly passed quickly from the end of the long street. In an instant, the lanterns on the street were extinguished by the cold light and plunged into darkness.Ben Xianjun realized later that it was not that the atmosphere had become colder, but that the sharp blade that had been drawn just now was a small and delicate ice blade, and the cold air that it emitted made the air freeze.

"Ah, what's the matter? Why is it dark?" The passers-by on the road became anxious, and everyone felt the chill, and in the darkness, everything seemed unknown and unpredictable, which intensified the fear.

The children also started to panic, crying and shouting: "Brother Qingyan, it's so dark! Where are you, we are scared!"

"Don't be afraid, I'm right behind you." Su Qingyan said hastily: "Everyone hold hands and don't run around, the sky will be bright in a while."

After Su lightly coaxed them, Zitong talked almost to them again, and the children became quiet.

There were a few immortals eating supper at the stall on the side of the road. When I heard the sound of bowls and chopsticks being smashed on the table, someone said: "Who is doing something wrong? It doesn't make people eat well." ?”

The store owner is a vicious snake demon, she scolded: "Why don't you eat as usual when it's dark, are you afraid that you won't be able to find your own mouth to feed it into your nostrils?"

A fairy friend at the same table said: "Sanniang, why are you so angry? My brother ate pork intestine noodles in your shop last time, but he ate human large intestines. After returning to the heaven, the Jade Emperor punished him. Wasn't he afraid that you would use human intestines as pig intestines to deceive him if you couldn't see it in the dark?"

Hua Sanniang said: "Don't worry, pig intestines are more expensive than human intestines these days, so I don't want to feed him pig intestines!"

Someone at the next table asked: "Did someone run over while it was dark just now, and I feel like a gust of wind blows?"

"Whoever dares to be a demon in Shilipu is too reckless. Although Shilipu is small, it is backed by five clans of gods, demons and devils. That person came to make trouble. Does he not want to live?"

"It's nothing more than turning off a light, such a small skill, who can't do it."

"Turning out the lights is indeed a small skill, but there are so many people here, but none of us can discover the existence of the other party in advance, and even now we still can't find the other party's aura. Don't you think it's strange?"

"It's a bit strange." Ben Xianjun nodded, went to touch Su Qingyan next to him with his elbow in the dark, and asked: "Mr. Xiuwen, what do you think?" Unexpectedly, this bump was in vain.

"Xiuwenjun? Xiuwenjun!" Ben Xianjun yelled a few times but no one answered, but the chill from before gradually faded, and in the blink of an eye, the lanterns of the whole street lit up again.Everything is still the same as before, only Su Qingyan, he is gone!

Just now in the darkness, someone did pass by.The speed of that person was so fast that I couldn't see who he was, I only vaguely saw a thin cold light that looked like silver but not silver flashing on his right arm.I thought that person was just passing by, but now it seems that he may have come for Su Qingyan.

The other party was able to snatch a large living person away in full view without a sound, and the mana was presumably superior to everyone on the spot.And Mr. Xiuwen was taken away before he even had time to struggle and shout "Help!"This is good, leave a dozen children to me, what should I do?

"Brother Qingyan! Wow——"

Ben Xianjun just started to worry, and immediately a child started to cry.Ben Xianjun hurriedly ran over to coax them, so he tricked them to go back to the courtyard with me first, and their soft-spoken brother will come back at dawn tomorrow.

They were easy to deceive, and followed me back to the courtyard very obediently.Ben Xianjun asked Zitong to take them down to wash, and then allocated a room for them to sleep in.After doing all this, I fell on the bed and made trouble.Su Qingyan was kidnapped, the matter can be big or small.

Being conspired by the enemy is a small matter, but if someone wants to take advantage of Su Qingyan and plot to endanger the Heavenly Court, it will be as big as it is.How to put it, I should send a message to the Jade Emperor as soon as possible, and I can't keep it secret.

My immortal lord's magic power has not been recovered yet, so I had to call Zitong and ask him to burn a stick of incense and pass the news to Yuqing Palace in the same way.It didn't take long to get a reply from Heling, saying that the Jade Emperor was busy with affairs and had gone to the North Heavenly Court these days and was not in the mansion.He said that he had already checked with Lord Zhenying Ling, and he had never heard of anyone Su Qingyan had any grudges or grievances with before his ascension, so it would not be the enemy's revenge.

Ben Xianjun asked Zitong to tell He Ling that the person who kidnapped Su Qingyan couldn't tell whether it was a demon or a devil, he was not like a good person, or he was not a person at all.He specifically emphasized that the opponent used a willow-leaf ice blade as a weapon to extinguish the lanterns in the entire street.

After a long time, Heling replied: "Cheng Xianjun, you don't have to worry about this matter. If you want to come to Xiuwen Jun, your life will be fine."You should play and eat in the world.By the way, Jade Emperor asked me to tell you before leaving that the construction of your new house has started, and you will come back after a few days when it is completed.

"Your Majesty, since He Xiantong said that Mr. Xiuwen is fine, don't worry about it." Zitong extinguished Baiwenxiang and said, "They are all asleep, it's getting late, you should also rest."

"It's done." Ben Xianjun pressed his forehead with a headache, motioned Zitong to help me close the door, took off his shoes and socks, and went directly into the bed without taking off his clothes.

So because of running around all day, this fairy fell asleep not long after lying down.I had a dream again, I don't quite remember what I dreamed of, but it was a sweet dream after all.When I was happy in my dream, suddenly through the wall, there was a sound of "dong dong dong!" The sound of moving boxes and cabinets was disturbing, and I woke up suddenly.

When I opened my eyes, I saw that the sun was already high, and the noise of children came from the yard.Ben Xianjun stepped on his shoes and got out of bed, his hair was a little disheveled, walked to the door, opened the door and squinted his eyes and said lazily: "It's so early in the morning, why are you so noisy, I'm dreaming."

"Your Majesty, we are playing marbles." Zitong said excitedly.

Ben Xianjun was so sleepy that he could only open the left eye, leaning on the door frame, and said in a daze, "Playing marbles is playing marbles. What kind of walls are you smashing, what kind of cabinets are you moving? The thunderbolt and pingpong are so noisy. .”

Zitong said: "Your Majesty, are you drowsy? We didn't move the cupboard, let alone smash the wall."

"Huh?" Ben Xianjun's drowsiness faded a little, he stood up straight, listened carefully, and said: "But it is obviously the sound of someone moving things, um...it seems to be the house next door, no, the one next door Wasn't the door locked when we came last night, was it an abandoned house?"

"It's an abandoned house." Zitong helped me make sure.

"It's really noisy." Ben Xianjun picked out his ears and said impatiently: "Go to the house next to you to see if someone has moved in. If there is, please tell them by the way, even if you want to tidy up the house, you should be smaller." Sound, the neighbors in this neighborhood, look down and see you, will everyone get along in the future?"

"Yes, Your Majesty." Zitong responded, reluctantly put down the marbles in his hand, and said, "Play first, I'll be back in a while!"

Ben Xianjun yawned, but he couldn't sleep anymore, so he had to go back to the house to wash and tidy up his appearance.I was wiping my face with a cloth towel when Zitong rushed into the room like a gust of wind, and even stopped when he stopped, almost bumping his head into the stomach of this fairy.

Ben Xianjun laughed and scolded: "Run in such a hurry, you will die!"

"It's more scarier than seeing a ghost." Zitong pointed to the high-walled compound next door and said incoherently, "Your Majesty, someone has indeed moved into the next room."

"Why don't you just move in with someone else? How did you scare you like this?" Ben Xianjun wiped his hands.

Zitong took a breath and said, "Guess who that person is?"

Ben Xianjun said: "I don't guess, you can just say it."

Zitong pursed his lips: "Your Majesty, why are you doing this? You don't cooperate."

"Huh?" Ben Xianjun's heart moved, and he thought of some improbable but not completely impossible "possibility", and asked tentatively: "That...could it be the one from Huaguo Mountain?"

At this time, there was a commotion in the yard, and the children who were playing shouted happily: "Now there are peaches and bananas to eat, thank you for the good-looking brother!"