[Journey to the West] Monkey, be good

The monkey is a stone fetus bred by the heaven and the earth, absorbing the essence of the sun and the moon, and its natural supernatural powers are invincible.

But it is precisely because he is not made of flesh and blood that his flesh and bones are hard and invulnerable; his blood is cold, like ice; even a heart with exquisite seven apertures is as tight and airtight as cast iron. .

He was born unruly, unrestrained, without distinction between good and evil, right from wrong, bloodthirsty, and then committed countless murders.

Although the monkey seldom gets angry in front of this Immortal Lord, I haven't never seen him when he is ready to kill.

I still remember the fight between Houzi and Changliu brother in Huaguo Mountain 2000 years ago. At that time, he was murderous, but it was not half as scary as his current appearance.

Because no matter what happened before, there is always some rationality in the monkey's eyes.Now that he is in human form for the first time, he has not yet been educated by the Bodhi Patriarch, and he spends his whole day in the company of monsters, treading blood and holding a sword, except for the hostility all over his body, there is nothing else.Even this immortal gentleman witnessed it with his own eyes, and he couldn't help but tremble with fear, giving birth to a bit of fear.

But this fairy knows that this place is an illusion in ten directions, and now I can only follow him as a bystander.If the monkey takes a step, I will take a step; if the monkey kills a person, I will say "Big brother, you are good to go" silently in my heart.

The fire illuminated the sky, making it impossible to distinguish day and night.I don't know how many thousands of days and nights have passed, the monkeys seem to be tireless.Countless souls of the dead died under his sword, and thousands of ghosts cried together, praying for gods and Buddhas to come to the world, subdue evildoers, and save all living beings.

Jin Chan appeared at this time.He felt the call of the undead, and under the orders of Tathagata, he led the two venerable dragons and tigers to eliminate the demons.

At that time, there was a silver lotus between his eyebrows, he was dressed in a plain cassock, holding a nine-ringed tin rod, and his appearance was the same as when he first met Pantaoyuan.But upon closer inspection, some differences can be seen.

This immortal gentleman only knows that Jin Chan's temperament has always been pure and noble, so he thinks that his temperament should also be depressed and introverted for thousands of years, showing on the inside but not on the outside.So when I saw him facing the monkey at the moment, with his chin slightly raised and full of confidence, he couldn't help being taken aback——

Jin Chan and Monkey are originally the same kind of people, equally proud, unruly, and omnipotent—it seems that in this world, as long as he wants, there is nothing he can't do, and there is no person he can't get over.

Unfortunately, he met a monkey.

Jin Chan led the two venerables to fight the monkey for hundreds of rounds, but was defeated in the end.

Arhat subduing the dragon was knocked down to the mortal Lingyin Temple, Arhat Fuhu was seriously injured and returned to the West Heavenly Court; Jin Chan was held in the heart by a monkey's sword, and the sword pierced half an inch into the heart, bleeding profusely.

The monkey was cold-eyed, without any pity, and his expression was full of sarcasm; Jin Chan's eyes were terrifyingly bright, as if he couldn't feel pain, and the monkey's figure was reflected in his light-colored eyes, with blond hair and red clothes, which was extremely stunning.

Jin Chan was indifferent, but this fairy's heart really hurt for him - just with this sword, the monkey owed him, and it would be difficult to repay in this life.

The monkey sneered and mocked endlessly: "How about you being a Buddha? How about saving all living beings? If you cross one person, I will kill one; all you can do?"

Jin Chan squinted her eyes, and said calmly: "Who said that I am going to save all the people in the world? Maybe it was the same a moment ago, but now——I have changed my mind."

The monkey curled the corners of his mouth with great interest, and let out an "oh".

Jin Chan said slowly: "It's enough to cross you one by one."

monkey:"……"

Jin Chan: "Since I cross one, you kill one, why should I ask for trouble? It's better to only cross you. If you can have kindness in your heart, the common people will naturally be saved."

The monkey was stunned for a moment, as if he had heard a big joke, and suddenly laughed wantonly, he pierced the sword again, and said coolly: "Hahaha, this is the first time I heard someone tell me that they want to cross the border." Mine. Haha, monk! Don’t you know that I am a demon, what can Buddha do to me?!”

"Hmm!" Jin Chan snorted, a trace of blood overflowing from her lips.He raised his hand to wipe the corner of his mouth, pursed his lips and smiled, and said softly: "In that case, Monkey, do you have the guts to make a bet with me?"

"Don't use aggressive methods to provoke me." The monkey also smiled: "Monk, tell me, what are you betting on?"

Jin Chan said: "Just bet within ten lives, I advise you to be kind and let you become a Buddha."

Ben Xianjun saw contempt and disdain from the monkey's eyes, and also saw firmness and perseverance from Jin Chan's eyes.Jinchan's ideal is to save all living beings, and the monkey is one of them, so Jinchan is willing to give up everything for him.

"In front of you is the first encounter between the golden cicada and the monkey." The smiling scholar's gentle voice sounded in my ear, slowly, but every word was like a knife, slowly sharpening my heart, and said: "How about it, do you think... compared to the first time you met the monkey in the peach forest, how much better is this scene?"

The Immortal Lord looked at the two monkeys and golden cicadas facing each other, one was dressed in gorgeous red, the other was elegantly dressed in silver, even if swords were clashing and swords were on the verge of breaking out, what circulated between the two was not all murderous, on the contrary, there was something unusual Come in harmony.At least the hostility on the monkey's body has subsided a lot compared to before.

"Win by 99 points." This fairy looked into the monkey's eyes and said softly: "99 points is enough, I'm afraid they will be proud if they win by one more point." can not see me.Only Jin Chan was left in his golden eyes.

The smiling scholar seemed to be very satisfied with this fairy's answer, chuckled a few times, and then said: "The ones who are worthy of their pride are behind. The love between Jintao, Jinchan and monkey is unmatched in your eternal life. What Monkey owes Jin Chan is something he will never pay back in eternity."

"Really?" Ben Xianjun twitched the corner of his mouth.

The scholar asked, "Do you still want to read it?"

"Look, why don't you read it?" Ben Xianjun said: "Didn't it say that there are ten lives? Please let me take a look at those who have not lost the first life, I want to know."

Although monkeys are born as monsters, their demon nature is hard to get rid of, but they cannot live forever.

So, he bid farewell to his demon friends, traveled thousands of mountains and rivers, went to Lingtai Mountain, and worshiped under the disciple of Patriarch Bodhi, in order to obtain the way of longevity.

Passing a snow mountain, I saw a frozen teenager sitting on an ice rock by the side of the road.The young man has a handsome appearance, with a cinnabar birthmark between his eyebrows.Ben Xianjun knows that this face is the same as the little monk Jiang Liuer at the foot of the Five Elements Mountain 500 years ago, and it is the reincarnation of Jin Chan.

At that time, the boy hugged his knees with his hands, his thin eyelids drooped, his complexion was extremely pale, and his lips were black and purple. He looked as if he had been deeply poisoned.His whole body was covered with thick ice crystals, it looked as if his whole body was sealed by ice, the ice was translucent, glamorous and unparalleled.

Ben Xianjun felt strange why he would freeze in this vast snow field.At this time, I saw a small snow-white snake slowly crawling out from the crack in the ice at Jin Chan's feet.Only then did I remember that this might be Jin Chan's first reincarnation.In this life, he rescued a frozen snake, but was bitten by the snake instead, so he died before saving the monkey or even speaking to him.

"Alas—" Ben Xianjun sighed, feeling a little sad in vain.

I think, Jin Chan wanted to save the monkey wholeheartedly, but he couldn't really let go of his mortal beings, so he failed in the first life.If he could ignore the snake ruthlessly, at least he could still see the monkey alive.

However, Ben Xianjun was wrong.

The monkey was rushing through the wind and snow, and didn't pay attention to Jin Chan, but stopped because of the little snake blocking the way, looked back, paused, and turned back.He walked over, sat on the ice next to Jin Chan, stretched out his sore legs for a short rest, and naturally raised his hand to brush off the thin ice on Jin Chan's body, then held his wrist and brought it close to his eyes Take a closer look.

Ben Xianjun also leaned over, and saw that there were two snake tooth marks on it, the surrounding area of ​​the wound was black, and the blood had already solidified.Ben Xianjun looked at the monkey's face, and couldn't see any emotion in him, only saw him in a daze.After a long time, the monkey suddenly flipped his wrist and swung his sword to break the white snake.

The monkey snorted coldly, and said, "One will repay the favor, and the other is naive. It is a snake and a scorpion with a very vicious heart, but someone still insists on showing kindness to save it, it is simply stupid!"

Afterwards, the monkey boiled the severed snake into hot snake soup, which filled three big bowls, and drank it very happily.Before leaving, he randomly found a shelter from the wind, dug a hole, grabbed Jin Chan by the collar with one hand, dragged him into the hole like a sack, and buried him.

The gesture was so rude, and the expression was so disgusting; but even though it was rude and disgusting, the monkey still did it—he buried the golden cicada with his own hands.

Standing in front of the unnamed tomb erected by the monkey for Jin Chan, Ben Xianjun glanced at the disgusted look of the monkey scratching his ears and cheeks, even though he was a little sad, he still smiled at him and said lightly: "Jin Chan, this game seems to be yours. Won."

After crossing the snow-capped mountains, there is a lush forest.In the forest, the shadows of the trees are very deep, and the birds are singing, and the beasts are fighting.

While walking, suddenly there was the roar of trapped beasts not far ahead, fearing that some wild beasts had fallen into the hunter's trap.The monkey didn't intentionally come to watch the fun, but it didn't deliberately avoid it either. It walked straight forward until a young medicine man appeared in front of him, applying freshly picked herbs to the front paws of a white tiger.

Hearing the sound of footsteps, the pharmacist turned his head, his eyes as clear as autumn water looked straight at him, reflecting a cinnabar mole on the center of his brow.

Ben Xianjun had already expected it in his heart, so he was not surprised.

But the monkey was obviously taken aback when he saw Jin Chan.Probably he couldn't figure it out, how could the person whom he had buried with his own hands not long ago appear in front of him again?However, although the monkeys at that time were not enlightened, their attitude was not worse than now, so they didn't appear to be panicked.

Xitian Tathagata is proficient in the way of reincarnation, and he has already made Jin Chan drink the water of Wangchuan, step on the bridge of Naihe, and pass through the disk of reincarnation, and reincarnated as a human being.Therefore, although the person in front of him is Jin Chan, he just has the same face as Jin Chan.He was sealed with his past life memories, forgetting everything, but remembering his own obsessions - waiting for someone who must pass at a place where he must pass; persuading him to do good and save him to become a Buddha.

Jin Chan stood up, staring at the monkey for a moment, as if he wanted to say something.The white tiger shook its tail, licked the wound, stood up unsteadily, and ran away into the depths of the forest.The monkey rubbed Jin Chan's shoulder and walked over without looking back.So Jin Chan didn't have time to say anything.

Ben Xianjun guessed that the monkey probably didn't recognize that the young man in front of him was the reincarnation of Jin Chan, otherwise he would have ridiculed him with his temperament.After all, when he bet with Jin Chan, his eyes were full of disdain.

However, as soon as he walked out of the forest and came to the market along the path, he saw a woman crying with a bloody child in her arms. A wounded white tiger was imprisoned in an iron cage next to it. Tied with white gauze, it was the end that Jin Chan had saved.

The monkey was impatient with the woman's cries, and seemed about to explode violently.At this time, Jin Chan came slowly and asked the woman in a warm voice: "Sister-in-law, what happened?"

The monkey glanced at him, and for some reason, the hand that was already on the sword was put down again.He didn't say a word, but he didn't intend to continue on his way.

The woman cried: "My son, my son was injured by this white tiger and died young. He was only three years old when he was three years old."

The onlookers said humanely: "Recently, there have been white tigers biting the villagers every day in the village. We were forced to set many traps in the forest, hoping to catch the white tiger and eliminate the harm for the people. But I don't know who it is that killed the white tiger. Let it go, and treat its wounds. Otherwise, otherwise, the child will not be killed in vain." "

Jin Chan was caught off guard when she heard this.He suddenly raised his eyes and looked at the iron cage.Ben Xianjun believes that he has a clear conscience, but he seems to have a guilty conscience for a moment.

The monkey sat at the tea stand by the roadside, lifted a cup and drank tea, smiled inexplicably, and said calmly: "You save a tiger, but the tiger hurts a person. The nature is hard to change. A beast is a beast. A demon is a demon, and evil is evil. You can't save everyone, and you can't save everyone. Now—do you ever regret saving this tiger?"

"I don't regret it." Jin Chan tilted her head slightly, leaving the monkey with a haughty profile.I don't know if he was blunt or sincere, so he said flatly: "If I can save it once, I will save it; if I can save it for a while, I will save it. If I can't save it once, I can save it twice; if I can't do it twice, I will do it three times;

"If he is stubborn, how about ten times?" The monkey laughed.

Jin Chan took a deep look at him and said, "Then I will give everything to me, and I will live forever."

I was taken aback when I heard this, what kind of determination should I have to say the words "eternal life and eternal life"?

The monkey narrowed his gaze, and after a long silence, he put down Erlang's legs and got up on the road, without turning his head, he said, "Stubborn!"

"Speaking of 'tough mouth', in fact, he has not softened his heart?" The scholar's voice sounded again, and he gloated at this fairy, and asked with a smile: "Jintao, what do you think after watching it for a long time? ?”

Ben Xianjun followed the monkey and said as he walked, "Don't dare to think about anything."

The scholar giggled and said, "Hey, did the monkey promise you 'eternal life'?"

"..." Ben Xianjun stopped and thought about it carefully, but his brain seemed to be empty, and he shook his head blankly: "It seems...never."

The scholar asked again: "So, don't you feel jealous or resentful?"

Ben Xianjun frowned puzzledly, "Why should I be jealous and resentful, now Jin Chan wants to live forever with Monkey, but Monkey didn't promise him?"

"You don't even know how to eat vinegar now, do you know how to fall in love?!" The scholar seemed to be offended by my dullness and numbness, and he said, "Okay, then I will show you some heart-pounding things." !"

Ben Xianjun: "..."

In fact, I want to tell him that I have already endured the heart and the sin that I should suffer on the eve of the Dao Dharma Conference.The pain of severing love is comparable to a thousand swords biting one's heart, the pain is so painful that this fairy has long been numb, so it is easy not to feel the pain anymore.Even if I can feel it, I can bear it.

The screen switched, and in a blink of an eye, the monkey had become the most proud disciple of Bodhi Taoist.Master 72 kinds of changes, somersaulting cloud travels thousands of miles.At this time, the monkey has been influenced by the classics of Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism, and his body has lost a lot of wild spirit, and his gestures and gestures are more elegant than unruly-he already has a bit of today's charm, wild and wild. In short, there is also calmness and introversion—if I hadn’t witnessed the monkey ostentatiously ostentatiously in front of the teachers and brothers after being contradicted, I might have really believed in his evil and felt that he had changed into a different person. people.

Related to his early experiences, Patriarch Bodhi hated and was most afraid of his disciples showing off their skills and being hated by others in his life.However, Monkey's move violated his taboo.

Bodhi reprimanded: "Wukong, come here! Why are you turning into a pine tree if you have nothing to do? Did I teach you 72 ways of changing, did you let you show off in front of others?"

Monkey didn't take it seriously, and said lightly: "I'm not showing off, I'm just discussing and communicating with a few senior brothers."

Bodhi said: "Communication? A god-fart communication! Forget it, I will not punish you, you go."

The monkey was taken aback for a moment, and this fairy's heart also trembled.

This fairy knows monkeys, he didn't intend to show off just now, but he can finally easily control the evil somersault cloud, and he is happy for a while and forgets himself.Although the monkey seldom mentions it to others, this Immortal Monarch knows that Bodhi Dao Patriarch holds a very important weight in his heart, he is not only a mentor, but also a father and brother.At this moment, anyone can say the three words "Let's go" to the monkey, only Bodhi can't.

When the monkey heard this, his voice was slightly hoarse: "Master, where are you telling me to go?"

Bodhi said: "Where you came from, just go back there."

The monkey said: "How can the disciple leave without repaying Master's kindness?"

Bodhi said: "As long as you don't cause trouble for me, I will be satisfied." Pointing to the mountain gate, he said lightly, "After you step out of this gate, you are not allowed to say that you are my apprentice. If you say a word , I will peel your skin and rasp your bones, demote your soul to Jiuyou, and I will surely destroy you forever!"

The monkey didn't go back to Huaguo Mountain, but he traveled all over the world, drinking and chatting with monsters all day long.Everyone was afraid of his ability, bowed their heads and bowed their heads, respecting him as a great sage.But although he smiled, he was never really happy.Every late at night, when the guests and friends are all gone, the monkey always loves the ground as a mat and the sky as a quilt, so he finds a random stone to lie down on, carries a jug of dirty wine, and props himself up on his legs to get himself drunk.

Ben Xianjun remembers a long time ago, when he was in Pantaoyuan, the monkey once leaned at his feet and said something like this:

"Look at these people in the sky. On the surface, they fear me and call me a great saint. But in reality? I know, they have always been in awe of me, but not respected!"

What now?It's the same.

Being expelled from the teacher's school is like a lost dog who has nothing to rely on. What is the difference between being abandoned?So what about singing every night?Inside, you must be lonely.

Meet late and hate.

Ben Xianjun hates himself for not getting to know the monkey earlier, so that he can accompany him through this period of time and let him know that at least one person is willing to treat him sincerely.But now, although I am in the illusion, it is different from the time thousands of years ago. I can only see the monkey, but I cannot touch it.

"Great Sage." The Immortal lay down beside the monkey with his clothes on, and gently put his arms around his shoulders, "The Bodhi Patriarch expelled you from the sect for your own good. After 500 years, you will Understood. And you... No matter what, you still have joy. I don't respect you, let alone fear you, I like you."

Covering the top of the head is a peach blossom tree.The moonlight was faint, casting a graceful shadow of a tree.After all, the monkey was drunk, and the pink and white petals fell all over his body without knowing it.

In the early morning of the next day, a person stood under the tree, dressed in plain clothes, like three layers of snow.This is Jin Chan's fourth life, a wandering young man who is dying of a serious illness, but there is a strong tenacity in his bones.

Why, why.

However, for the sake of the monkey, Jinchan gave up her dream of traveling the world, and is willing to be with her forever in her lifetime.

Jin Chan said: "If you need me, I will always be there. I can't tell you about the next life. But at least for this moment, I can guarantee it."

The monkey stared at him for a moment, turned over and jumped up, with his hands behind his back, and said as he walked, "Follow me."

Carrying a bamboo basket full of dry food and water bags, Jinchan chased after the monkey with a weak and sick body, shaking every step and every step, but stubbornly.

Monkeys are tall, long-legged, and have enormous strides.Jin Chan staggered and was about to faint, but she still gritted her teeth and persisted.In order to stay awake, Ben Xianjun saw that he not only bit his lips to get blood drops, but even the palm of his hand was pinched by himself, and blood oozes from the gap between his fingers.Instead, the monkey walked faster and faster, as if he knew nothing.

Seeing that the monkey is so ignorant of pity and pity, and is so unfeeling to the golden cicada, this fairy should laugh.But looking at Jin Chan's pale and bloodless face and the blood on his lips, I felt so sad and wanted to cry——I was suddenly afraid that Jin Chan had given too much to the monkey, and I myself Can't compare.

While the fairy was in a trance, Jin Chan had already trotted to catch up with the monkey.He was panting and coughing continuously, but he did not forget to ask, "My name is Jiang Liuer, what's your name?"

"..." The monkey's lips trembled, and the words were swallowed back.He shook his head and said flatly, "I...don't have a name."

Yes, his only name was obtained for him by Bodhi Patriarch, called "Sun Wukong".Now that he has left Bodhi's sect, in order not to expose the source of his master's sect, this name can no longer be used.

"No name?" Jin Chan was very surprised: "How did you grow up without a name? How do your relatives and friends call you?"

"I have no relatives or friends." The monkey said lightly.

"..." Jin Chan showed some sympathy, and said, "If you want, I will be your friend from now on. As for the name—" He lowered his head and thought for a long time, until the monkey had gone far away, and then trotted after the monkey again. Go up, "Long stay, how about long stay?"

It turns out that the word "Changliu" comes from here.

The author has something to say: the next chapter should finish explaining the past, and the monkey should come to save Huanxi and Jinchan