The Monkey King

On the Gobi desert lined with strange rocks, a steep mountain peak stands alone. The ravines and ravines under the mountain cover the vast land like human dead skin.

A breeze blew by, stirring up yellow sand all over the sky.

In a hazy moment, a golden light fell from the sky, landed on the top of the mountain, and turned into a monk.

This monk is wearing a beige linen robe lined with white monk's robes, holding a golden staff. He is tall and has a majestic appearance. His whole body is emitting a faint golden light. It seems that he must have completed the golden body of the Buddha. people.

After a while, hundreds of little demons in ragged clothes appeared among the rocks and watched from a distance. The monk ignored them and just stood quietly on the top of the mountain with his hands behind his back, his back to the monsters, as if waiting for something.

Soon, a short yellow-haired mink spirit wearing golden armor pushed aside the monsters and came out. Seeing the monk on the top of the mountain, he took a deep breath, bent his body and ran around the strange rocks. He knelt down on one knee a few feet away from the monk and said, "Disciple, see the Venerable Lingji! "

This Lingjifo smiled faintly, turned his head and glanced at the yellow-haired mink spirit and said, "It's been so long, and you still call yourself a 'disciple'?"

The yellow-haired ferret smiled awkwardly: "Well, I have been a disciple of Buddhism for a long time. It depends on whether you admit it or not, the venerable one."

Lingji Buddha raised his head slightly and said with a smile: "It's not difficult to recognize him. If you return the clear oil you stole, I, a poor monk, will recognize you as my disciple."

"This..." The yellow-haired mink spirit hesitated and said with a flattering smile: "Venerable Lingji, it's not like you don't know this. I've eaten all the clear oil, how can I pay it back? However, the little one only achieved today's cultivation after eating the clear oil. Because, if you don't mind it, if you accept Xiao Xiao as a doorman at Daleiyin Temple, wouldn't the lost pure oil be returned to you? In this way, Xiao Xiao can continue to practice Buddhism, isn't it? Not the best of both worlds?”

"Noisy."

When Lingjifo gave such a faint snort, the yellow-haired mink spirit was so frightened that he quickly leaned over and did not dare to speak any more.

Sweat dropped drop by drop on the uneven forehead.

Against the wind. Lingji Buddha looked at the floating clouds on the horizon and said leisurely: "The great Leiyin Temple. Where is the use of a little monster like you to guard the door? The poor monk let you live in the first place, just because he didn't want to be stained with blood and delay your cultivation."

"Yes, that's what Venerable Lingji said." The yellow-haired mink spirit kowtowed quickly and said, "I thank Venerable Lingji for not killing me."

Slowly turning around, Lingjifo looked down at the yellow-haired mink spirit who was prostrating on the ground, took a deep breath and said, "I heard that you have a new name now. Is it called the Great Sage Huangfeng?"

"This..." The yellow-haired mink spirit stretched out his hand to wipe his sweat, and said tremblingly: "It made Venerable Lingji laugh. The 'Huangfeng Great Sage' was just talking to my servants. If we meet someone on the road, Monsters of the same level are just called Yellow Wind Monsters. How can such a name be heard by the Venerable Lingji?"

"Forget it, from now on, how about I call you Huang Feng?"

"Thank you, Venerable, for giving me the name! Thank you, Venerable, for giving me the name!" The Yellow Wind Monster hurriedly bowed and kowtowed, and said loudly: "From now on, the little one's name will be Huang Feng!"

Looking at the yellow wind monster, Lingjifo took a deep breath and walked to him step by step.

The yellow wind monster raised his head slightly, looked at Lingjifo's boots and asked cautiously: "Do you have something to give me, Your Majesty?"

"It's really something," Lingji Buddha said leisurely: "If you succeed, it will be a great achievement, but stealing the clear oil will also be a small merit. Write it off in one stroke. How about it?"

The yellow wind monster hurriedly kowtowed and said, "Young man, I will definitely try my best to live up to the high expectations of the Lord!"

"That's very good." Lingjifo slowly raised his head and looked towards the east.

…

At dusk, Xuanzang and his party finally arrived at Gaolaozhuang along the long mountain road.

This is a village in a remote place. Although it is a village, it has hundreds of mud houses. A rough estimate is that there should be more than a hundred households.

Outside the village is a vast hilly field. The wheat has just been harvested. There are piles of wheat straw stacked in the field. It looks like there will be a bumper harvest this year.

The strange thing is that when I stepped into the village, I couldn't see a single person, nor did the residents of the village light up lights. It was completely silent, as if there was no one at all.

"Isn't this place deserted?" Xiao Bailong asked in a low voice.

The monkey on the side replied leisurely: "It is impossible to be abandoned. Look at this house and the farmland just now. They are obviously taken care of by someone. How can it be abandoned?"

"Then what's going on? There's no one there, and I can't even borrow a place to stay. It looks like I'm going to sleep in the wilderness again tonight."

"Will you die if you live in the wilderness?"

"Yes, yes, the Great Sage is right, look at my mouth." When the monkey said this, Xiao Bailong quickly calmed down and slapped himself in the face.

In the distance, they saw an old man with gray hair leaning crookedly in front of his house.

The monkey turned to Xuanzang and said, "I'll go ask."

Xuanzang nodded silently.

Walking towards the old man step by step, the monkey swayed and turned into a young man.

The black bear spirit behind him and Lu Liuguai looked at each other, and their bodies swayed. The black bear spirit transformed into a bearded man, and Lu Liuguai transformed into a hunchbacked old man.

"Old man, may I ask, where have all the people in this village gone?"

The old man was suddenly startled: "Where have all the people in the village gone?"

He stared at the monkey with squinted eyes for a long time, until he saw the monkey clearly, the old man said in a hoarse voice: "Young man, are you a foreigner? I've never seen you before."

"We are Buddhist pilgrims from the East. We are going west. We passed by this place and wanted to borrow a place to stay. We saw that the village was empty, so we just asked."

"Prayer?" The old man touched his forehead with wrinkled hands and thought for a long time. He didn't seem to understand who the Bible collector was. He only said softly: "Tomorrow, Grandpa Gao will accept his son-in-law. Everyone in the village will go to help prepare. If not The old man's legs are weak, so he probably has to go too. If you want to stay overnight, why not go to Grand Duke Gao's house, there are many rooms in his house. Besides, I will be accepting my son-in-law tomorrow, and Grand Duke Gao also wants to be more crowded and lively. "

As he said that, the old man stroked his long beard and laughed "haha".

Are you only now accepting a son-in-law? This is somewhat different from what was promised. The monkey couldn't help but feel a little confused.

After thinking about it, he bowed his hands to the old man respectfully and said, "Thank you, old man."

Say it. He turned around and walked back step by step, and when the old man wasn't paying attention, he flew into the sky.

Looking down from the air, not far from the village, there is indeed a large mountain villa, which is now decorated with lights and brightly lit. It was very lively.

Fall back to everyone. The monkey whispered: "Everyone has gone to the villa over there. The local rich man's son-in-law is having a wedding. Let's go and stay overnight."

"Going to stay at the villa?" Xuanzang couldn't help but hesitate.

"Is it not good?"

Xuanzang took a deep breath and said, "It doesn't matter to me, the poor monk. Anyway, I'm used to sleeping in the wilderness, so there's no need for a roof to cover my head. Besides, people are already busy with weddings. If we go to disturb them, I'm afraid we won't be able to do anything." It’s appropriate.”

Turning his face to the side, Xuanzang asked the rest of the people, "What do you think?"

"I... don't really like staying with a bunch of humans." Xiao Bailong whispered.

"Everything depends on the Great Sage." Lu Liuguai cupped his hands and said.

After saying this, the black bear spirit on the side also quickly expressed his position: "Everything must be obeyed by the Great Sage."

The monkey took the reins from Xiao Bailong's hand, led the horse towards the villa, and said, "We will stay at the villa tonight."

"Why is this?" Xuanzang asked softly.

"Do you remember fishing for dragons in Yingchou Stream?" the monkey asked.

Xuanzang frowned and thought for a while, then asked: "Could it be that there is someone here whom I must meet?"

"Yes. It's quite important." Monkey let out a long sigh and said, "Actually, I can't tell why he is important, but if there is no more, I am afraid that something will go wrong. Anyway, my idea is that it is better to bring him with me."

At this moment, the feeling in Monkey's heart was really indescribably complicated.

I think back then, he tried every possible means to jump out, but he never thought that one day he would try every possible means to get in.

"It's really thirty years to the east of the river and thirty years to the west of the river."

Xuanzang asked no more questions. The little white dragon on the side didn't think deeply at all. As for the accompanying black bear spirit and Lu Liuguai, they didn't even understand what "Yingchou Stream Fishing for Dragons" meant.

…

Lanterns are hung high, and red happy characters can be seen everywhere. At this time, the entire villa was immersed in joy.

Although it was said that Grand Duke Gao was only going to get his son-in-law tomorrow, the courtyard was already bustling with excitement, and the villagers who were both guests and servants were all smiling and vying to celebrate.

In the dark corner of the backyard, the groom's official, Tianpeng, seemed a little restless and kept pacing back and forth.

His face was still handsome, and he was no different from when he held the position of marshal, except that he changed from a military uniform to civilian clothes, and he even looked younger.

From a distance, an old man wearing brocade clothes, a black silk scarf, and a white beard saw him. He walked towards him step by step on crutches and said cheerfully: "Wonderful son-in-law, Everyone is busy, why are you here? Make it easy for the old man to find you."

Tianpeng quickly calmed down and stepped forward to help: "Grandpa, if you have difficulty with your legs and feet, please stop walking around."

Gao Taigong patted Canopy's hand and said: "I'm glad. If I don't leave now, when will I wait? By the way, why are you still calling me Taigong? Is it time to change your words?"

"This..." Tianpeng hesitated for a moment, and then said with some embarrassment, "Son-in-law, please see your father-in-law."

"Repay your father-in-law?" Gao Taigong seemed a little unhappy, frowning and said: "I told you, just call me daddy. You can call Cuilan whatever you want. You are good at everything. , it’s just too formal.”

Tianpeng nodded repeatedly, but stopped talking.

Seeing this, Gao Taigong said softly: "We are all a family. If you have anything to say, just say it."

Tianpeng gritted his teeth, fell to his knees with a plop, and kowtowed.

For a moment, Grand Duke Gao was also a little panicked, and he tremblingly reached out to help him: "Xian son-in-law, what's wrong with you?"

Tianpeng frowned and said in a low voice: "I just want to ask the old lady to take back my life."

"Take back your life?" For a moment, Gao Taigong became more and more panicked, and said quickly: "You have already done this, and you still want to take back your life? Do you think my Gao family's property is not enough?"

"I just don't dare."

"Does that mean you don't like that girl Cuilan?"

"The young lady is gentle, lovely, and knowledgeable. How dare I not like her?"

The old man blinked his dim eyes and said, "Is it because we are married into one another? If so, I promise you that if you give birth to two sons in the future, one of them can take your surname and inherit half of the family property, okay? If you agree , I would like to make a written statement."

Canopy shook his head quickly.

"So, why?"

Tian Peng blinked his eyes blankly, thought for a long time, and then whispered: "Gang Xi is just a servant who was taken in by the old lady since he was a child, how can he marry a young lady? If word spreads, won't he become a laughing stock? Gang Xi is afraid I’ve missed my lady’s life.”

Hearing this, the old lady couldn't help but laugh and said: "You are just too... I don't know what to say about you. They say people should be responsible, but today it seems that being too responsible is not a good thing."

With a long sigh, the old man said slowly: "My eyes are blurry, but I'm not stupid. If you hadn't taken care of me internally and externally over the years, how could my Gao family have the wealth it has now? Besides, I have no children." , it’s only a matter of time before you recruit a son-in-law to inherit the family legacy.”

"Since we must recruit, tell me, where can I find a son-in-law as good as you? He is both literate and diligent. I grew up in Gaolaozhuang, but I have never seen such a good person like you. You tell me , If you don’t recruit me, who will recruit you? Besides, Cuilan has already made a secret promise to you. If you hadn’t refused to agree, how could she have waited until now to be unmarried? At twenty, she has become an old girl. If you refuse again, This is really a mistake for her life!"

As he spoke, Gao Taigong raised his hand and pretended to hit him. When it fell on Tianpeng's forehead, he just patted it lightly.

He said cheerfully: "Don't think about it any more. The fellow villagers and tenants all agree that you are suitable. Where is the laughing stock? If you still recognize me as Grandpa, then get up and do as Grandpa said. Give the Gao family a grandson as soon as possible to inherit the family business."

After that, Gao Taigong pulled him without any explanation and walked towards the lively place on crutches.

Along the way, everyone congratulated Gao Taigong and Tianpeng. Tianpeng also thanked everyone along with the old grandpa, but his eyebrows were still tightly frowned, as if he was worried.

Suddenly, Tianpeng was slightly startled, and suddenly raised his head and looked in the direction of the door. The guests around were also stunned, and each one looked at the canopy with some doubts.

"My dear son-in-law, what's the matter?"

"Someone is coming." Tianpeng replied blankly.

…

At this time, outside the door, Xuanzang and his entourage were slowly walking towards the gate of the Gao family.

The clothes on the monkey's body undulated slightly without any wind.

"Great Sage, what are you..."

Monkey Bar chirped and replied casually: "Let the people inside know that we are coming, so that the meeting will not be too abrupt." (To be continued ~^~)

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