Chapter 108: A show of force!
Golden Autumn October.
The sky is high, the air is clear, the clouds are clear and the wind is gentle.
Outside the gate of Chechi Kingdom.
On the spacious and solid official road.
A large number of human beings carrying poles, pushing wheelbarrows, or ox carts, and horse-drawn carriages were carrying wheat, fruits, vegetables, handmade clothes, shoes, and other kinds of food and supplies. He hurried towards the city gate in the distance ahead.
Among the busy crowd, a team of four conspicuous people of different heights wearing various monk robes, leading a white horse and carrying luggage, were mingling among the crowd, heading towards the huge city gate ahead. Marching.
"Hey."
He is two meters tall, wearing a cyan straight robe, with gray-black skin, fat ears shaped like pig ears, a nose as long as a pig's snout, and his whole head looks like a pig's head. The fat black man with a huge belly was holding a tall, snow-white horse behind him with one hand, without a trace of motley, but his eyes were all looking at the human race carrying burdens or pushing carts passing by. As he served melons and fruits, he kept his eyes open and kept swallowing the saliva in his mouth. Looking at the people who were scared away by him, he couldn't help but grinned and said: "Why are these people just picking up the best food and running to the city?"
"Bajie."
"You don't understand this, right?"
At the front of the team, there is a man wearing a yellow straight robe and a tiger skin skirt around his lower body. He has sound limbs, a face full of yellow hair, a pointed mouth, monkey cheeks, and a thunderous face. He is short and slightly tall. Upon hearing the words of the big black man with a pig head named Bajie, the humble monk immediately said: "These people are going to the market. They are rushing to the city in front to sell all the fruits and vegetables."< br>
“Eh”
Hearing what Senior Brother said, the big black man immediately became dissatisfied and muttered: “They are all good food, why sell them? Isn’t it a good idea to keep them for yourself? ? Really, I don’t have enough to eat every day.”
“Hey.”
Hearing what the big black man said, the hairy-faced monk with a thunderous mouth immediately laughed again: "You don't understand this. These people still have so many things to sell, which shows that the people of this country are living a good life, so they have extra food." Come and sell it”
“What Wukong said is right”
At this time, walking among four figures, wearing bright cassocks, strong and handsome, with a dignified appearance and holding a The tall monk with a tin staff looked at the busy people around him and the tall and majestic city in the distance in front of him. He couldn't help but exclaimed in admiration: "Food is the most important thing for the people. People in this country can buy and sell food. I think they must live a life of plenty." Today, the king of this country is also a wise king. We can take a good rest in this country."
"Hey, the king is wise and the people have enough food and clothing."
< br>The hairy-faced monk with a leigongzui immediately responded and said: "This way we can get the customs clearance documents faster, and it will be much easier to just eat some vegetarian food."
"Then I need to eat more vegetarian food this time."
The big black man leading the horse immediately said: "I don't have enough to eat every time, so I have to eat to my full belly this time."< br>
“Don’t worry, Bajie.”
Hearing what Big Black Fatty said, Monk Lei Gongzui immediately laughed and said, “Master comes from the Eastern Tang Dynasty, and this king will definitely not neglect us. Yes, don’t worry, I’ll definitely be able to satisfy you with this fast meal.”
Hearing what the senior brother said, the big black fat man with a pig head felt happy and nodded immediately: “That’s good, that’s good.”
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The three monks in monk's robes in front chatted and laughed easily.
Behind the team, there was a tallest figure with a bald head, a black complexion, eyes like copper bells, and a string of fist-sized rosary beads made of human heads and skulls hanging around his neck. He looked really terrifying, with his shoulders Carrying heavy luggage that bent the pole, he walked at the end without saying a word.
These four people and one horse are naturally the white dragon horses transformed by Tang Sanzang, Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, Sha Wujing and the third prince of the Dragon King of the West Sea. They also came from the Tang Dynasty in the East and went to the West to worship Buddha and seek scriptures. of the Buddhist scripture-seeking team.
Not long.
As the people around me watched, they looked at me with strange eyes.
The Buddhist team finally arrived at the towering city gate with the characters "Chechi Kingdom" engraved on it.
Just looking at the long queue waiting to enter the city.
Even though Tang Sanzang was very determined, a trace of worry could not help but appear on his handsome face. The team was really too long. With the speed of the people in front of them entering the city, when it was their turn, the master and disciples would all be gone. It's going to be dark.
Zhu Bajie on the side looked at this scene. At first he was quite happy to see that he was surrounded by all kinds of food, fruits and vegetables brought by the people around him. Although he couldn't eat enough, he could at least take a look. Eat up, but when I saw the long queue in front of me, my face suddenly fell down, and I couldn't help complaining: "It's over, wait until there are a few of us in the queue, I'm afraid it won't be dark, and I, the old pig, will be hungry again ”
Listening to the complaints of the second disciple behind him, Tang Sanzang was also a little panicked. He had been hungry for a long time, but seeing that there was a big city in front of him, he endured it and planned to let the disciples go to the city after entering the city. They had brought some food, but now they were blocked outside the city gate. Looking at the size of the queue, they didn’t know when they would be able to eat.
At the front of the team, Sun Wukong looked at the long team in front with the same irritation. At this time, he heard Zhu Bajie's complaint, looked at the worry on the master's face, looked at the city gate in front, and looked at the armored soldiers guarding the gate. People came in and out of the small door from time to time. His eyes suddenly turned and he had an idea. Then he looked behind Tang Sanzang and said: "Master, please be patient. Old Sun seems to be able to go in and out of that small door. Let me go and ask." ."
Hearing that there was a chance to jump in line and enter the city, Tang Sanzang, who was hungry and panicked, immediately nodded and said: "Wukong still has a way, then go and ask!"
Hearing this! Master's urging.
“No rush.”
Sun Wukong smiled, then turned around and walked to the tall, ghost-like Sha Wujing and said: “Third Junior Brother, please give Master’s customs clearance document. Give it to me.”
Sha Wujing didn't ask any more questions, put down his burden, opened the suitcase and started rummaging around.
Soon.
After receiving the customs clearance document, Sun Wukong went straight to the city gate in front.
When he came to the city gate, he saw that he was surrounded by soldiers holding weapons and armor, sitting behind a long table. The middle-aged man who seemed to have the highest official position, Sun Wukong went straight forward and was immediately surrounded by soldiers. The armored soldier on the side stopped him with weapons and shouted, "What are you doing?"
The middle-aged man behind the long table immediately looked over and saw a short man wearing monk's clothes and carrying a monk. The monkey in the hat frowned slightly, raised his hand to stop the armored soldier, and said, "Are you in trouble?"
Sun Wukong, who had just been stopped and driven away by two guards, was furious when he heard the middle-aged man's words. He was finally able to step forward and said with a smile: "Old Sun and my master and junior brother came from the Eastern Land of the Tang Dynasty. Come, the monk who wants to go to the West to worship Buddha and seek scriptures is passing through your country this time."
With that said, Sun Wukong directly handed over the customs clearance document.
Hearing what the monkey monk said, the middle-aged official was a little surprised to hear that he came from the Eastern Tang Dynasty, but he immediately frowned when he heard the word "monk", but he didn't say anything, just continued After passing an exquisite document handed over by Monk Monkey, he opened it and flipped through a few pages, and his expression suddenly changed slightly.
But Chi Guo could pick up the car and sit on the city gate as the general guard. Naturally, the middle-aged man was a bit smart, and his facial expressions were well controlled. He quickly read through the customs clearance documents, and there was not much difference in his expression. He just stood up and looked at Sun Wukong and said with a smile: "It turns out that the little elder comes from the Kingdom of Heaven, the Eastern Land of the Tang Dynasty. I have admired him for a long time."
After receiving such a compliment from the other party, Sun Wukong felt very happy and said with a smile on his face. : "Since you know that we are from the Kingdom of Heaven, can you open the small door and welcome my master and junior brother in?"
Sun Wukong originally thought that since the other party knew that he was from the Tang Dynasty, he should invite him in politely.
Unexpectedly.
“No!”
Hearing Sun Wukong’s words, the middle-aged man smiled but immediately shook his head and said.
“Why?”
Hearing what the other party said, Sun Wukong was caught off guard, and he was furious. A fierce light flashed in his eyes, and he was about to step forward and grab the middle-aged man in front of him by his collar to ask. However, knowing his current identity, he could only hold back the impulse and ask. : "Why not? Your team will wait until dark and neither I nor the master can enter the city. Is this how you treat guests!?"
"Little elder, please calm down."
Looking at the suppressed angry monkey in front of him, the middle-aged man immediately said: "It's not that the official doesn't open the door for the young elder, but the king has an order and the official has to obey. In this way, I will send the young elder's ultimatum to the palace now. Submit it to Your Majesty and wait for Your Majesty to make a decision. Are you still satisfied?"
"Go quickly, go quickly."
"Old Sun is waiting"
Sun Wukong immediately waved his hand impatiently.
Hearing this, the middle-aged man did not hesitate, turned around and left with the ultimatum.
Behind him, Sun Wukong was remembering what the other party had just said about the king's order. He didn't know what the order was. He was about to ask, but when he looked up, he found that the man's back had disappeared, so he had to wait where he was.
But after waiting for a long time, the middle-aged man did not come back.
Sun Wukong looked increasingly impatient and wanted to walk through the small door where the man left before, but was immediately stopped by soldiers holding weapons in front of him.
Looking at the soldiers blocking the road, Sun Wukong bared his teeth in annoyance. He immediately wanted to force his way in, but thinking that the master behind him would definitely scold him and his current identity, he could only suppress this impulse.
"Wukong."
At this time, Master Tang Sanzang's call came from behind, and Sun Wukong had to turn around and return to his master and junior brother.
See Sun Wukong coming back.
Tang Sanzang immediately asked: "Wukong, what's wrong?"
Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing on the side also joined in.
Sun Wukong immediately spoke, and after telling Tang Sanzang what he had just done, he immediately said: "The official accepted our customs clearance document and said that he was going to the palace to give it to the king, but it was all good. It’s really annoying that he didn’t come back after the meeting.”
“Wukong, don’t be anxious.”
Hearing his eldest disciple’s words, Tang Sanzang couldn’t help but said: “Although this country is far inferior to Chang’an, it has never been so important. From the city gate to the palace, and then to the king, it will definitely not be that fast. I will just wait patiently."
"That's right."
The big black fat man Zhu Bajie waiting beside him was so greedy that he couldn't help but subconsciously said: "Brother, from the past to the time he came back, it didn't take me as long as I had a meal. How can that little official meet the king so quickly?"
“Go”
Looking at Zhu Bajie who had no nice words to say, Sun Wukong, who was already in a irritable mood, immediately attacked Zhu Bajie.
"Gurgling"
At this time, the strong feeling of hunger came from Tang Sanzang's belly, which immediately made the three disciples around him look over.
"Look"
Zhu Bajie on the side heard the sound and immediately laughed and said: "Master is as hungry as me, old pig."
As he said that, he looked around and saw that many of the people queuing up were wearing clothes. After eating the fruits, I couldn't help but immediately walked to the back, turned over my luggage, and said, "Master, I'll help you prepare the vegetarian food."
"Bajie, wait a minute."
Tang Sanzang heard the sound and immediately said: "You are ugly, don't scare others, let your senior brother go"
Hear this. Zhu Bajie immediately became unhappy, and threw the alms bowl he picked up back into his luggage. He pursed his lips and said dissatisfiedly, "I am the only ugly old pig, and I scare people. Isn't my senior brother the same?"
“Go!”
Hearing the sound, Sun Wukong attacked Zhu Bajie again. He immediately picked up the alms bowl, looked around, and then towards the lower corner of the city gate wall in front, there were many People were hungry because they were waiting in line, so a group of people gathered under the corner to eat went away.
Seeing his senior brother go to Huazhai, Zhu Bajie immediately shouted: "Senior brother, please be more educated, be more educated, don't forget your junior brother!"
Just when Tang Sanzang and his disciples were waiting outside the gate of Chechi Kingdom.
The middle-aged man who they thought was going to the palace to see the king was sitting at a wine table with several dishes of exquisite side dishes in an inner room under the gate of the huge city. He picked up the wine glass in his hand and drank it. Drink it all.
Opposite, a man in robe watched the middle-aged man throw the exquisite document aside, and couldn't help but ask: "Hey, what is that?"
The middle-aged man held up the wine glass and gave it to He continued on, glanced at the ultimatum, and said casually: "The customs clearance document from the Eastern Land of the Tang Dynasty"
"The Eastern Land of the Tang Dynasty?"
The man in the opposite robe was a little surprised, and immediately said: "I heard that the Eastern Land of the Tang Dynasty has a vast territory, and it is the real kingdom of heaven. Since you are from that big country, your identity must be precious, so you should have someone send it to you as soon as possible. It’s better to present it to the palace!”
Hearing the other party’s persuasion, the middle-aged man immediately smiled and said: “If it were an ordinary person, I would have sent my subordinates to the palace long ago, but who said It’s a few monks who came with the certificate!”
The man in the robe was surprised when he heard the sound: “Monk?”
The middle-aged man nodded: “It’s the monk, our junior high school. Who doesn’t know that Your Majesty hates monks the most? After all, those monks almost destroyed our country of Chechi many years ago. Fortunately, there are national teachers here.”
Hearing this, the man in the robe also felt the same way: "Yes, that drought and those monks are really hateful."
"Isn't it?"
The middle-aged man raised his glass and said: "His Majesty issued an order to expel Buddhist monks at that time, and no monks were allowed to step into the territory of our country of Chechi, that is, the master of the country. After some persuasion, His Majesty changed the law and allowed monks to enter our land of Chechi, but they were not allowed to build temples, let alone preach."
"So, those monks are considered to be the Eastern Tang Dynasty. It's the same for those who came. Anyway, the Tang Dynasty doesn't even know how far away we are. Your Majesty's preference is more important. I'm going to hang out with those monks all night. Who told them not to come early or late? It's our car. Chi Guo comes at his busiest time, right?"
"Haha."
"Yes, that's the truth."
The man in the robe raised his glass and said with a smile: "This way, even if we are discovered and stabbed in front of His Majesty, His Majesty will only reward Watch Officer Chen instead of blaming him."
"Come on, do it!"< br>
“Dry”
The middle-aged man laughed, raised his glass, and drank it all in one gulp.
In front of the city gate outside.
In front of a long queue.
Next to the gatekeepers, several strong men were lifting and weighing the goods of the people entering the city who were at the front of the queue in order to calculate the taxes that should be paid on the purchase and sale of goods.
Because the Chechi Kingdom has had good weather over the past few years, most people in the territory are living better than before. This time coincides with the golden autumn harvest season, and everyone is vying to bring the harvest of grains, melons and fruits. The capital of the country came to sell it, which led to congestion at the city gate.
Time passes slowly.
The light on the horizon is sinking to the west, and the sky is filled with red clouds.
Under the huge city.
In front of the city gate, in the long queue, the four members of the Buddhist scripture collection team, who had been waiting in line for a long time and only moved a few positions, all looked unhappy.
Sun Wukong is most irritable at this time.
If it was due to time reasons before, maybe the middle-aged official did not send the ultimatum to the palace so quickly.
But now?
It was already evening, and it was almost dark. Not only did he not see anyone in the country coming to greet him, but even the middle-aged official was nowhere to be seen.
This made him really irritated and dissatisfied. He was neither dissatisfied with the low-level official's failure in doing things, nor dissatisfied with the king's ignorance of Mount Tai. His master was the younger brother of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and he himself was the younger brother of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty five hundred years ago. The Monkey King causing havoc in the Heavenly Palace.
In the past, after passing through other countries, after notification, even if they were not greeted warmly, they were at least treated with courtesy. When have I ever experienced the frustration of waiting in line to enter the city?
If this is the territory of some monsters, his name can still scare those monsters.
But now this is in a large human city.
The master didn't say anything, and he didn't have any good ideas at the moment, so he didn't want to speak more.
As for Zhu Bajie, he could only look at the many fruits and melons around him to eat, but he couldn't eat them. Before, when his senior brother came to fast, he didn't even have a bite, so he was naturally even more impatient.
But the senior brother didn’t say anything, and he had no choice but to keep complaining.
As for Sha Wujing, he is the most peaceful. He talks little about anything and can stay anywhere. Anyway, the senior brother and the second senior brother are not talking.
On the other hand, Tang Sanzang, who had eaten a full vegetarian meal before, was not hungry now. In addition, the weather was cool and there were a large number of people around, so he was in a good mood. He was the best among the four masters and disciples. of one.
As for the white dragon horse, he has turned into a horse, so why would he care about anything else.
The setting sun completely disappeared that day.
The sky is getting dark.
It’s almost time for the city gate to close at Youshi.
After realizing that they could not enter the city today, the people began to build bunks under the city gate and prepare to spend the night.
Looking at this scene.
The four members of the scripture collection team looked at each other. After looking at each other for a whole day and being greedy for a whole day, Zhu Bajie, who had not even eaten a bite, was the most dissatisfied. He immediately cursed and said: "You said before that I can eat enough today. As a result, I haven't even entered the door yet, and I, an old pig, have even drank my saliva. I, I, I, go to the fucking Che Chi Country"
"Bajie."
Hear the second Tang Sanzang immediately spoke out to educate his disciples about their complaints: "Monks must not lie!"
"Lies, what did I lie about?"
Hearing the master's words, Zhu Bajie was immediately dissatisfied and pouted: "You are not hungry after eating, but I, the old pig, can't even take a sip of water. That's easy to say."
See The second disciple looked so hungry that Tang Sanzang couldn't say much.
After all, he was really full before, and he is not hungry now. Although he could not enter the city in time, with so many people accompanying him, sleeping outside the wall for one night was nothing. He also slept a lot.
So he ordered: "Wu Jing, prepare to stay here for the night"
"Yes"
After replying to Tang Sanzang succinctly, Sha Wujing was as taciturn as ever and began to pack his luggage.
On the other hand, Sun Wukong on the side was looking at the heavy city gate in the distance ahead that was starting to close the stalls and slowly closing. A pair of smart eyes were moving rapidly, obviously thinking about something.
"Wait a minute"
At this moment,
a grand and majestic voice came from the distant sky.
Outside the city gate.
When the people heard the sound, they immediately turned their heads and saw a figure riding a white cloud flying quickly from the sky behind.
Such an image of an immortal that had never been seen before immediately made the people outside the city agitated.
Soon.
When they saw the figure riding on the cloud falling, he was a tall, handsome man wearing a black robe, with black hair as black as ink, and someone immediately recognized him. He immediately shouted excitedly: "National Preceptor! It's the Imperial Preceptor! Oh my god! I actually saw the Imperial Preceptor!"
This voice immediately made more people around him become more and more excited, and they immediately recalled the appearance of the rumored Chinese division. At this time, they were all confronted one by one.
So.
Boom.
All the people were in a commotion, and they all knelt down in excitement, kowtowed to the tall, slender, handsome, and immortal-like Imperial Master and worshiped: "God!"
< br>“Thank you to the gods for raining and saving lives!”
"Thank you to the gods for the rain and saving my life!"
"God finally took a look, and I finally saw the national master."
"The national master must bless my son to grow up without any disease or disaster. Ah”
“The Imperial Preceptor will bless my daughter-in-law to give birth safely”
“Let God bless the Imperial Preceptor and she will live a long life.”
Looking at the people all around him who were kneeling and praying together, Qi Hu's eyes swept across the crowd as usual, scanning the only four figures and horses who were not kneeling and were particularly conspicuous. Under the extremely sacred and respectful eyes of the people around him, Among the kneeling armored soldiers, they strode into the gate of Chechi Kingdom, which was half closed and then reopened, and disappeared from everyone's eyes.
In the back, the four members of the scripture collection team looked at that scene with different expressions.
(End of this chapter)