Chapter 101 Blacksmith Cen
When it was almost noon the next day, Li Chuan and Zhang Yuanwai arrived at Chongfu Temple. Accompanied by the host, we burned incense and ate vegetarian food. Zhang Yuanwai talked with the host about Buddhist scriptures. After listening for a while, Li Chuan felt drowsy. After asking about the location of Monk Wukong, he went to find himself.
Wukong was meditating and chanting sutras in the meditation room. After Li Chuan entered, he still had his eyes closed.
Li Chuan felt very comfortable. He moved a stool and sat down by the window. He found a Buddhist scripture and read a few pages, looked at the scenery, and turned a few more pages.
Wukong finished reciting this scripture, put down the beads, opened his eyes, and said: "Donor Li, thanks to you, the temple has been very busy in recent days, and there are almost not enough monks. ”
"Ah?" Li Chuan was confused.
“It’s about Xiushan County. I heard that a person from a village died there, and the murderer also moved the entire mountain away. The people from Qintian Prison went to investigate, but they also disappeared. The surrounding area People in several counties are in danger!" Wu Kong smiled and described exaggeratedly, "So, there are many more people coming to offer incense and pray for peace. Isn't it the business brought by Brother Li? ?”
Li Chuan understood, and he said with a smile: “Then you have to give me a commission.”
“It’s useless to talk to the host,” he said. Wu Kong walked to Li Chuan, found a chair and sat down, and said, "Tell me quickly, what's going on in Xiushan County?"
Li Chuan didn't hide anything from him, he just told me Xin Yuan partially hid, and then told him everything exactly.
After hearing this, Wu Kong's expression became solemn. After a moment of silence, he said: "So that's it."
Li Chuan said: "Fortunately, the matter has been settled. Xia Linshan will reappear in the world. It will probably take a while." , the rumors will end."
"Yes," Wu Kong agreed with Li Chuan, and then he suddenly remembered something and said, "Do you know the Spirit Fish King of Suliu Lake?"< br>
“I’ve heard of it, what’s wrong?” Li Chuan asked.
"I heard that he has gathered a group of elite soldiers and generals and is going to declare war with Gong Wuguang." Wukong said.
"Declaring war with Qin Tianjian? Isn't that just declaring war with the imperial court? Doesn't he think he has a long life?"
"He said this. Gong Wuguang deliberately set up a trap and killed his brother Shi Long. The king and the black horn king broke the agreement between the court and the big demon. They said that as long as the court handed over Gong Wuguang, he would cease the war and insist that the court protect him and the demons of Suliu Lake would fight to the end. "< br>
“Is the relationship between monsters so good?” Li Chuan asked suspiciously.
“I also think it’s a cover. Now Qin Tian Jian has also issued a notice and started recruiting troops. I also heard that the palace supervisor Zheng’s eldest apprentice and second apprentice have arrived at Suliu Lake. It is estimated that it will not be long before. We are about to start the Sulu Lake Demon Suppression.”
Jin Rong is in Suliu Lake?
"Is this news true?" Li Chuan asked.
"Which part are you referring to?" Wu Kong asked.
"The first apprentice and the second apprentice are here at Suliu Lake."
"This is not certain." Wu Kong saw Li Chuan's expression in embarrassment and asked hurriedly: "What's wrong?"
"I originally planned to go to the capital to find Jin Rong, the second disciple. If he is at Suliu Lake now..." Li Chuan said his difficulty, "It is not impossible to change the route to Suliu Lake, but I’m afraid that if I go and he’s not here, I’ll be wasted.”
"In my opinion, it is safer for Brother Li to go to the capital first. Even if he is not in the capital and is in Suliu Lake, if there is definite news, he can just make another trip. If he rushes to Suliu Lake, if his arrangement is ruined, then It’s not beautiful anymore.” Wu Kong expressed his thoughts.
After hearing this, Li Chuan was convinced.
Wukong then said: "This time the Qintian Supervisor is recruiting troops, I want to go too. Brother Li, can you give me a ride?" Li Chuan was a little surprised when he heard this. In his memory, Wukong They are not much braver than him. They only dare to fight the little country monsters and dare not face the Xuanshui Mountain monster.
"Suliu Lake... there may be many powerful demon cultivators... So" Li Chuan told Wu Kong what he heard in Tianju Mountain, "I saw Although they can't say anything about those demon cultivators, there are a few who are obviously moved... They are still demon cultivators protected by the Four Gods Palace."
Then Li Chuan expressed his doubts, "What benefits did King Lingyu give them, so that these demon cultivators in Xuanmen have to take a trip into this muddy water?"
The same goes for those big demons. , If you don’t cultivate immortality well, why come to the human world to occupy territory?
Wukong replied: "I don't know either. But... I just thought that the last time Xuanshui Mountain suppressed demons, I finally got a bad breath. If this time because of the unfavorable war, the imperial court abandoned the palace eunuch. If you give in again, those monsters will become arrogant."
He said: "I didn't want to go... A few days ago, a friend of mine invited me to go to the capital together, but I refused. He said something to me before he left. This sentence has been going over and over in my mind these days. So today you are here and you are going to the capital. I feel that this is the Buddha telling me that I should go to the capital. "< br>
“What are the words?” Li Chuan asked.
"Only mortals are worth saving if they are not afraid of death."
Li Chuan disagreed, "We were defending Yunqiao Township and hunting monsters in winter. We saved not only a thousand lives, but also a few. 100%. How can you say that if you don’t go to the capital, you are afraid of death and it is useless?”
“I also want to visit the capital. I feel that my practice has reached a bottleneck recently. I might be able to break through it by going out for a walk. "With that said, Wu Kong smiled and asked Li Chuan again, "Brother Li, when the time comes, you have to help me arrange a leisure job that can make money and be safe, such as letting a few experts protect me while chanting sutras."
Li Chuan knew that he could no longer persuade him, so he said: "I will set off after lunch the day after tomorrow. Can we meet under the big tree in front of the village then?"
"Okay, I just have something else to do. Arrangement.”
"What's the matter?" Li Chuan asked casually.
"I can't tell you clearly. If Brother Li is interested, why don't you come with me for a walk now?"
"Okay." Li Chuan agreed immediately.
Zhang Yuanwai wanted to stay in the temple for one night. After Li Chuan told him, he followed Wu Kong and left Chongfu Temple.
Wukong carried a bamboo basket on his back and led him on a small path, twisting and turning to many houses, and collected a lot of medicinal materials, all of which were common, such as Codonopsis, Angelica, Poria and the like.
Some of these families have orphans and widowers, and some only have two brothers and sisters left. They are all poor families.
Looking at Wu Kong’s conversations with these people, it’s obvious that this behavior has been going on for a long time. Every time he collected a family, he would tell them that he would be going out in the near future and his return date was uncertain, and he would ask them to go to the market to sell them later without waiting for him.
The price for no-empty acquisitions is not high.
Li Chuan calculated that it should be about the same as the ordinary market price, and when he saw the quality of the goods, he would lower the price. But if these people sell them piecemeal, they probably won't be able to sell them at the market price.
When we finished collecting the last house, it was already dark. Wu Kong took Li Chuan back.
Li Chuan asked him: "How long have you been doing this?"
Wukong replied: "About five or six years, starting when I came to Chongfu Temple... I taught them to identify herbal medicines and then sold them Give it to me and I’ll sell it to a familiar herbal medicine shop.”
After sleeping one night at Chongfu Temple, he went home and rested for another day, and then Li Chuan set off. When I was waiting for Monk Wukong under the big tree at the entrance of the village, I found that Wukong had brought someone with him. He was a man in his thirties, with a burly build, carrying a large hammer behind his back, and several hammers of different sizes hanging around his waist.
Wukong introduced: "You can just call him Blacksmith Cen. He... is considered a half-baked weapon refiner. He made my wooden stick and Brother Tong's bow and arrows. You will need a kitchen knife in the future. You can look for him. When he heard that I decided to go to the capital, he came to look for me and wanted to go with me."
(End of this chapter)