Journey Starts From Wudang - Chapter 530
On this day, Tang Monk and his disciples went to Chechi state, came to the palace to meet King Chechi, presented an ultimatum for customs clearance, and asked king Chechi to seal.
Originally, it was just a matter of putting a seal on the jade seal, but king Chechi didn’t respond. He summoned the Minister of civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty and specially sent messengers to invite three national teachers to watch the ceremony in front of the hall.
“Let’s invite Tang Sanzang, a Buddhist monk of the Tang Dynasty, into the hall.”
With the waiters singing, Tang monks, teachers and disciples went into the hall to meet the king.
“Poor monk Tang Sanzang, meet the Lord and the queen.”
“Well, well, the eminent monk is exempt.” King Chechi happily asked the Tang monk to get up and said to the waiter, “come on, give a seat to the eminent monk of the Tang Dynasty.”
After saying that, Che Chi also turned his head to look at the three national teachers beside him and introduced them.
“Three national masters, I’d like to introduce you. This is an eminent monk from the eastern Tang Dynasty. Tang Sanzang and his three disciples are heard to be the same as the three national masters. They have great magic power and magic power. The national master might as well have a close communication with his teachers and disciples.”
Among the three Taoist priests, Huli immortal, who was tall and dignified, looked thoughtfully at King Chi with a smiling face, and his eyes flashed slightly.
Why is your majesty so abnormal today? I think so much of these Tang monks. Doesn’t he hate these monks who deceived him most?
King Chechi explained in a low voice, “national teacher, these three Zang of Tang Dynasty are people from the eastern Tang Dynasty. They come from the kingdom of heaven. I should respect them.”
This explanation is still in the past. Several people of tiger power immortal didn’t think about it any more.
The Tang Monk’s teachers and disciples in the hall also looked at the three immortals with a look.
The monkey king looked at the three people and whispered to the Tang monk, “master, it is these three evil ways that hinder us from changing the customs clearance ultimatum for us.”
Tang Monk also frowned, and his perception of tiger power immortal was also very poor.
As early as they entered Chechi country, they saw many Buddhist disciples enslaved and abused by Taoists.
Those Buddhist disciples are pure monks who are not exposed to worldly affairs, but they are forced to do heavy coolies and change their beliefs. They are not allowed to chant scriptures and worship Buddha
In the mouth of those Buddhist disciples, all these were inspired by the three national teachers, and even many Buddhist disciples died of fatigue and cruelty.
Even the foreign monks, their teachers and disciples, were bullied and hostile by the three national masters for no reason. They forced the king not to pass them and wanted to catch them and send them to coolies These three people are the enemies of the Buddha!
But in fact, Tang Monk did not know that it was not necessarily the three great immortals of tiger power who ordered the destruction of the temple, the destruction of the Buddha statues and the punishment of those monks, but those who acted as bad guys and whipped the cruel monks with a whip were not necessarily true Taoists.
Even those monks who complain and tell the ‘truth’ like them do not necessarily tell the true and complete inside story!
As for the fact that the three immortals of tiger power stopped the king and didn’t give their teachers and disciples an ultimatum for customs clearance, it was all the more meaningless!
After all, although the three of them do have some bad feelings for Buddhism, what Taoism advocates has never been a cruel opponent, and they will never intervene in national politics, let alone force the king to do anything.
Since they received Lu Zhi’s letter many years ago, they have been acting according to Lu Zhi’s order. How can they deliberately target those monks for cruelty?
What Tang Monk’s teachers and disciples saw, heard and learned are actually one-sided words, and some are completely misleading lies!
However, neither the Tang Monk’s apprentices nor the three brothers of tiger power immortal knew the secret. Only the smiling King Chi who seemed old and confused, but actually calculated and smart, really knew everything.
King Chechi glanced at both sides without trace. Sure enough, the three national masters and Tang Monk’s teachers and disciples had a sense of opposition and hostility as soon as they met.
And this is exactly what he wants.
His old eyes, which were already dim and faint, flashed a light and said, “ha ha, the eminent monks of the Tang Dynasty are guests from far away. Although my car is late, I can’t compare with the Chinese Tang Dynasty, but I also have some output. I’ll invite you to a banquet and enjoy a vegetarian meal.”
Tang Monk’s teachers and disciples could not help themselves, but Sandao was unwilling to accompany him. Even if he retired to the king, he left.
It was night. After returning to the post station, the Tang Monk went to bed early because he was tired. However, the monkey king suddenly opened his eyes.
During the banquet tonight, the king Chechi kept talking about how the three national masters of their Chechi country had great powers and how they were hostile to monks who hated them. He advised them to please the three national masters. Maybe if one of the three national masters was happy, they would let them pass the customs.
But who is the monkey king? How can you easily bow down to people? Just because the car was late for the king’s words, the monkey king is now full of evil thoughts towards the three tigers.
“Nerd, younger martial brother Sha, wake up.”
“Ah? What’s the matter, senior brother?”
“Yes, elder martial brother, I don’t sleep at night. What do you want us to do?”
The monkey king said, “you two know to go to bed. Get up quickly… We’ll go to meet the three demons for a while while while the master is asleep, punish them well, and change the customs clearance ultimatum as soon as possible.”
Hearing the speech, neither Tianpeng nor monk Sha said anything, but just looked at the monkey king.
“What’s the matter with you two? You’re not afraid of the three evil ways, are you?”
Tianpeng glanced and said, “since you want to meet the three national teachers, elder martial brother, I will go with you.”
Monk Sha nodded: “go with me.”
“Then go. Remember to keep quiet and don’t wake up Shifu.”
Even when they got out of the post station in the dark, they went to the Sanqing temple where they lived. They avoided the Taoists on duty and patrolled all the way and easily got into the temple.
All the way into the main hall dedicated to Sanqing, they saw the statue of Sanqing enshrined on the hall and the tribute on the table. They also saw that there was no one in the hall. The monkey king’s addiction to stealing food was committed again.
“Tianpeng, younger martial brother Sha, have you two eaten enough tonight? Look at this table of tribute. What are all good things? If it’s cheaper for us?”
After that, without waiting for Tianpeng and monk Sha to make a statement, Monkey King jumped directly onto the offering table, grabbed a handful of bananas from the table and ate them.
Tianpeng and monk Sha looked at each other and didn’t eat for nothing. After all, the late king was also stingy. He said that he wanted them to enjoy a vegetarian meal, but in fact, it was just that. For them, it was just a mouthful. Not only did they not have enough to eat, but it hooked up their greedy addiction.
The three people immediately ate in the hall. Monkey King ate a banana and suddenly felt something different. Subconsciously, he looked up and saw the statue of Lao Jun in front of him. A pair of colored ink dotted eyes seemed to be looking at him as a thief.
Monkey king felt a little uncomfortable for a moment. Although it was just a clay statue in front of him, he was still instinctively nervous about Lao Jun. even if he only saw the statue, he would unconsciously recall the memory of being calcined in the gossip stove by Lao Jun.
He saw his monkey eyes turn and subconsciously looked at the canopy.
“Nerd, don’t eat any more. Look at the hall. The lights are always on and the incense is constantly burning. Someone must come to renew the incense all the time. We eat like this. It’s easy to be found.”
Tianpeng asked vaguely, “what’s your idea, senior brother?”
Monkey King pointed to the Sanqing statue on the altar above and said, “we have to become the master of this place in order to eat safely.”
“Well, nerd, you move these three gods away and hide them. Then we become gods, and naturally we won’t be found?”
Tianpeng said, “the hall is so empty. Where can the statue be hidden?”
Sun Wukong also didn’t know whether it was intentional or unintentional, and said, “remember the stinking place we passed when we came in? There must be few people going there, and there was a statue.”
Canopy: “….”
Monk Sha: ”
For a moment, both of them looked sluggish The monkey, looking for death?!
Tianpeng turned his mind and wondered if he had offended the monkey, so the monkey came up with such a bad idea to hurt him.
Or was he so stupid that the monkey really thought he was stupid? Let him carry the black pot?
Although this is a western territory, the Sanqing Heavenly Master will not throw his spiritual knowledge into the gods in this western territory, but Emperor Zhenwu is definitely watching them!
If they really dare to disrespect the statue of Sanqing today, I’m afraid the Yuanhong sword should be cut around their neck in the next moment!