Westward Journey into Dragon

Chapter 598 Journey to the West Begins
"Three prefectures are blooming like brocades, and eight waters flow around the city. There are 36 alleys of flowers and willows, and 72 orchestral buildings. On the map of Huayi, it is the most famous in the world." This is the description of Chang'an, a great country in Shaanxi, in "Journey to the West".

Chang'an is surrounded by eight waters and surrounded by four mountains. Its geomantic omen is very good. The big countries before the Song Dynasty all had their capitals here. It is indeed a land of dragon veins.

It was the 13th year of Zhenguan, and the Tang Dynasty was already in its prime. Chang'an, the imperial capital, was prosperous. Even Zhang Shao, a fisherman, and Li Ding, a woodcutter, could speak well and write poems as soon as they opened their mouths.

In the early morning of this day, at the Ximen of Chang'an, a white-clothed gentleman walked in. His temperament was indifferent, ethereal, and his face seemed to be foggy. In the city, I entered an inn.

This white-clothed gentleman is Chen Xian. After breaking the seal and arranging the affairs of the city, he wandered around and lived a fairy life of traveling to the North Sea in the morning and staying in Cangwu in the evening.

A few days ago, the Tathagata invited all Buddhist disciples to gather in Lingshan and held a grand Yulan Basin ceremony. He first described Xiniu Hezhou as a paradise enlightened by Buddhism, and severely belittled Nanfangbuzhou, saying Cheng is a fierce field of tongue, a sea of ​​right and wrong, and he intends to pass through the East to "save" all living beings.

The easier it is for a person to get, the less he will cherish it, and he is afraid of being frivolously slandered. The Tathagata is looking for a person from the East, and he has gone through untold hardships to obtain the scriptures and pass them on to the East.

And the "heavy task" of finding the Buddhist scriptures fell on Avalokitesvara. Avalokitesvara took Hui'an and came to Datang in a half-cloud and half-mist.Guanyin took Drifting Monk in Liusha River?On Fuling Mountain (Fuling Mountain has been destroyed) Bajie was cast down?Set your mind at the Marble Mountains?As the bodyguard and life assistant protecting the Buddhist scriptures westward, and rescued the little white dragon in Yingshoujian?Serve as a comfortable car for Buddhist scriptures to travel thousands of miles a day.

(Note: The question mark indicates doubt, because it is too coincidental!)
Hearing that the Journey to the West was about to begin, Chen Xian went to Leihuo Shenshan to have a look, and found that although his physical body was generally healed, he still needed to be warmed up by the Nirvana flames for a few years and could not be interrupted. Therefore, I also rushed to Chang'an. If I want to destroy the westward trip, I will have to consign it for at least a few years.

Besides, the monkey really thought he was the savior after being coaxed by people, thinking that he was in Chechi country, and when he was praised by those monks, he immediately killed two innocent people who were just going to make a fuss Tong, in order to show his ability, he pulled out a lot of monkey hairs. It is hard to guarantee that he will not be instigated by others, and he will come up with the stupid idea of ​​​​slaying demons and demons in Yong'an City. Chen Xian is going to do some sabotage.

Chen Xian entered Chang'an City quietly, without disturbing anyone, nor did he disturb the Yin God of the land that roamed the sky, observing silently, looking for opportunities to take advantage of.

Recently, Yuan Shoucheng, a magician, appeared in Chang'an. It is said that he is the uncle of Qin Tianjian Yuan Tiangang. There was a lot of trouble, but Chen Xian had no interest in it.

This Yuan Shoucheng was just a pawn, the person who arranged to take the life of the Dragon King of Jinghe, and then asked the dead soul of the Dragon King of Jinghe to seek Li Shimin's life. There was nothing worthy of attention.Of course, if he could really figure out when the Jade Emperor made the decree and what the decree was, then it would not be worth paying attention to, but how far he went, because that would be too terrifying.

It's just that the Jade Emperor's cultivation is unfathomable, and he has enjoyed the supreme position of the Three Realms for so long. With luck in his body, he is definitely the closest to a saint. Chess pieces, not some great power.

For several days in a row, the weather was calm, but the fisherman Zhang Shao suddenly made a fortune. He could catch a large number of aquariums in the Jinghe River every day. Life is very interesting.

Zhang Shao, a fisherman, and Li Ding, a woodcutter, are good friends. They often ask questions and answers among fishermen and woodcutters, and they are more at ease than gods.After the two came out of the restaurant that day, they each carried a pot of wine. After leaving Chang'an City, they returned home along the Jing River.

Zhang Shaoji said that the water was beautiful, but Li Ding insisted that the mountains were beautiful, and they sat down to praise each other, and refused to give in to each other. After fighting for shame, Zhang Shao said: "Brother Li, take care on the way! Go up the mountain and watch the tiger carefully. If there are some Dangerous, it is "there are fewer old friends on the streets tomorrow"!
When Li Ding heard that he was being eaten by a tiger, Li Ding said angrily, "You're so lazy! A good friend can die for you, why are you cursing me? If I'm killed by a tiger, you'll be overwhelmed by waves." !"

Hearing this, Zhang Xiao smiled nonchalantly and said, "I will never cross the river."

Li Dingze said: "'There are unpredictable things in the sky, but people have temporary misfortunes and blessings.' How can you keep everything safe?"

Zhang slightly laughed and said: "Brother Li, if you say so, it means you haven't figured it out yet; if my business is unpredictable, I won't suffer from such things."

Li Ding couldn't help laughing, and after a while he said: "Your living on the water is extremely dangerous and dangerous, and it's dark, what's there to predict?"

Zhang Xiaoxiao said: "You don't know. In Chang'an City, on Ximen Street, there is a gentleman who sells divination. I give him a golden carp every day, and he will teach me a lesson. According to the direction, a hundred Download a hundred works. Today I went to buy divination again. He taught me to cast the net on the east side of Jinghe Bay, cast the fish on the west bank, and return with a full load of fish and shrimp. Come to the city tomorrow, sell money and wine, and then talk to my brother .”

Speaking of this, they came to a fork again. After the two bowed to each other, they went back to their respective houses and went far away after a while.

Speaking of these Tang Dynasty, it is really a poetry dynasty. Not only people like poetry, but even monsters like the artistic conception and words of poetry. When Zhang Shao and Li Ding exchanged poems, they attracted an elegant monster who loves literature. , it is the night fork patrolling the river of Najing River.

That Yasha was very happy to hear it at first, but after hearing the words of "Hundreds of Hundreds", he turned pale with fright, and hurried back to the Water Mansion to report to the Dragon King: "It's not good! It's not good!"

The Dragon King asked, "What's the matter?"

Yasha panicked and said: "I went to the riverside after patrolling the water, only to hear two fishermen talking. When we parted, the words were very sharp. The fisherman said: "In Chang'an City, on Ximen Street, there is a divination man, The calculation is the most accurate; he gave him a golden-tailed carp every day, and he taught him a lesson, teaching him hundreds of tricks. If the calculation is accurate, but the aquarium is not beaten to its heart's content? Fanbo, assist the king's power?"

The Dragon King was very annoyed when he heard the words, the golden carp is the descendant of the dragon, the golden carp in the Jing River is probably the blood of his ancestors, they are his relatives, the one who bought the divination did not ask for a golden carp, not for him Is the Helong clan extinct?No wonder the fisherman hunted hundreds of times. Where there is the golden carp, a descendant of the dragon clan, it is naturally a sanitation of the aquarium.

He hastily raised his sword, and was about to go to Chang'an City to kill this hexagram.The son of the dragon, the grandson of the dragon, the officials of the shrimp, the crabs, the army division of the shad, the Shaoqing of the mandarin fish, and the Taizai of the carp flashed by, and they all played together: "The king calms down. As the saying goes: 'You can't listen to words that are too loud.' Your Majesty is going now." , there must be clouds, and there must be rain to help. Frightened the people of Chang'an, and God will take responsibility. The king is unpredictable. Why don't you change into a scholar and visit the city of Chang'an. If there is such a person, he will be punished. It's not too late; if there is no such person, wouldn't it mean harming others?"

When the Dragon King heard the music, his anger subsided, he abandoned his sword, and did not make clouds and rain. He came out of the Jinghe River and transformed himself into a majestic man, towering over the ravines and rising to the sky. A white-clothed scholar in a jade-colored robe and a Xiaoyao one-character scarf on his head.

After the Dragon King of Jinghe came ashore, he dragged away Yunbu and came to the West Gate Street of Chang'an City in a short while.I saw a group of people, crowded and noisy, with high-spirited talk among them: "The dragon is born, and the tiger is in conflict. Yinchen Sihai, although it is called a joint situation, I am afraid that the Japanese will commit crimes against Suijun." .”

When the Dragon King heard the words, Qingzhi was the place where divination was sold.Going forward, separating the crowd, looking inside, you can see that the four walls are full of pearls and embroidery.The fragrance of the precious duck is unbroken, and the water in the magnetic bottle is clear.Wang Wei's paintings are listed on both sides, and the ghost valley shape is hung high on the seat.Duanxi inkstone, gold smoke ink, contrasts with the creamy brush; Huozhulin, Guo Pu's number, I would like to correct the new classics of Taiwan politics.Familiar with Liuyao, proficient in gossip.Can know the sky and geography, and be good at understanding ghosts and spirits.One meridian is arranged, and the belly is full of stars.Really, the future and the past are viewed like a mirror of the moon; a few families prosper and a few fail, and the mirror is like a god.If you know the bad luck, you will know the good luck, and you will die and live.Talk about the wind and rain quickly, and write the ghosts and gods.The signboard has the name and surname of the book, Mr. Yuan Shoucheng, Mr. Shenke.

"Oh, the Dragon King of Jinghe is here?" Chen Xian was in the guest room on the second floor at this time, and found a strong moisture in the outside room. Looking through the window, he immediately found the Dragon King who had turned into a white-clothed gentleman, and he could see through it at a glance. After seeing the fortune-teller in front of him, he immediately knew that the dragon was the Dragon King of Jinghe, and the fortune-teller was Yuan Shoucheng. "The drama!
"It's really interesting. I didn't expect this show to be staged in front of me. How can I do it if I don't watch it?" Chen Xian smiled slightly, thinking that this is really interesting.

"Hey, that Buddha's light is faint, the imposing manner is dim and difficult to understand, is it Guanyin?" Out of the corner of Chen Xian's eyes, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a thin old man standing outside the crowd, and couldn't help laughing a little playfully.This skinny old man looks weak, but he has a Buddha's light covering his body, so that Chen Xian can't tell the depth, he just feels extraordinary. Nowadays, Buddhists in Chang'an have this cultivation level. Besides Guanyin, who else?

In order to avoid being detected by Guanyin, Chen Xian immediately looked away and turned to Jinghe Dragon King and Yuan Shoucheng.It was found that, as in the plot, the Dragon King of Jinghe asked Yuan Shoucheng about tomorrow's sky, and Yuan Shoucheng occupied "the top of the cloudy mountain, and the fog covered the forest. If it occupies the Yuze, it must be in the Ming Dynasty." The Dragon King asked when it will rain and how much it will rain , Yuan replied: "Tomorrow, clouds will be spread at the hour of the day, thunder will be at the time, and it will rain at noon, but it will not rain enough at that time. The total water will be three feet three inches and 48 points."

As the general manager of the Eight Rivers, the Great Dragon God of Siyu, the Dragon King of Jinghe who was the first to receive the decree of the Jade Emperor Siyu, said that he had not received the decree of rain, and it was obvious that there would be no rain tomorrow, so he bet against Yuan Shoucheng: Yuan Shoucheng has no difference, and he is willing to pay 50 taels of gold; if not, he will smash Yuan Shoucheng's appearance and drive him out of Chang'an.

After the bet, the Dragon King of Jinghe left confidently, feeling that he would win the bet this time, and he could destroy Yuan Shoucheng's booth, so that he could no longer tell fortunes, and no one would be able to arrest his fellow clansmen in the future.

"Oh, it's really sad that you don't know yourself when you're about to die!" Seeing Jinghe Dragon King leaving with joy, Chen Xian shook his head and smiled, and after closing the door, he began to meditate.

Chen Xian knew what would happen when the Dragon King of Jinghe returned. He was nothing more than boasting with a group of dragon sons, grandsons, shrimp soldiers and crab generals about how he gambled against Yuan Shoucheng. God Jia sent an imperial decree, and the Jade Emperor asked him to spread the rain as Yuan Shoucheng said. The old Dragon King listened to his subordinates' advice, and planned to change the time, just deducting the number of rains, nothing to watch, and nothing to remind.

Things went as normal as the plot. The next day, the Dragon King of Jinghe attacked Fengbo, Leigong, Yuntong, Dianmu, and went up to the sky above Chang'an City.When he got there, he spread the clouds, thundered at noon, and rained at noon, and when the rain stopped, he only got three feet and forty points: he changed his plan for an hour, and deducted three inches and eight points of rain.

After the rain, the Dragon King of Jinghe distributed all the generals' class teachers. He pressed his head down again, and transformed into a white-clothed gentleman. He went to Naximenli Street, crashed into Yuan Shoucheng's hexagram shop, and started smashing everything in the shop. It was smashed to pieces.

The old god Yuan Shoucheng was sitting on the chair without any fear, and the Dragon King of Jinghe was about to hit the door again, and at the same time he cursed: "This monster who talks about calamity and good fortune, a man who is good at confusing people's hearts! You don't know what to say! Ling, the words are ridiculous! You said that the time and the number of rain today are not the same, and you still sit in danger, go early, and I will spare you the death penalty!"

Yuan Shoucheng's expression remained unchanged, he looked up to the sky and said with a sneer: "I'm not afraid! I'm not afraid! I have no capital punishment, but I'm afraid you have one! It's easy for others to hide it, but it's hard to hide it from me. I know you. Dragon King of Jinghe River. You have violated the Jade Emperor’s decree, changed the time, and violated the rules of heaven. You will inevitably be stabbed on that ‘dragon cutting stage’, and you are still scolding me here?”

When the Dragon King of Jinghe was told by Yuan Shoucheng, Fang Shi came to his senses, only to be terrified and terrified.He threw away the door panel in a hurry, straightened his clothes and bowed down, knelt down to his husband and said, "Sir, don't blame me. If you listen to the jokes in the preface, you don't know how to make a fake come true, and it really violates the rules of heaven. What can I do? Hope you, sir, save me! Otherwise, I will die." I won't let you go."

Yuan Shoucheng almost didn't think about it, as if he had already prepared, he said: "I can't save you, I just point out a way to survive and reincarnate with you."

The Dragon King of Jinghe quickly kowtowed and said, "I would like to ask for advice."

Yuan Shoucheng said inscrutablely: "Tomorrow at three o'clock in the afternoon, you should go to Cao Guan Wei Zheng to be executed. If you want your life, you must hurry and tell the current Emperor Taizong of Tang. Wei Zheng is the prime minister under the king of Tang. , if you ask for his personal favor, then nothing will happen."

After the Dragon King of Jinghe heard that he paid his respects to Yuan Shoucheng, he left in a state of dismay. At that time, the rain cleared up and the sun was setting red.The smoke condenses and the mountains are purple, and the tired birds return to the forest; the mist cages the ferry, and the geese live in Suisha.

"The Dragon King of Jinghe may be going to ask Li Shimin later, why don't you stop him and change the plot?" Chen Xian rested his chin and began to think.

It was slowly getting dark, the Milky Way appeared, and the lights dimmed.The wind curls up the furnace smoke, the moon shifts the shadows of the flowers, I don't feel deep, and the night is already in the middle of the night.

A gust of wind blew by, and Chen Xian's figure suddenly disappeared without a trace, and his whereabouts were unknown.

(End of this chapter)