Although the Yangli Immortal was a good drinker, he seemed to be incapable of drinking. After drinking several times, he already showed a drunken state.
There were a lot of embarrassing jokes during the banquet, but this was just his true temperament, so Fa Hai would not be surprised by this. In fact, many times it was easier to deal with such a person.
At this time, Great Immortal Yangli jumped out to interrupt Master Tripitaka. What thoughts could he have?
It was just that when he heard Master Tripitaka mention the five hundred monks, he subconsciously thought that Master Tripitaka wanted to take the opportunity to intercede and ask the king to forgive these monks. Isn't this a good time to show the monk's mercy?
Although these monks are not good people, for the sake of Master Tripitaka, they were released as soon as they were told. It was not an embarrassment.
It would inevitably make him feel unhappy, so Master Yangli took advantage of Master Sanzang's words before he finished speaking and interrupted them drunkenly, in order to prevent the friendship they had just gotten along from being ruined.
Immortal Yangli's thoughts were all written on his face, and everyone present could see it clearly. The other two national masters rarely stopped him, because they had the same idea, and thought that Master Sanzang meant what he said at this moment. To rescue these monks out of trouble.
The leader of the country, who was sitting at the top, frowned slightly when he saw Master Sanzang's words being interrupted by Great Immortal Yang Li, and seemed to have flashed a bit of disappointment.
It was as if he wanted to hear Master Tripitaka say that he wanted to rescue the monks from their troubles, so that the Buddhist and Taoist families could compete with each other in their magical powers, which would also open his eyes.
Naturally, everyone's expressions could not be hidden from Fahai's eyes, and they were all caught in his eyes.
He looked quite serious at this moment. After reciting the Buddha's name, he said in a deep voice: "The poor monk saw the suffering of five hundred monks, so he looked at it with Dharma eyes, but he saw that they were riddled with karma and had serious sins."
As soon as Master Tripitaka said this, everyone present was shocked. They never expected that Master Tripitaka would actually say such words.
Immortal Yangli, who was still standing, was a little confused and subconsciously asked: "What kind of karma? How deep a sin?"
Immortal Lu Li pulled him down and told him not to say anything but to listen to Master Tripitaka's wishes.
When the king and queen saw this scene, they subconsciously sat upright.
The expression that the old master looked at Master Tripitaka became more and more complex. Perhaps the three imperial masters only knew that these monks were not good people. The king and the queen only regarded them as monks who were incapable of reciting empty sutras. In addition, they wanted to please the three monks. As a national master, he gave them to Sanqing Temple to work and suffer. But he knew what these monks looked like in Chechi Kingdom.
It was precisely because of this that he realized that the small request of these three national masters to build the Sanqing Taoist Temple was insignificant compared to the prosperity of the Buddhist temple back then.
"Such monks have committed the crime of deceiving the Buddha. They have been suffering in the human world for twenty years. Now the crime of deceiving the Buddha is difficult to satisfy, but the evil deeds committed in the human world cannot be punished. Therefore, the poor monk dared to keep my three disciples. Outside the city, ask these monks to confess one by one the crimes they have committed over the years and record them all." Fa Hai saw that everyone's expressions became more and more frightened, and he spoke a little faster: "Now my disciples have already After recording the crime, more than thirty village elders came to the court to pray for rain, so I asked them to come together. Now——"
Having said this, Fa Hai sensed it for a moment, and when he heard the exclamation coming from outside the palace gate, he said, "They have arrived outside the palace gate."
As soon as he finished talking, a guard guarding the door rushed over, shouting: "Report——"
After entering the palace, he knelt in front of His Majesty and said: "To report to Your Majesty, auspicious clouds suddenly arrived, and then the divine monk descended from the sky and captured five hundred monks who fell outside the palace gate; more than thirty village elders came to court, It is said that there will be little rain in the spring, and I am afraid that there will be a drought in the summer, so I specially ask the national teacher to pray for rain and bring down the sweet rain."
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After hearing the sound of "Teng", the king immediately stood up from his seat and looked at Master Tripitaka directly opposite him, but he didn't know whether to marvel at his actions or at the magical power that descended from the sky.
The three national masters also looked at each other, as if they were so shocked that they didn't know what to say. Is this really an eminent Buddhist monk?
How could he do such a righteous act of exterminating relatives?
After all, most of the Buddhist sects live in hiding from each other, so this is the first time they have seen Master Tripitaka acting like this.
"Your Majesty, why don't you go meet the three Imperial Preceptors first and then make a decision?" The old master beside him was not sure whether he should be happy or worried at this moment.
He is also knowledgeable and knows that in addition to demons and ghosts, there are also gods and Buddhas in this world.
If you offend demons and ghosts, you can ask gods and Buddhas to appear and surrender, but if you offend Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, who else can you ask for help in Xiniu Hezhou?
This is why no one dared to control the monks who were tyrannical in the Chechi Kingdom. Now that the old master came to power, he did not imprison these monks or punish them, but just made them suffer in the Sanqing Temple. One of the reasons.
Mortals are powerless against gods and Buddhas.
For many mortals, twenty years is already one-third of their lifespan, or even more than half of their life. But to the gods and Buddhas, it is just a nap.
Although the Three Pure Observations have gained power now, who knows when the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas will remember the incense here? When the time comes to deliver retribution, there must be someone who can speak, right?
It is probably because of this reason that the old master did not join the emperor and many ministers in clinging to these three masters.
But I didn't expect that the eminent monk of the Tang Dynasty was waiting for the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas to come, and he was going to deal with these monks according to the national law.
Now that someone else's complaint has been written, including a confession, if the court doesn't accept it, there will probably be another setback.
At the moment, he doesn't have any good plan, he can only take it one step at a time. In fact, he has realized an even sadder fact, that is, his thoughts may not be important at all, and he still doesn't know if he will have a chance to speak. , let alone taking advantage of every opportunity.
The king had already complied with the old master's words and drove to the palace gate together.
There was quite a bit of commotion about this. It was Xiangyun and a divine monk. If nothing else happened, the people in the surrounding area would arrive before them. Therefore, before setting off, the Royal Forest Army was sent to maintain order to prevent people from crowding and causing a stampede.
Not long after, everyone arrived in front of the palace gate.
I saw five hundred monks kneeling outside the palace gate and crying bitterly. More than thirty village elders pointed and pointed while talking to the surrounding people. At the front stood three elders with different appearances, which made people look at them at a glance. In the past, I thought I was a monster.
When Immortal Yangli was about to take action, Immortal Luli held him down and whispered in his ear: "Those are the three disciples of Master Tripitaka."
"Your Majesty, these are the three disciples that the poor monk mentioned before - Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, and Sha Wujing."
The king was not afraid when he saw it, he just found it interesting: "Since you are the disciple of the Master, please come forward quickly."
The Great Sage and others approached, and except for Wu Jing who saluted seriously, Wukong and Bajie casually held their hands together, which was regarded as a greeting.
The queen had a kind face. Although she was shocked for a moment at first, after learning that they were disciples of Master Tripitaka, she asked curiously: "I wonder if that elder drove the fairy cloud and brought everyone here?"
The great sage did his part, pointed at himself with a thumbs up, and said: "It's me, old grandson."
The queen empress liked the great sage's smart appearance and said with a smile: "The young elder is so handsome. It's a pity that I came out a little late. I don't have the good fortune to see him."
"It's just some ordinary skills of flying in the clouds and mists. It can't be considered powerful. It can't be considered powerful." The Great Sage waved his hands repeatedly.
"What the Great Sage Sun said is wrong!" But it was the Great Immortal Tiger Power who said from the side: "Your Majesty, Madam Sun Dasheng is very impressive. He is the Monkey King who caused trouble in the Heavenly Palace five hundred years ago. He can do it with just a somersault. Traveling thousands of miles, looking at the entire Three Realms, there aren't many people who have such ability."
Xiao Bailong listened to this and thought to himself: OK, now it's your turn to praise my senior brother.
"Hi -" He was praised in such words by the other party for the first time when we met. He was a little embarrassed to call the Great Sage. He smiled and said: "Those old things, why are you mentioning them? Now it's three national masters, so Practicing the Five Thunder Techniques of praying for rain, which cannot be learned except from the True Tradition of the Three Pure Ones, is a great blessing."
"Ha ha ha ha--"
Great Immortal Huli couldn't help laughing for a moment, obviously he was very happy to be recognized by the great sage.
As the two sides complimented each other, the scene became more and more harmonious. Bajie looked around for a while, then approached the master and asked in a low voice: "Master, Brother Monkey said that you have reserved a seat for your disciple."
"Wu Jing!" Fa Hai called to Wu Jing, who was holding the paper beside him, and said, "Show the confession in your hand to His Majesty."
