Most of the gods did not expect Zengzi's appearance. Even Mr. Ziyu arrived in advance and took a tour of Chang'an City. He had already passed by many gods who were wandering around Chang'an, and even... After meeting him, they still didn't know Ziyu's identity.
After all, Mr. Ziyu has always kept a low profile, and only a few people who can recognize him are Erlang Zhenjun and Guanyin Bodhisattva.
Not to mention that Erlang Zhenjun had the intention to let his children become disciples of Zeng Zi, the civil servants and bachelors of the Tang Dynasty even wanted to become disciples of Zeng Zi and learn the Confucian ways again.
The reason why Yang Jian was a little hesitant was not because of other reasons. He actually knew that the Great Sage King Bodhisattva was his father Yang Tianyou, and he never took the initiative to meet him. In other words, the father and son were quite different. Tacit understanding. Neither party wants to meet at this time.
Both Yang Jian and Yang Tianyou actually wanted to save this important moment of family reunion until Yao Ji fully recovered and returned.
Although there is no return, Yang Jian will still take the initiative to explore the matters about his father, even if there are some vague things. He will go to the six-eared macaque for confirmation.
Naturally, the six-eared macaque would not hide anything from Zhenjun Erlang in this regard, otherwise it would not be a trivial matter if unnecessary misunderstandings were caused. Moreover, as for the six-eared macaque himself, he also really wants to see the family of Zhenjun Erlang reunited smoothly.
Since he had investigated his father's affairs, Yang Jian naturally knew that his father was the head of a Confucian and Buddhist family, and he studied Gongyang before he attained the status of the Great Sage, the Master King, and the Bodhisattva.
Originally, Yang Jian didn't know much about the content of "Gongyang". After learning about this, he specifically went to consult the Confucian master about the knowledge in "Gongyang".
I have to say that after watching it, Yang Jian felt that "Gongyang" suited his temperament very well, and even gained a lot of new inspiration for the improvement of "Tian Tiao".
Originally, according to Yang Jian's idea, his children's future cultivation has already been settled. The Xuanmen skills will be taught by his master Yuding; the martial arts will naturally be taught by his own father; the Confucian knowledge will naturally fall into place. It's his father's fault, and this is also the care that all grandfathers have for Yang's family and grandchildren.
As for Buddhism, Yang Jian accepted the advice of Master Tripitaka and would not let his children have too much exposure to Buddhism until they reach adulthood.
"Although it is not a bad thing for a child to learn Buddhism, it will kill his nature to a certain extent." Master Sanzang said to Yang Jian at that time, "Furthermore, Zhenjun asked your son to worship me as his teacher. Aren't you afraid that he will marry Xiaobai?" Like a dragon, he spends his whole day thinking about asking the poor monk to ordain him and become a monk? At that time, the poor monk will not be able to give an explanation to the real king."
If someone else said this, Yang Jian would definitely sneer at it.
But these words came from the mouth of Master Tripitaka, and they had an inexplicable convincing power. Not to mention a child, even those monks who have been practicing for many years, I am afraid that after practicing with Master Tripitaka for a period of time, they will be Impressed by Master Tripitaka's Buddhist teachings, he fled to Buddhism and became a monk.
Looking at the ordained monks, after receiving a few words of advice from Master Tripitaka, they all followed him so enthusiastically. Zhenjun Erlang naturally gave up this idea.
To be honest, even Master Tripitaka himself had no such intention. Yang Jian didn't think that his own son could withstand Master Tripitaka's Buddhist teachings.
But Master Tripitaka also made a promise, "After your son has learned the basics, if you are still interested in the Buddhist teachings of the poor monk, you can come to the poor monk to study the scriptures at any time."
The implication is that if your young master Yang can be his own master, the Buddhist teachings here in the poor monk will naturally not be secretive. As for the attitude of young master Yang towards Buddhism at that time, it is entirely up to him. .
Even if he really wants to become a monk, it is his own choice.
Yang Jian has no objection to this matter. If this day really comes, he will admit it.
I don’t believe that their son, who has been taught since childhood, can be abducted by Master Sanzang. As for preventing him from becoming a monk, he is not allowed to come to Ci’en Temple to study the Consciousness-only Sect, but to learn other Buddhist dharma. Then this It is better not to learn Buddhism.
If you want to learn from the best, the current knowledge-only teaching is obviously the Buddhist teaching in the three realms.
When Yang Jian mentioned this matter to the Jade Emperor, the Jade Emperor was very emotional, "As expected of Master Tripitaka, this is the true style of the holy Buddha."
At the same time, I can't help but feel contempt for the two sages of the West: Do you two understand Buddhism?
It is true that Buddhism liberates sentient beings, but can the sentient beings who are forcibly liberated really follow the Buddhist teachings?
"You might as well think about what it would be like if Master Tripitaka were replaced by Saint Zhunti."
Yang Jian replied without thinking: "I'm afraid not only my child, but also me will be transferred to Buddhism as a saint."
Although Zhunti Saint may not succeed, the other party will definitely not miss this opportunity.
On the altar, compared with Zengzi before him, Erlang Zhenjun's reputation is naturally widely spread throughout the three realms. Moreover, he has been hunting demons everywhere in the world for more than a thousand years. It can be said that there are legends about him everywhere. .
Just then when we got to the altar, the people in the temple were already shouting "Erlang Bodhisattva" and "Erlang Zhenjun" one after another.
Erlang Zhenjun is naturally extraordinary, and he has always remembered that Master Sanzang asked them for "the way of transformation", so this time he specially asked the master for a set of methods for soul transformation as a congratulatory gift.
Although it is not a "Tiangang Transformation", since it is 'produced by Yuquan Mountain', there is no doubt about its miraculousness.
"The real king is interested!"
Even Fahai didn't expect that Zhenjun Erlang would still take it to heart about something he had just casually mentioned back then.
However, based on the friendship between the two of them, there is no need to say that the friendship between gentlemen is as gentle as water, but if there is a need, they will travel thousands of miles to help.
For Fahai, Erlang Zhenjun was actually the first person he met with whom he had true sincerity since he came to this world.
The master-disciple friendship with Wukong is naturally more sincere, but it has to be said that according to the chronological order, I met Wukong after Erlang Zhenjun.
Of course, if Fa Hai is closer to anyone, it is undoubtedly Wukong. This is irrefutable.
Erlang Zhenjun is a like-minded and sympathetic friend, while Wukong is a disciple, disciple, and "family member."
Perhaps elsewhere, monks would be alone from now on and end the mortal world. But here in Fahai, this does not seem to be the case.
Master Tripitaka and Erlang Zhenjun had a great conversation. The two of them had too much to say, but today was the opening ceremony of the Consciousness-Wei Sect, and it was obviously not a time for the two of them to reminisce about the past. In the end, Master Erlang invited Master Tripitaka to attend. The first birthday party of his eldest son, Dalang, came to an end temporarily because Master Tripitaka said that he would definitely attend.
Later, on behalf of the Queen Mother of Yaochi, Bamei and Xingxian congratulated Master Sanzang on the founding of the sect, and presented nine purple-striped flat peaches that ripen once every 9,000 years as a congratulatory gift.
Although the Queen Mother indeed appointed Xingxian as her representative, she still felt a little guilty after those "big guys" took turns to fight just now, so she went to find the Eighth Princess of Heaven and explained the reason why the Eighth Princess was anxious for justice. He went to the altar with Xingxian.
As soon as these nine nine-thousand-year-old flat peaches appeared, not only in Ci'en Temple, but also in the entire Chang'an, there was this fragrance——
Some old and frail people just smelled the aroma of the flat peach and suddenly felt much healthier.
"You know, that's a flat peach! You can live forever if you eat one!"
Mortals naturally don't know the specific divisions among flat peaches. They only know that eating one flat peach can lead to immortality. But this will not affect their desire for flat peaches at all.
Flat peach!
Let alone mortals, even the monks and gods present were very jealous when they saw it!
Especially these flat peaches that ripen once in nine thousand years. Even for those immortals who are qualified to participate in the flat peach meeting, it takes nearly ten thousand years to eat one heaven and earth spiritual fruit.
Last time, because the Great Sage almost destroyed all the peaches in the peach garden, even if the Queen Mother had some stock, many immortals and gods were not able to enjoy this blessing.
Thinking of this, a group of gods locked their eyes on the Great Sage, which inevitably contained a bit of "hateful resentment", making the Great Sage feel uncomfortable.
The embarrassing incident that had been almost forgotten was reawakened by these nine peaches.
The eighth sister also said: "Holy Buddha, don't blame my mother for being stingy. In fact, we don't have much stock of flat peaches."
As soon as she said these words, she felt something was wrong and hurriedly stuck out her tongue to the great sage beside her, as if she wanted to express her apology in an attempt to get through.
Naturally, the Great Sage will not argue with Bamei because of this matter. Moreover, it was originally his own fault. After all, regardless of whether others invited him or not, and why he was not invited, he should not be troubled because of this matter. My mood was confused, not to mention that I had already eaten all the peaches in the peach garden.
Even now, the Great Sage occasionally analyzes his own state of mind in the dead of night to do such things. Then he comes to a conclusion that makes him dumbfounded -
Perhaps because he was afraid that his stealing of peaches would be exposed, he simply made a fuss on the grounds that he was not invited to a peach party held in heaven.
It has to be said that after following Master for a long time, the Great Sage's perspective on thinking about problems has become more and more cunning. In fact, when he made trouble in the Heavenly Palace, it was simply because the Heavenly Palace did not invite him, and what he did was not that bad at all. Many calculations are completely random.
When Bi Ma Wen was in power, he was able to ignore the regulations and release the Pegasus horses from the stables and let them graze in the Tianhe River. However, he raised those Pegasus horses until they were fat and strong, and he only said "raising horses" This one can be regarded as fulfilling one's duties.
Later, because Bima Wen was a low-ranking official, he felt dissatisfied and refused to serve him. He pushed the public case down, used a Dinghai Shenzhen iron rod to drive out of the Royal Horse Prison, and went down to the heaven.
At that time, the Jade Emperor sent troops down to earth to arrest him. The leaders were King Li Tianwang of Tota and the Third Prince Nezha.
Why is it said that Nezha said that he let go when he was fighting the Great Sage? It was also during this battle that Nezha only displayed three heads and six arms. Although there were six weapons and magic weapons in his hands, they were not what made him famous.
What are the "Demon-Slaying Sword, Demon-Slaying Knife, Demon-Binding Rope, Demon-Subduing Pestle, Hydrangea Ball, and Fire Wheel"? These six things. Not even the third one, the Fire Pointed Spear, the Universe Circle, and the Huntian Ling, were taken out. The Nine Dragon Divine Fire Shield is even more hidden.
However, even if Nezha really sacrificed these magic weapons at that time, he might not necessarily be able to defeat the Great Sage.
However, after this battle, the Heavenly Court also recognized his title of "Great Sage Equaling Heaven" and issued an imperial edict to grant him the title of God. This was completely different from the titles of "Great Sage" that he had sworn to and proclaimed themselves.
At that time, the Great Sage learned that the "Great Sage Qitian" was of the highest rank and did not care about his salary. In addition, Heavenly Court had also built a Qitian Mansion, so he was content to stay in Heavenly Court and serve.
Even if it was just like that, didn't he cause any trouble?
Today I travel east, and tomorrow I wander west. I just make a few friends and have banquets and parties from time to time.
It was also Xu Jingyang and Xu Zhenren who were "talkative" and advised the Jade Emperor, saying: "Now there is the Great Sage Qitian, who has nothing to do and travels around, making friends with all the stars in the sky, no matter how high or low, they are all friends. I am afraid that he will cause trouble in the future, so it is better to be with him in his free time. He takes care of one thing so that we don't get into trouble."
The Jade Emperor had obviously been waiting for this for a long time before Xu Zhen came up with the suggestion. The Jade Emperor directly sent the Great Sage over and gave him the job of looking after the Peach Garden.
At that time, the immortals were a little confused about this matter. After all, letting the Monkey King, a restless monkey, take charge of the Pantaoyuan, sounded unreliable, but this was the Jade Emperor's decision. Even the Queen Mother didn't have any objections, so naturally the gods couldn't say anything.
Even after some gods were "harmed" by the Great Sage in Pantaoyuan, they still said in their hearts that it was the Jade Emperor who lured thieves into the house and brought the consequences upon themselves.
But smarter gods, now looking back on what happened back then, can only see through it without telling them.
At that time, the Great Sage had a pure heart. Although he had learned a lot of skills, the "knowledge" of how to deal with the world was obviously still the shortcoming of the Great Sage. Therefore, the Jade Emperor asked him to guard the Pantaoyuan, but he did not say that he would not be allowed to do so. Eat the peaches from the peach orchard. How can you keep the peaches?
As for listening to the words of the Seven Fairies, saying that Pantao Club did not invite him, the Great Sage did not connect the two things at all, and simply broke his guard.
In the end, he deceived all the immortals. He went to the venue and knocked down the attendants, and then ate and drank a lot. He was very happy.
In fact, up to this point, the Great Sage was not worried. Even if he caused trouble at the meeting, he just wanted to go back to his home and sleep until he was in a daze. Because he was drunk and lost his way, he did not return to Qitian Mansion, but went to Tushita Palace. And it happened to be Laojun is not at home, because he is giving a sermon with the ancient Buddha Ran Deng on the Zhuling Alchemy Platform in the three-storey high pavilion. All the immortal boys, immortal generals, immortal officials and immortal officials are standing around to listen to the lecture. Therefore, the Tusita Palace is empty. one person.
Next to the alchemy room and alchemy stove, there were five golden elixir gourds that the Great Sage also ate up.
But it was after taking this pill that he suddenly woke up from the alcohol, and suddenly realized that he had caused a big disaster. He said straight away: No, no! This disaster is greater than the sky; if the Jade Emperor is alarmed, his life will be difficult to survive. Walk! Walk! Walk! Why don't you go down to the next world and be the king?
On the way to learn the scriptures, the Great Sage also mentioned the doubtful points to the Master: such as a series of coincidences in this matter, and the fact that he took the wrong path because he was drunk.
(End of chapter)
