"you……"
Obviously, as soon as Chen Xuanzang said these words, the shopkeeper subconsciously took a step back and looked at them with a vigilant look...
But after just glancing at the silk and satin on Chen Xuanzang's body, the meat on the chopsticks, the full head of hair and the maid beside him, the expression on his face immediately relaxed.
"My young master, please don't say these nonsense!"
"Huh? What do you mean?"
Chen Xuanzang showed a hint of astonishment: "I asked you at the gate of the city. The official at that time also reacted like you...Why, in this country, the word monk cannot be mentioned?"
"this……"
The shopkeeper looked hesitant and moved his mouth a few times, as if he was worried.
"Ah!"
Chen Xuanzang snorted coldly, picked up the fan and knocked it on his palm: "Xiao Binzi!"
"call out!"
Sun Bin, the book boy version, threw out a silver ingot without saying a word, and it fell into the shopkeeper's arms.
"My young master is not short of money, so just say whatever you want!"
"Thank you sir for the reward!"
Feeling the heavy silver in his hand, the shopkeeper immediately beamed with joy, and there was no trace of hesitation on his face.
"Young master, you don't know something." The shopkeeper pulled up a chair, sat at the table, and started telling stories: "In our country of Chechi, you must never express that you are a monk or that you have any knowledge of Buddhism. , If the monk is interested, otherwise..."
"Okay, don't be too pretentious. How can I be interested in this ruined Buddhist school, young master? Come on, I'm very interested in the customs of your Chechi country."
Chen Xuanzang picked up the fan and hit the shopkeeper on the head mercilessly, looking like an unreasonable young master from an aristocratic family.
This kind of operation also makes the display cabinet feel more stable.
"Of course, how could the young master have anything to do with this ruined Buddhism? It's just that you just came to Chechi country not long ago, and you still don't know anything about our country..."
"Thirty years ago, our country actually respected Buddhism... Even the king level had to be canonized by a Buddhist temple... But all of this happened during the drought thirty years ago. Completely changed..."
Accompanied by the shopkeeper's slow explanation, the five-person group heading west finally understood what had happened to the Buddhist sect in Chi Chi State.
It turns out that thirty years ago, a rare drought occurred in the Chechi Kingdom... In order to pray for rain, the king, queen, and prince burned incense and bathed, fasted for seven days, and worshiped the Buddha sincerely, hoping to move Buddhism and bring heavy rain...
But the shopkeeper didn’t need to say much, the Westward Five knew the result... As far as Buddhism is concerned, even if you offer the world’s wealth, you may not be able to make the true Buddha come, let alone just fasting?
Sure enough, seven days later, the whole country was speechless, the rivers were dry, and the people were about to starve to death... The king was so worried that he and the queen fell ill on the spot!
Fortunately, at this time, the great immortals Hu Li, Lu Li, and Yang Li, the national masters, came and prayed for a heavy rain to relieve the drought... But unfortunately, it was too late in the end. The king and queen were so anxious that they died of illness.
When the prince succeeded to the throne, in order to avenge his father, he immediately overthrew all the temples in the country and worshiped three Taoist immortals as national teachers... From then on, Chechi State did not worship Buddhism, but only sought Taoism...
If it were just like this, it would be fine. At worst, Buddhist disciples could just turn to Taoism. After all, Buddhism and Taoism are originally one family...
But the key point is that a year ago, Buddhism was eliminated by the Heavenly Court due to collusion with the devil... And the three national masters who took Taoism as their glory decided to completely eradicate the remnants of Buddhism!
So the national preceptors arrested all the Buddhist disciples and ordered them to write letters to the Buddhist disciples they knew, saying that Chechi Country was the last country that could accept Buddhist disciples and inviting them to come...
After they came over, he captured them in one fell swoop and ordered them to write letters to summon other disciples to come...
Just like this one operation after another, in less than a month, the number of Buddhist disciples imprisoned by Che Chiguo reached tens of thousands!
In order to digest these Buddhist disciples without causing huge killings, the Imperial Master came up with an idea, and then there was what Chen Xuanzang and others saw today, the scene of Buddhist disciples working as coolies, selling goods, working as slaves, etc...
And once the Buddhist disciples were absorbed by the entire country, there were not enough manpower... So they started over again, asking the new Buddhist disciples to write letters and capture a new cycle of Buddhist people.
Even now, you don’t need to be dressed in Buddhist attire. As long as you ask those Buddhist monks, the surrounding soldiers, government officials, and even the people will take the initiative to catch you and send you to the government officials to become slaves of Chechi Kingdom...
It is said that many outsiders who were just curious became so-called Buddhist disciples and were forced to stay here as slaves. They also wrote letters to trick their relatives and friends into coming over as slaves...
After finishing speaking, the shopkeeper sighed: "Now, our operation in Chechi State, which captures Buddhist disciples as slaves, has formed a huge industrial chain... Master, if you think about it, you will know that Buddhism has been destroyed for a year. Where are the new disciples?"
"To put it bluntly, these new disciples were beaten into Buddhism just because they were curious, had their heads shaved, changed their clothes, and became slaves. They were then ordered to write letters to recruit acquaintances, friends, and even family members to come and be deceived, and ended up becoming slaves. An endless cycle.”
"That is to say, Master, you and your group are not ordinary people at first glance. Otherwise... when you went to inquire, you would have been beaten into Buddhists by the government officials."
After listening to the shopkeeper's narration, the five people from Xixing all opened their mouths in shock, with disbelief on their faces.
Che Chiguo, this already involves human trafficking, right? Arresting people, beating them into Buddhist disciples, and then having other relatives tricked into coming over... This is too easy! It’s so unexpected!
"The people below are doing this, National Master, doesn't the king know?"
Chen Xuanzang couldn't hold back and asked.
"So what if you know? So what if you don't know?"
The shopkeeper sighed and said: "The country of Chechi is originally decided by the villagers from all over the country. Even the army is recommended by the villagers from all over the country. What can the king do? As for the national teacher, he is dedicated to cultivation and is not familiar with worldly affairs. , let alone care about more."
(PS: Here, Mr. Naodong is not lying! Among all the countries recorded in the original work of Journey to the West, only the scene of Chechi’s request for rain was made by the village elders to the king. It can be seen that in Chechi’s country, How powerful is the village elder!)
"As for the current state of Chechi, no matter whether you are related to Buddhism or not, as long as you come into contact with a monk, you will not be able to escape! Even if Tathagata comes to our place, you will be arrested and forced to do hard labor for three years!"
Listening to the shopkeeper's emotional words, the five members of the Westbound Group looked at each other in shock. They did not expect that this was the fact that Monk Che Chiguo had been arrested... No, the one who was arrested was not necessarily a monk!
At that moment, I didn’t ask any more questions. After finishing my meal, I rented a small courtyard from the shopkeeper to stay in...
"Chechi Country, according to Journey to the West, there should be a disaster here, and there is also a loophole in the world barrier... The devil will not give up the opportunity to invade through a gambling battle. What do you think they will do?"
As soon as he sat down in the courtyard, Chen Xuanzang presided over the discussion and immediately asked impatiently.
"Great Sage, can you see the loopholes in the world nodes here?"
Sun Bin did not speak immediately, but looked at Sun Wukong.
Sun Wukong nodded and said: "I have already observed it. It is in the direction of the palace... I think it should be under the palace. But that node is very strange and not big. It should not be able to integrate with the small world... But I want to make up for it. It doesn’t seem easy!”
"What's the meaning?"
Sun Bin, Chen Xuanzang and others all frowned.
Sun Wukong explained: "Many of the previous nodes either only needed to be compensated with mana, or were contaminated with calamity, and they needed to perform meritorious deeds to resolve the calamity, and then they would heal automatically... But this node is very strange. !”
"What's strange?"
Sun Bin asked with a frown.
"I don't know the specifics, but the energy surrounding the node loophole is a force I have never seen before. Maybe we have to go and investigate in person to find out. But I can be sure of one thing. This node, It has nothing to do with the devil... Even in the entire Chechi Kingdom, I, Sun, have not seen a single devil!"
Sun Wukong also frowned and replied... Chen Xuanzang, who was presiding over the discussion, clapped his hands and focused everyone's attention on himself.
"Then you go and have a look later..." Chen Xuanzang looked at Sun Wukong and ordered: "In addition, since we are in the palace, when you go, you can also test it out. What are the three great masters of the Chechi Kingdom and the current Buddhist disciples? Do you know anything about it or not?"
"Human trafficking is a heinous crime, not to mention it is carried out in the name of Taoism, using the excuse of religious disputes! It is absolutely not allowed to open this hole in the earthly and immortal world!"
The other four people looked at each other and nodded with serious faces...Human trading has been banned since the Emperor of Heaven became King of Shang! Unexpectedly, it started again now!
——
At night, Sun Wukong, the best at camouflage, the fastest Golden-winged Dapeng, and the wise man Sun Bin, used the power of earth escape to arrive at the loophole in the world node first...
After arriving at the location, Sun Wukong pointed to the cyan energy on the loophole and said to the other two people: "Birdman, scholar, you are well-informed, have you ever seen this kind of energy? If it can be eliminated, we don't need to do anything more, this loophole They all heal automatically."
"I seem to have seen this kind of power somewhere."
Sun Bin frowned and stretched out his hand towards the loophole...Similarly, Dapeng also showed a similar expression and stretched out his hand at the same time...
Then……
"I know!"*2!
"What power?"
Sun Wukong asked eagerly. Yuyi Xian and Sun Bin looked at each other, took a deep breath and said, "This is the power of incense!"
"The power of incense?!"
Sun Wukong blinked and looked at Sun Bin and Yuyi Xian with some confusion: "What kind of power is this?"
"This is a kind of poisonous power that even exceeds the power of the devil."
Sun Bin patiently explained to Sun Wukong: "This kind of power is offered to living beings. Use it to practice. It can improve your cultivation very quickly and is very addictive... But the biggest problem with this power is that the incense does not care who it is." The worshiper doesn't care whether the request he makes is good or evil. As long as you absorb it, you must complete it...and as long as you absorb this kind of power once, you will never be willing to give up, kidnapped by the power, and commit crimes. More sins..."
"Back then, Dashang eradicated a large number of evil gods from various places, and this is the case!"
After explaining, Sun Bin looked at the entrance of the cave, his expression becoming more complicated: "However, the method of cultivating incense has long been eradicated by Master Jinling, Master Yunxiao and others... Now, why does it appear here again? Moreover, And it condenses the fusion that blocks the loophole? Weird! It’s really weird!”
Sun Wukong and the Golden-winged Dapeng Eagle also looked at it for a long time, but in the end, they did not dare to touch the power of the incense for fear of being tempted...
"Scholar, this power can't be eradicated?"
"As far as I know, let alone getting rid of it, the power of this incense has no other effect at all except for absorption and cultivation. Only the devil knows how it is attached to the entrance of the cave..."
Sun Bin smiled bitterly and said, "If you want to get rid of it, I have no other way except absorbing it. Otherwise, which one of you can try?"
Sun Wukong and the Golden-winged Dapeng Eagle both took a step back, showing no intention of contamination... After absorbing it, the wish of the incense worshiper must be fulfilled. Only the devil knows what weird wishes there are. Whoever wants to absorb them will absorb them!
"Now what?"
The three of them looked at each other, a little helpless.
The golden-winged roc eagle curled his lips and complained: "Didn't the scholar say that? This thing is more poisonous than the power of the devil... We don't dare to absorb it, how can the devil dare to do it?"
After hearing Yu Yixian's words, Sun Wukong and Sun Bin's eyes lit up, and they gave him a thumbs up: "What you said is... smart! I mean, you can see through the essence of things directly. Are you called a fool who thinks a lot?" Got something?"
"roll!"
Wing Immortal's face darkened and he kicked Sun Wukong out.
Sun Wukong laughed, dodged the kick of Feather Wing Fairy, looked at Sun Bin again, and said: "Scholar, since there is no way here, let's go directly to see the three great masters... The Taoist sect they are in is now occupied by Che Chi Kingdom Countless people worship it, maybe this place has something to do with them!”
"It makes sense."
Sun Bin's eyes lit up and he glanced at Sun Wukong appreciatively: "Great Sage, you don't seem to have transformed into the form of a military advisor monkey, or a wise monkey, or a prince monkey this time, right? Why do I feel that you are so much smarter?"
"Are you about to behead the corpse?"
"Yes." Sun Wukong nodded and replied: "The clones have almost been fused, and we just need to cut them out... Hey, it's all my fault, master, why did you teach me such a complicated technique? You have to fuse first, then cut off the clones, and then Only through fusion can we achieve Hunyuan... Although the power of Hunyuan will be several times stronger than ordinary Hunyuan in the end, it is too troublesome."
"If I had followed Hongjun's method of killing three corpses, I would already be halfway to Hunyuan..."
"Stop complaining, do you dare to use Hongjun's method? Let's go, time is not short, we still have to test the national master..."
Sun Bin rolled his eyes and didn't bother to talk to Sun Wukong, the guy from Versailles. He greeted the two of them and went to the palace of the Imperial Master...
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