The sky is full of clouds and mist.

   The patrolling soldiers lined up in a long line with a long halberd, led by a heavenly general, and walked slowly through the small steps.

  The spring water on the rockery is flowing, and a few colorful koi swim back and forth in the pond with floating petals.

  In the imperial study room separated by a wall, the Jade Emperor reached out and handed a memorial with a letter to Li Jing.

  Li Jing silently read the memorials and letters, folded them again, and put his hands back on the dragon case with his body bowed.

   "Do you have any comments?" The Jade Emperor asked softly.

   "This...I respectfully obey His Majesty's will."

"I'm asking for your opinion." The Jade Emperor slowly leaned back on the chair, pressed the memorial with one hand, tapped his fingers lightly, raised his head and said, "If you want rain in Huaguo Mountain, I will satisfy him. Yes. If he wants two peaches, I will satisfy him too. This time, he wants four peaches and a nine-toothed rake. Do you think I should satisfy him?"

  Li Jing bowed slightly and looked at the Jade Emperor cautiously, without saying a word.

   Time passed by so quietly.

After a long time, the Jade Emperor hummed and sighed: "It seems that he has no other way if he is not satisfied. This demon monkey... Besides, I don't have the right to give Pantao at will. He wants a few demon monkeys instead. Heavenly Court will have to give a few... Hehehe. If things go on like this, Heavenly Court's treasury, I am afraid, will become his treasury, and he will be free to ask for anything."

  Li Jing lowered his head slowly, still silent.

  The Jade Emperor frowned tightly, pursed his lips and thought for a while, and said, "You said, is it possible to lead this calamity to another place?"

  Li Jing cupped his hands and said, "Report to Your Majesty, this calamity is going west."

   "What about before he arrives in the West? Is it possible that I will try my best to cooperate with him?"

"This... If it really doesn't work, Your Majesty can also consider Patriarch Subhuti. If the Three Purities don't take action, the people in the Taoist sect will do it. And I'm afraid of involving the heavenly court. According to the minister's opinion, only Patriarch Subhuti is the most suitable. In the end, he is the same. The master of the demon monkey, even if he can't solve it, he shouldn't take his anger out."

  The Jade Emperor glanced at Li Jing lightly, and asked softly, "Didn't you already send him a letter last time?"

   "You can go again."

   Hearing this, the Jade Emperor just shook his head helplessly. Laugh helplessly.

   Dignified Jade Emperor. Said to be in charge of the Three Realms, but in the eyes of these great powers, it is not a fart. Not to mention the decree to summon the meeting, even if you go in person, you may have to be closed, and you have to force a smile without complaining.

   This rebuilt heaven. In fact, the status is only weaker than that of 650 years ago.

   In Heaven 650 years ago, although the Jade Emperor also surrendered to Sanqing, he did not need to bow down to Zhen Yuanzi and Subhuti, and he did not need to look at the face of Daleiyin Temple. The earth immortals in the mortal world, the Yama in the underworld, and the dragon kings in the four seas are all ordered by the Jade Emperor.

   Now what?

  After the reconstruction of the Heavenly Court, Zhen Yuanzi and Subhuti both participated, which means that the original three "supervisors" became five at once. Not only that, the Great Leiyin Temple in the West is very powerful. Heavenly Court takes a slightly larger action, which requires more testing. Although Buddhism rarely intervenes, if it does intervene, Heavenly Court will be unable to move an inch.

   As for the monsters in the mortal world, although the heroes are divided, it is not like before the rise of Huaguo Mountain, it can be suppressed by the heaven, and it is impossible to gang up and attack them. It directly paralyzed Heavenly Court's control over the entire mortal world.

  Although the Dragon King of the Four Seas still submits to the Heavenly Court, he is not as obedient as he used to be.

  The Yama in the underworld is directly attached to the Daleiyin Temple, and half of the orders of the heavenly court will lose their effect when they reach the underworld.

  Erlang God of Guanjiangkou's imperial decree to the heaven is to listen to it if he is happy, and pretend not to see it if he is not happy. In such a situation, the Jade Emperor did not dare to hold Erlangshen accountable, and during the festivals, he did not dare to reduce all kinds of rewards. In the final analysis, the entire situation of Nanzhanbuzhou had to be maintained by his Erlang God.

   Today’s Heavenly Court is better than before. If there is anything better, I am afraid that there are many external troubles. The more external troubles there are, the fewer internal troubles, and the Jade Emperor's authority is naturally strengthened. It's a pity that this kind of good, there is no way to make up for the decline in the overall strength of Heavenly Court.

"Let's go to the letter... Okay, there is no way out." Slowly closing his eyes, the Jade Emperor sighed softly: "This matter, I will leave it to you. If necessary, I can also Come to the door to pay homage to Patriarch Subhuti in person."

   "No." Li Jing cupped his hands, hesitated for a moment, and then asked in a low voice, "The peach and the nine-toothed nail rake..."

   "Send it to him." After a slight pause, the Jade Emperor asked again: "However, it's better to drag it on, don't make it seem that Heavenly Court really does his bidding."

   "No!"

  …

   Carrying the Jade Emperor's imperial decree, Li Jing stepped out of the imperial study room and walked along the long corridor with two soldiers and guards to the small airport dedicated to the Lingxiao Palace.

   A group of Nantianmen soldiers who had been waiting there for a long time saluted, and the Heavenly King Chiguo was among them.

   Before King Chiguo could speak, Li Jing winked at him and said, "Let's talk on the ship."

  The battleship has set sail.

   After he was seated in the cabin, Li Jing screened his back, leaving only the Heavenly King Chiguo.

   glanced in the direction of Lingxiao Palace through the porthole, and Li Jing asked in a low voice, "Where did the demon monkey go?"

  The Heavenly King of Chiguo said in a low voice, "I have already left Gaolaozhuang, crossed the Yellow Wind Ridge, and will soon arrive at the Liusha River."

   "I'm about to enter the boundary of Xiniu Hezhou. It's quite fast. Are there any Buddhist people following?"

   "It was still there in Gao Lao Zhuang, but it's not clear now. The perception of the demon monkey is too broad, and the Buddha's shot is all big Buddha, and we can't investigate it with great fanfare, so..."

  Li Jing nodded, took a deep breath, turned and sat on the wooden chair beside him.

The Heavenly King of Chiguo followed closely and said in a low voice, "By the way, Heavenly King, the third prince hurried to Kunlun Mountain and just came back. Thinking about it, Master Taiyi should have known about the demon monkey and Xuanzang's westward journey. "

  Li Jing was stunned for a moment, and glanced at the Heavenly King Chiguo. He smiled and said, "Got it. Don't say anything about it. If they know it, we'll just pretend we don't know. Find a chance to reveal the location of the demon monkey to Nezha."

   "Promise." King Chiguo replied, hesitating for a moment. He asked in a low voice, "Tian Wang, if this matter is leaked, I'm afraid there will be some trouble."

"There is no way to make trouble." Li Jing slowly closed his eyes and said leisurely: "Buddhist, Taoist, Jade Emperor, we are caught in the middle, we can only play stupid. It's too fine, there will be more troubles in the future. Then. It's not just business."

   "Be humble and follow the teachings of the King of Heaven."

   In the mist, the battleship moved slowly towards Nantianmen.

  …

  The northwestern border area of ​​Nanzhanbuzhou.

  The north wind whistled past with the remnant snow, and the snow on the branches fell with a "thump", forming a small snowdrift on the side of the road.

   The rolling mountains have long since turned into a vast expanse of white, and a single step on any place can create a pit several inches deep.

   The little white dragon who was leading the horse shivered.

   Lu Liuguai laughed teasingly: "You are worse than a horse."

   "It has the blessing of the Great Sage's magic. Do I have it?"

   "Then can't you bless yourself?"

Xiaobailong looked up at the monkey walking in front, turned his face to look at Xuanzang who was leaning on his staff, and looked back at the canopy far behind, and said angrily, "You don't. Knowing that if you use the spells indiscriminately, will the catastrophe come earlier? The Great Sage is someone who has passed the catastrophe, can you compare with us?"

   Lu Liuguai rolled his eyes at him, quickened his pace and followed the monkey.

At this time, five months have passed since the group said goodbye to Gao Taigong's family and left Gao Lao Zhuang, but the peaches that he wanted to send from Heavenly Court have not been delivered, so that Xiao Bailong talks about it every day when he is free. land.

   In the past five months, I have encountered several waves of monsters and gods. But in most cases, as long as Lu Liuguai shows up, the other party will give way wisely.

After 650 years, most of the newly born monsters and earth immortals do not recognize monkeys, and their understanding of monkeys is limited to those legends that are both true and false. Even if monkeys stand in front of them, they will not recognize them. , Second come. He did not necessarily believe that the Monkey King who had been missing for hundreds of years would suddenly appear in front of him. It is more likely that the monkey is mistaken for the monkey king who is also a monkey demon and uses a stick weapon.

In contrast, the name of Lu Liuguai, one of the major powers of the demon clan, is more practical. Unless he has a direct relationship with the major demon kings, including the Bull Demon King and the Nine-Headed Worm, he will meet Lu Liuguai. Nai, or how much to give some thin noodles.

   caught up with Monkey's footsteps, Lu Liuguai cupped his hands and whispered: "Master, this old minister may have to leave for a while."

   "Leave?" The monkey walked step by step, leaning on the golden cudgel, and asked softly, "Where to go?"

   "I have to go back. The old minister, the righteous son, sent a letter saying that there was some conflict with the people of the Bull Demon King, and the old minister needed to go to deal with it."

   "Does the Bull Demon King know that you are with me?"

   "The old minister didn't let anyone say it...but, it is possible to know."

   "Do you know that you still have a conflict with your people?" The monkey snorted and sighed: "Okay, you can go back. When you see the Bull Demon King, I will ask you to say hello for me."

"This…"

   turned his face to the side, and the monkey added with a smile: "Then, come back and tell me what his face looks like."

   Lu Liuguai quickly cupped his hands and said, "Old minister understands."

   Before he finished speaking, the monkey suddenly accelerated his pace and rushed forward. Everyone behind them couldn't help being stunned, looking at each other in dismay, and all speeding up their pace.

After    ran a distance of fifty meters, the monkey stopped and watched from a distance. Others soon followed.

  Standing on the cliff, they could clearly see the ocean ten miles away. In other words, it is a huge river that looks like an ocean, crossing the entire continent.

   The water in the river was as yellow as sand, but in this icy world, it was still galloping as before, with no sign of freezing.

   "It's the quicksand river." The canopy standing at the back whispered.

  Monkey slowly looked back at him.

   This way, the canopy has always maintained the appearance of a human, without showing the body of a pig, and still seems to be somewhat resistant to the identity of a demon.

  Although he was forced to accept the westward journey under Xuanzang's flattery, he always walked last, and he didn't talk much to other people, especially monkeys.

The only exception to    is probably Xuanzang. Compared with other people here, he is probably the only one who is interested in Xuanzang's way of Purdue and various Buddhist studies.

   took a deep breath, and Tianpeng said softly: "Liusha River, known as 800 li wide, separates Hezhou, Xiniu and Nanzhanbuzhou. There are no boats on the river. Ordinary people, even if they have boats, can't travel."

   "Hey, we're not ordinary people." Xiao Bailong smiled, turned his head to look at the monkey beside him, and asked in a low voice, "Master, didn't you go there before? How did you get there?"

  Monkey raised his head and said, "The one who floated over with a wooden barrel floated for several days. This river is not eight hundred miles away, and it's all exaggeration. I know that."

   After saying that, the monkey turned around and walked down the mountain road step by step.

   "Drift...drifted past?" Xiaobailong looked back at the boundless river, and the corners of his eyes twitched slightly: "Can this place float past with a wooden barrel?"

   "Let's go faster." The monkey turned back and shouted to the crowd: "There should be something waiting by the Liusha River."

   "Something is waiting for you?" Tianpeng looked towards Xuanzang.

   Xuanzang asked softly, "Can the marshal recognize the rolling shutter general of the previous Heavenly Court?"

   "Roller blinds? What's wrong with him?"

   "He went down to earth. The Great Sage said that he would meet him in Liusha River, and hoped to invite him to travel westward with him."

   said, the two slowly walked down the mountain road.

  Tianpeng frowned and said, "It was me before, but now it's the roller blind. What is he going to do? Besides, how did he know that the roller blind was in the Quicksand River?"

   "There are some things that the poor monk can't tell. Since the great sage did this, he must have his intentions."

   "I do know roller blinds. I used to have a lot of contacts in Heaven. At that time, I was in the prison next door."

"Then, when the time comes, the marshal will persuade General Rolling Shutter to join the Westward Journey, okay? That General Rolling Shutter is also an offender in Heaven. If the westward journey goes smoothly, the Great Sage promises to let Heavenly Court wash away his stigma and return him. Righteousness."

  Tianpeng couldn't help laughing and said, "You must first understand whether the roller blinds are rare or not."

   turned back and glanced at Lu Liuguai who was walking behind and the black bear spirit carrying luggage, Tianpeng said softly, "Besides, why do you need so many people to go west."

"Hey, you don't understand this." Xiao Bailong, who was following behind him, interjected: "Of course it is good to have a lot of people. Don't forget, we are dealing with Buddhism. How many disciples are there in Buddhism? How many are there? It must be the more the merrier, and if there is a fight and you have to run away, there will be someone behind you.”

   Hearing this, Tian Peng immediately gave him a contemptuous look, turned his head to look straight ahead, and silently accelerated his pace.

   "Did I say something wrong?" Xiao Bailong looked at Xuanzang and asked.

   Xuanzang's mouth twitched slightly, and he smiled lightly: "That's right, Prince Ao is right."

   "That makes sense, so what is his attitude?" Looking at the back of the canopy from a distance, Xiao Bailong couldn't help but muttered quietly.

   went all the way to the quicksand river, and everyone camped on the bank.

   However, after two full days of waiting, nothing happened. (To be continued~^~)

  PS: Well, starting from this month, Turtle has to make a change and insist on completing 4000 words every day, everyone help to supervise it. Today, 4000 words have been completed. Yesterday's 4000 words are still owed, and the accumulated arrears are 4000 words. In addition, I would like to recommend a friend's work "Duo Tian Shen Gong" ~ produced by the Analects of Confucius, and the completion is guaranteed.