Chen Zhi then asked Pang Wei to take two people to fetch Danxuan, saying that there was something urgent here and that no matter what happened, he would let him go first.
After a while, Danxuan came over, all alone, without even his little apprentice!
After he arrived, Chen Zhi, Guidao, Pang Wei and Dan Xuan gathered in the closed room again.
This time, Chen Zhi directly expressed his thoughts to them:
"We are going to the ancient Silk Road area tomorrow, and I have asked Uncle Jin to take care of everything!
Master Danxuan will come with us when you are ready!"
Danxuan was very surprised when he heard Chen Zhi's words and was stunned without reacting.
At this time, Fat Wei couldn't stand it anymore:
"I said Chengzi, do you want to go to Xinjiang? You thought you were going downstairs to buy groceries and you just left?
I've been putting up with you for a long time these past two days. You've been nagging like crazy for the past two days. Are you crazy or something?
In fact, this matter is over here, there is nothing more to investigate.
Isn’t it just the nonsense between men and women more than 1,000 years ago? You are not a member of the ancient Personal Style Committee, so why are you entangled like this?”
"No!" Chen Zhi took a serious look at Fat Wei and said,
"I must find the person who is related to Princess Gaoyang!"
"Oh, my God!",
Fat Wei was so angry that he shook his head, expressing his complete incomprehension.
"You are really possessed.
Why do you have to find this lover? Do you want to carry out ideological education?
Besides, is it necessary for you to go to the desert to find a lover?
What should we be busy with now? Don’t you have a clue? Do you think we still have the heart to do this in our current situation? "
"I went to the ancient Silk Road. Of course I have my own reasons. There must be clues there...",
Chen Zhi then told everything about his thoughts...
"I have been reading the book "The Records of the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty" over and over again these days.
It is recorded in the Records of the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty that Xuanzang once fell into the high desert outside Gaochang. Unfortunately, he lost his water bag and fell into a coma after not eating water or rice for five days and five nights.
While in coma, he also saw demons and ghosts lighting up lights and flickering around him.
But these words were later considered to be hallucinations that occurred when he was hungry and thirsty.
Then he miraculously spent five or six days in this desperate situation, escaped by luck, and arrived at the gate of Gaochang Kingdom safely to meet the King of Gaochang.
Is that so?”
"Yes!" Danxuan nodded, twirling the beads,
"The Records of the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty, the poor monk can already recite them from memory to memory. There is indeed this record!"
"He lied!" Chen Zhi said with great certainty,
"We know that if a normal human being has no food or water for five days and five nights, he is almost on the verge of death, and all the organs and circulation in the body will stop working.
If he was not rescued in time, death would definitely be waiting for him! There was no possibility that he would be able to leave the desert alive, or even take a step!
Unless..., someone saves him!"
When Chen Zhi said this, he glanced at Fat Wei and Xuandan,
"Furthermore, in terms of human body function, even if he leaves the desert alive, after this life and death struggle, he will fall into a deep coma, and it will take a long period of medical care to recover.
Therefore, he should have been in a coma for a period of time in Gaochang State...
Therefore, the record in "The Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty" about being solemnly welcomed by the King of Gaochang at the gate of Gaochang City is simply impossible!"
When Chen Zhi said this, he watched everyone open a printed document:
"I have already checked and found out that the desert of death above ancient Gaochang is the prototype of the Flaming Mountain in historical legends.
Due to geographical reasons, that desert is scorching hot all year round, without any grass growing, and is an uninhabited area.
In the early Tang Dynasty, it was an area where demons and ghosts often came and went, and many terrible legends were handed down.
In other words, before Xuanzang got here, all the records were true, but after he got here, he told a lie!
Xuanzang is a devout Buddhist believer and a person who values integrity. What is the reason that would make a person like him tell lies?
Now I am making a guess, maybe he was rescued by someone in this desert, and this person cannot be recorded in the history books.
This man sent him to Gaochang and obtained the support of the King of Gaochang. From then on, he protected him all the way and embarked on the road to the west!
As for Gaochang...",
When Chen Zhi said this, he picked up the golden quilt again:
"I have always had a suspicion that the reason why King Gaochang gave so generously was not out of personal emotion, but an exchange, an exchange to protect his country and his life!
Therefore, Xuanzang actually had no relationship with King Gaochang, because he was probably in a coma for most of the time he was in Gaochang Kingdom.
The person who truly formed a friendship with King Gaochang and made a promise to King Gaochang is probably the person who saved Xuanzang in the first place, that is, another Westwarder..."
After coming to this conclusion, everyone was shocked!
Everyone looked at each other in silence, and Fat Wei finally couldn't hold it in any longer:
"this……
this……
Isn’t this a bit too mysterious?
I know, it's a bit inappropriate to say this now.
But you know who I’m thinking of now?”,
When Fat Wei said this, he burst out laughing.
"Well, please forgive me because I don't have much education and I haven't read much about the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty.
But you said that Master Xuanzang also has a companion. Why do I remember... that Sun Wukong with the golden cudgel is here?
Don’t tell me, the one who really made Princess Gaoyang’s belly bigger was Brother Monkey, right? Haha~~”
When Fat Wei said this, he suddenly saw Dan Xuan next to him. He saw that Dan Xuan's face was ashen. He realized that he had made a mistake, so he immediately shut up and stopped talking.
But this sentence was affirmed by Chen Zhi. Chen Zhi looked at everyone and nodded lightly,
"We all know that this historical allusion about Xuanzang's journey to the West is unknown to everyone in China.
But in fact, the reason why everyone really understands this matter is not because of the Records of the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty, nor because of the real Journey to the West by Xuanzang.
But because of a legendary novel handed down from the Ming Dynasty - "Journey to the West"
"Journey to the West" is the first full-length novel about gods and demons in ancient China. It has been widely circulated since the Ming Dynasty, and until now, no one knows about it.
Until now, the original author of Journey to the West is mentioned in all textbooks for primary and secondary school students as Wu Chengen.
But in fact, this is just a guess. Among the original copies of Journey to the West that have been discovered, none of the existing 100-chapter editions of Ming Dynasty has the author's signature.
The real author of "Journey to the West" is still a mystery!