The knock on the door was quite urgent, suddenly waking up Tang Seng who was immersed in a book.
"Who?"
Reluctantly putting down his books, Tang Monk stood up and opened the tightly closed wooden door. Suddenly he saw several men who looked like village guards blocking the door, and they looked quite unkind.
"A monk from the Tang Dynasty!"
The person who spoke was the leader of the guard whom he met the day he first arrived. He said unhappily: "Your rather mysterious apprentice has caused trouble, come with us!"
After saying that, he made a gesture of please.
Tang Monk suddenly looked confused and said inexplicably: "Wukong is in trouble?"
The visitor did not answer his question, and the group hurriedly arrived at the village hall. Tang Monk saw the impatient monkey on his face at a glance, and couldn't help but said anxiously: "Wukong, what's the matter?"
"Master, I'm just having fun with a few guys!"
Seeing the arrival of Tang Monk, the monkey seemed to have been relieved. He pointed to the wounded lying on the ground next to him and said disdainfully: "This is what happened!"
"Wukong must not be rude!"
Tang Monk hurriedly scolded him, turned to the village guard next to him and asked: "What's going on? Please explain to all the donors!"
The monkey's tone was too loud, and as a master, he could only help to correct it.
"It's actually not a big deal!"
The guard captain who had communicated with him before laughed and said: "These warriors were competing in the village arena, and my disciples joined in the fun and showed off their skills. However, my disciples were too strong, causing these warriors to have broken muscles and fractures.
What a big loss!"
Seeing Tang Seng's worried expression, he smiled and waved his hands and said, "I can't blame the disciples for this. Since those warriors took the risk to enter the ring, they must be prepared to be injured or even killed!"
These words made Tang Seng frown and his face was full of disbelief: Is there such a rule?
Although I felt relieved, at least this time the monkey made a fuss that was a bit excessive, but it was still within the limits allowed by the rules here. It was better than hurting people for no reason.
I don't like this kind of arena with such bloody and cruel rules, and I will definitely not let my disciple Sun Wukong have another chance to get involved in it in the future.
"That……"
Since the apprentice did not violate the rules by attacking too hard, why did the village guard invite him over? Could it be that they wanted to compensate for the medical expenses?
Thinking of this, Tang Seng's heart trembled and his face was full of bitterness. He didn't have much money in his hand.
"It's not a big deal. It's not a big deal in the first place!"
The captain of the guard said angrily: "That apprentice of yours is too arrogant. If you win, you win. Why bother to hurt others with bad words? Isn't this a little too much?"
As he said that, he pointed at the injured unfortunates, and saw that their faces were covered with cold sweat, and their faces were distorted and deformed. It was obviously painful, but they didn't care about it at this time, and they glared at the monkeys one by one.
Obviously he was very angry at the monkey's words.
"Wukong, what did you say?"
Tang Seng had a headache and asked helplessly: "Since we have won, why bother with hurtful words?"
But he knew clearly in his heart that Monkey was born as a demon cultivator after all. He didn't understand the etiquette and morality of the human world at all. He could only act based on the instinct of a demon cultivator. How could he care about some of the internal rules of the human world?
When something like this happened, it was because he, the master, had not considered it well.
Tang Seng really had a good temper. Even if the monkey caused trouble, he would first consider his own problems, thinking that he would have to 'teach and teach' him well after he went back, otherwise there would only be more troubles like this in the future.
"These guys don't have much ability to begin with. They can't even hold up a finger of Lao Sun!"
The monkey curled his lips and said disdainfully: "What's the matter with just a few words?"
As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere in the courtyard of the village hall fell into silence. Not to mention the resentment and shame in the eyes of the unlucky ones with broken muscles and bones, even the village guards couldn't help showing dissatisfaction.
Damn it, do you ever talk like that?
People have been beaten, but their strength is not as good as others. You just pat your butt and leave, and you say such hurtful words to others, which is simply adding salt to their wounds. As long as there is blood, no one can bear it.
"You also saw the monk from the Eastern Tang Dynasty!"
The guard captain spread his hands helplessly and said angrily: "Take this disciple of yours back and restrain him properly. If he encounters such a powerful being, he will be the source of trouble!"
The monkey felt unhappy and glared but did not take any action.
It wasn't that he had changed his temper, but that he had some scruples. The five hundred years of suppression at the foot of Wuzhi Mountain had a great impact on him. Not only had his spirit been sharpened, but the hostility in his heart had also been reduced a lot.
If it were five hundred years ago, Sun Dasheng would have wanted to eat people.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry to you all. I will restrain this monkey head when I turn around!"
Tang Monk apologized profusely, and then ignored the monkey's displeasure. He grabbed him and walked towards the inn, not forgetting to scold him: "Wukong, don't be ridiculous!"
The monkey was so angry that he followed Tang Seng, the cheap master, back to the inn room. He didn't even sit down and said angrily: "Master, I didn't say anything wrong!"
"Wukong, this is the human world!"
Tang Monk smiled bitterly and said: "Since we are in it, we must abide by some human rules!"
At this time, Old Tang had a pretty good relationship with Monkey. This was the first time that he kept a flute. Although Monkey was a strange monk, he had high hopes for Monkey and didn't want Monkey to make a big mistake.
Even in the original Journey to the West story, before the monkey killed all the bandits and exposed his awe-inspiring murderous aura and violent aura, the relationship between Old Tang and him was quite harmonious. At least when he had free time, he was willing to do it for him with his own hands.
Tiger skin vest.
Later, he really couldn't get used to the monkey's violent and murderous nature, and he fell out because of the fierce conflict of ideas.
After reciting the tightening curse, although the monkey surrendered, the master-disciple relationship basically dropped to below freezing point. This can be seen from the monkey's subsequent performance, which was completely perfunctory.
Now, living in a densely populated village, it is basically unlikely that you will be attacked and killed by bandits. For some unknown reason, the monkey has restrained himself and has not exposed the violent and bloody side unique to the demon clan. Naturally, the relationship between master and disciple is still
Not bad.
Even if the monkey caused some trouble, Old Tang didn't care, and they didn't pursue it, right?
It's just that monkeys are too wild, and their words and deeds are very different from the etiquette and morals of the world. They might offend people, which is a problem.
"Master, I didn't take the initiative to cause trouble!"
Sitting on the stool, Monkey said angrily: "It's just a few truths. Isn't it necessary to go to war? Isn't it too much?"
"You!"
Old Tang was helpless and did not continue to persuade. He changed the topic and said with a smile: "Master, I have studied the geographical routes in the past few days. Let's take the rail car here tomorrow morning and leave, heading to the next stop, Guanyin Temple!
"
"Master, what is the orbital talisman car?"
The monkey became interested and asked curiously: "How fast is it?"
"I don't know much about this even as a teacher!"
Tang Seng shook his head and said helplessly: "We'll know after we sit down tomorrow, right?"
After saying that, he began to clean up the scattered books on the table and bed, and he did not forget to warn: "Wukong, don't go to that arena at will in the future. It is too dangerous for you and others!"
"Master, don't worry!"
The monkey originally wanted to step forward to help, but was not angry when he was stopped. He laughed and said arrogantly: "With my strength, as long as I bully others, how can others have the strength to bully me?"
Old Tang shook his head and didn't care much. He felt that the monkey wouldn't listen to the advice for a while, so he didn't continue to be verbose.
He did have other thoughts in his mind. He didn't know whether the monkey's bragging along the way was true, but he didn't think that the monkey was really powerful. After leaving the Tang Dynasty, the outside world was broader, and no one could guarantee whether it would be more powerful.
The presence?
On this day, the monkey was restrained in the inn and did not go anywhere, which suppressed the irritable temper of the monkey. The next day, before dawn, he was busy urging Old Tang to get up and set off.
After being guided by others, I bought a ticket at the station and boarded the rail car. Both the monk and the monkey were a little surprised.
Old Tang had never seen such a vehicle. It was not pulled by cattle, horses and other animals. This train of at least five or six carriages actually started moving on the track, and the speed was not slow.
Although it is not as good as the BMW that traveled 100,000 miles a day as a gift from Emperor Li Er of the Tang Dynasty, this track car is more durable. It must travel at least nearly 100,000 miles a day, right?
Sitting on the recliner in the carriage, you can not only move forward and back, but also eat and rest. Even heavy luggage does not require extra effort to take care of. It is indeed a good tool for travel.
After sitting for most of the day, he ate and rested for a while. Looking at the scenery moving backwards on both sides, Old Tang even looked forward to it. He hoped that there would be such a convenient means of transportation on the way westward. If so, he would go to Xitianling Mountain.
The process of learning from the experience will not be too tiring or dangerous.
At least, according to the passengers in the carriage, the nearby human forces attach great importance to the orbital talisman car and send heavy troops to protect the safety and smoothness of the track. Anyone who dares to affect or even threaten the normal operation of the orbital talisman car will suffer consequences, whether human or demon.
critical hit.
Lao Tang was quite emotional and agreed with this point.
Is this a comfortable journey?
There are no strong men cutting paths, no man-eating beasts, and no monsters trying to live forever by eating Tang Monk’s flesh.
Old Tang was in an unprecedented good mood at this time.
He just wished that such a comfortable journey could continue forever without any twists and turns.
Just thinking about my previous experience in the Wuzhishan area, I feel like I was living in a state of water and heat.
There are horse thieves, bandits, tigers, and three powerful monsters. Just thinking about it makes me tremble.
It’s better to have a neither fast nor slow journey like this now…