Chapter 72 The Mystery of God's Will and the Dead Outside the Door
Seeing Wu Ma looking at the memorial tablet in a daze, Aniang said, "Han Sheng'er, this is your great-grandfather. I will burn incense later and kowtow to him."
Wu Ma asked her mother: "Did my great-grandfather have a nickname, Zhenshan Taibao?"
"Ah...how did you know."
"The old man in the village said that our ancestors in the village were the best at killing tigers. Every time they killed a tiger, they would cut off the tiger's head and cut the skin into square pieces. Are they talking about my wife?
grandfather."
Aniang said: "Listen to their nonsense, it's true that your great-grandfather was a hunter in the past. He said he hunted wolves and tigers for a living, and caught snakes and insects to make a living, but he didn't have to cut off the tiger's head...
Moreover, I heard from my father-in-law that your great-grandfather once killed a colorful tiger to save a passing monk, and then led the monk back to the villa. The monk was also a fairy-like figure. After reciting a sutra that night, he was healed.
Save your great-grandfather’s aye.
That monk never ate meat, so your great-grandfather didn’t even look at or smell the tiger meat when he gave him it. He also told him the principles of vegetarianism. After that, your great-grandfather changed his profession and never killed a tiger again.
, let alone cutting off the tiger's head and skin."
Wu Ma said: "That monk's name is Chen Xuanzang."
"I don't remember what it was called, but it is said that after leaving the villa, he went west to obtain Buddhist scriptures, and later became a Buddha."
Grandma pointed to the Buddha statue behind the table and said, "This is his Buddha statue, called the Tantan Merit Buddha."
As soon as Aniang said this, Wu Ma didn't need to ask any more questions.
This villa, like the Guanyin Yuan before it, is a scene from Journey to the West.
That monk is of course Tang Seng.
Liu Yousheng's great-grandfather Liu Boqin was the hunter who once saved Tang Monk's life and is a famous character in Journey to the West.
The so-called Jieshan Mountain is Liangjie Mountain, formerly known as Wuxing Mountain. However, the upper half of the stone tablet of Liangjie Mountain was knocked off, and the "Liang" and "Tian" were gone, leaving only the word "Jieshan".
Over time, the descendants of Liujiazhuang forgot the original name of the mountain and changed its name to Jieshan.
Wu Ma still vaguely remembered something Liu Boqin said, which probably meant that this side of the Liangjie Mountain was under the control of the Tang Dynasty, and the western half was the territory of the Tatars. Liu Boqin could not subdue the wolves and tigers there.
Just when he and Wu Ma went up the mountain for the first time, Liu Mang said - "Yousheng, remember, if you go west after breaking the stone monument, you will reach the realm of the Tatar demons. The demons and monsters over there are powerful.
I relied on this stone monument to keep me from coming here."
The two sentences are exactly right.
Regarding Journey to the West, Wu Ma has only read it roughly twice, and he can connect the plot clues, but it is still very difficult for him to recall all the details in it.
However, Liu Yousheng’s mother-in-law is right about Liu Boqin. Wu Ma probably remembers that after Liu Boqin rescued Tang Monk and killed the tiger, he did not cut off the tiger’s head. Instead, he dragged it all the way to the villa and cooked it for him.
Tang Monk ate it. As for the tiger skin, they only said to peel it off, but did not mention cutting it into square pieces.
Aunt Liu Yousheng brought the two of them to the memorial tablet of Yousheng Aye, brought some dried fruits to the altar, lit incense, and led the two of them to kowtow.
But Wu Ma thought in his heart: This ancestral hall will not appear in vain, it must be another reminder given to him by divine decree.
What exactly does this imply?
Obviously, this prompt conflicts with the image of the tiger skin being cut into squares when we first entered the illusion.
This means that the murderer of the tiger in the image was not an ancestor of Liujiazhuang, but someone else.
The answer must lie in the plot of Journey to the West.
Before and after the dance horse connection - before Tang Monk met Liu Boqin, the monster he encountered was General Yin, Special Agent, and Xiong Shanjun.
General Na Yin is a tiger spirit.
These three monsters ate two of Tang Seng's servants. Thanks to the rescue by Taibai Jinxing, Tang Seng escaped from the tiger's den. However, Journey to the West does not mention General Yin's subsequent consequences, so this plot cannot be used as a basis.
Let's push it further - after Tang Seng left the Liujia Villa, Liu Boqin escorted him all the way to Liangjie Mountain. He said that the west side of Liangjie Mountain was no longer under his control, and threw Tang Seng away.
Tang Monk cried and walked west, and then the famous Sun Wukong entered the plot.
Yes, it’s Sun Wukong!
Wu Ma suddenly remembered that before entering the illusion of divine decree, the phantom of the mountain above Yuwen Jianxue had displayed a line of small words - "My master is here".
Isn't this the first thing Sun Wukong said when he saw Tang Monk?
Immediately afterwards, the master and the disciple left the Two Realms Mountain, and Sun Wukong killed a tiger.
Wu Ma couldn't remember what the tiger looked like after it died. But he vaguely remembered that the tiger skin wrapped around Sun Wukong's waist was peeled from this tiger.
Thinking about it carefully, the tiger skin was too big to be wrapped around the waist directly. So I had to cut it into a square piece and then cut it in half, so that it matched the first image prompted by the divine decree.
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The old man in the village said that this evil tiger is the descendant, or the soul, of the tiger that died a hundred years ago and came to Liujiazhuang specifically to seek revenge.
This can also be seen as a reminder of God’s will.
However, after some deliberation by Wu Ma: it was not Liu Boqin who killed the tiger, but Sun Wukong. In other words, the evil tiger actually found the wrong person and took revenge on the wrong person.
In this way, the way to survive this time is very clear - let the evil tiger know that he was wrong.
This way of survival seems simple, but it is actually very difficult to follow.
After all, the evil tiger does not understand human nature. When there are many people, it will not come out. When there are few people, it will eat people. It is difficult to talk to the dancing horse.
Furthermore, it is impossible to tell the tiger directly: The one who killed your ancestors was not our ancestors, but the Monkey King, the Monkey King. Even if you say it, the evil tiger may not understand. If you understand, the evil tiger may not believe it.
Wu Ma was thinking hard about how to take this path of survival, but could not think of a solution for a while.
Suddenly, Yuwen Jianxue laughed and said, "Brother Yousheng, what are you thinking about? You've already knocked your head off, and you're still pounding garlic."
Grandma said: "This child was like this when he was a child. When he was paying respects to his ancestors, he would kowtow endlessly."
Wu Ma then asked her mother: "Since I visited this ancestral hall when I was a child, why can't I come here now when I grow up? I have to get married to do so."
Aniang said: "This is your Aye's order. He left this special request before he came."
After hearing this, Wu Ma thought - Liu Yousheng Aye left such a will, which seems to be the meaning of God's will. In order to lead me to find this place step by step, I can find a way out of breaking God's will.
However, looking back and thinking about it, the divine decree of Liangjie Mountain this time actually has nothing to do with me at all, but Yuwen Jianxue's personal divine decree.
If the dancing horse did not come in, how would Yuwen Jianxue pass the divine decree?
You know, she must have never read Journey to the West. From the perspective of fairness, divine decree must leave a clue for Yuwen Jianxue to be born.
Wu Ma carefully recalled Yuwen Jianxue's experience in the illusion, and soon remembered that she rushed over from the other side of the broken stone monument, and asked:
"You said before that you saw monsters and monsters on the other side of the broken stone monument. What did they look like?"
"It's been too long," Yuwen Jianxue said, "I don't remember clearly... but the biggest one was a very fierce-looking monkey with a stick in his hand. He was chasing after something... I was
I was so scared that I kept my head down and ran forward without daring to look more..."
Isn't the monster Yu Wen Jianxue mentioned is Sun Wukong? This is also consistent with what Liu Mang said to the dancing horse on Liangjie Mountain - "This broken stone monument is also extremely out of reach. I have been here before,
Before I even got close, I saw a monster with a sinister face running towards me. It was very bluffing." The two corresponded.
Sun Wukong has a thunderous face, so naturally he has an evil look on his face.
In this way, Yuwen Jianxue's way of survival is naturally obvious. It is at the broken stone monument. As long as the evil tiger is lured there, it will be obvious.
Thinking about it this way, in fact, if Yuwen Jianxue deciphered this divine decree on his own, it might be less difficult, and the reminder at Jieshan would be more obvious, and the entire divine decree illusion would not be as complicated and long as it is now, but more complicated.
It's similar to the illusion in the Skull and Bones Academy where the outcome is determined by one battle. Just because the dancing horse also participated, the divine decree added a bit of difficulty and gave him another clue for a way out.
This is just a preliminary conjecture, and it also proves that there must be a hidden logic controlling the operation of divine will, so that everyone can compete and grow in a relatively fair illusion. The sooner an awakening tower understands the logic, the better it will be.
Take the initiative.
Wu Ma figured out the ins and outs and felt much more at ease. The next thing he had to think about was how to lure the evil tiger over. There was still time, so he could study it slowly and come up with a perfect strategy.
Grandma knelt in front of the memorial tablet of Sheng Aye and began to talk,
"It's better than his father. I'll get your daughter-in-law back after all."
"You must have never imagined that our Han Sheng'er is looking for a wife, and she is still a fairy-like girl."
"I have taught Han Sheng'er well. He is sensible, obedient, and smart..."
"Yes, Han Sheng'er has figured it out. He asked for this wife himself... He can make the girl happy... You can rest assured down there..."
"Dad, I have taken care of all the things you told me before you left, so I can go with you with peace of mind."
As she spoke, Aniang began to swallow even more, and fell down in front of the memorial tablet of Sheng Aye, crying and mumbling. No matter how Wu Ma and Yu Wen Jianxue tried to persuade her, they could not move.
Just when she saw that the auspicious moment was approaching, she wiped away her tears and stood up by herself, "Don't laugh at me, mother is happy."
Looking at her again, just a moment ago, her half-white and half-black hair turned into silver threads, and her face became more wrinkled. Only a breath of air held her back, and she still showed some energy. She is a person.
Looking up at the dancing horse, there was an indescribable meaning in his eyes.
Aniang led the two of them out of the ancestral hall, and suddenly she saw Liu Yanzhi running over in a panic, with a look of horror on her face.
"Brother Yousheng, someone is dead outside your door..."
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