Chapter 18 Buddha's Countermeasures, The Beginning of the Journey to the West

However, it is said that Shakyamuni Buddha learned that Xuansu and Deng Chanyu had solved the three difficulties of the ninety-nine and eighty-one difficulties. They immediately became angry and immediately ordered everyone to disperse, leaving only the four people, the Lantern Ancient Buddha, Maitreya Buddha, the Puxian Bodhisattva and the Manjushri Bodhisattva, intending to discuss with them. Unfortunately, after discussion, everyone still failed to come up with any good countermeasures.

Just as everyone was disappointed, they suddenly heard Shakyamuni Buddha laugh and said, "Hahahaha! The poor monk has come up with a solution!"

Hearing this, the ancient Buddha and others looked at Shakyamuni Buddha one after another, with strange eyes.

When Shakyamuni Buddha saw the four people's expressions like this, he was slightly embarrassed and said to the four people, "There is no Amitabha Buddha, the poor monk has lost his temper."

The lamp-burning ancient Buddha and others looked at each other, all with a soft smile, and then said to Shakyamuni Buddha in unison: "There is no Amitabha Buddha, you don't have to be polite." After saying that, the four of them looked at Shakyamuni Buddha together, and their eyes were full of expectations.

Seeing this, Shakyamuni Buddha said to the four people, "There is no Amitabha Buddha. Although the plan of Puxian's brother is not good, if I change it a little bit, it will be a wonderful plan." After saying that, the eyes of Shakyamuni Buddha flashed.

All four people were stunned when they heard this, and then looked at Shakyamuni Buddha doubtfully.

Maitreya Buddha was anxious and asked directly, "I don't know what kind of plan the Buddha has?" After saying that, he looked at Shakyamuni Buddha with an eager face.

When Shakyamuni Buddha saw Maitreya Buddha's expression, he sighed secretly in his heart. How could he not know Maitreya Buddha's mind? It can be seen that Maitreya Buddha was so eager, but he lost the Buddha's heart, which was also very unfavorable for his later cultivation. However, Shakyamuni Buddha is also helpless about this. He also knows that Maitreya Buddha's heart knot is the Buddha of the Buddha, but even himself is not the enemy of the Buddha. How can Maitreya Buddha untie the knot?

However, at this time, it was not the time to think about this. Shakyamuni Buddha cleaned up his mood and said to the four people, "There is no Amitabha Buddha, we order everyone to send their children and mounts, and recall them in March and May, as short as three or five days. In this way, it is naturally there is no time to kill them. It is so false and real, wait. When the golden cicada comes to the scriptures, it only needs to be a little difficult, which can be counted as a difficulty, and ninety-eighty-one difficulties can be collected quickly.

When the Lantern Ancient Buddha and others heard the words of Shakyamuni Buddha, they were overjoyed. At the same time, they also secretly admired Shakyamuni Buddha's dexterity and could turn a failed plan into a wonderful plan, which made everyone admire it.

Maitreya Buddha immediately said, "There is no Amitabha, Buddha's plan is very wonderful. Moreover, doing so can also confuse the people and make them unable to distinguish between the false and the real. After saying that, he looked happy.

When the burning lamp ancient Buddha beside him heard Maitreya Buddha say 'I can't tell the reality', his heart suddenly moved. At the moment, the ancient Buddha bowed his head and thought for a moment, and then smiled and said, "There is no Amitabha Buddha, what the Venerable Maitreya said is very true. However, if you want to make the intercepting people confused, you can go further.

Hearing this, Maitreya Buddha hurriedly asked, "I don't know what's the plan of burning the ancient Buddha?" The other people are also looking forward to the lantern-burning ancient Buddha, even Shakyamuni Buddha.

The ancient Buddha laughed and said, "There is no Amitabha Buddha. We just need to divide everyone's children's mounts into a few waves, and then send them from time to time. When the interception comes, I will retreat, and I will wait for the interception to retreat. I will come out again. After repeated several times, they will be confused by me. At that time, I will wait to take things in the dark and will succeed."

When everyone heard the words of burning the lamp, their eyes lit up. They only heard Maitreya Buddha say with joy: "There is no Amitabha Buddha. The ancient Buddha's plan is very good. In this way, the interception will definitely be divided. At that time, we will definitely take care of one and lose the other, and we can plan the preaching calmly."

The first Buddha Shakyamuni's eyes flashed and said with a smile, "There is no Amitabha Buddha. The ancient Buddha's plan is really wonderful. It can not only confuse the interception, but also make them tired of running. The most important thing is that there are not many interceptor disciples, and they can't stand such a rush." After saying that, Shakyamuni Buddha picked the corners of his mouth and looked like he was winning.

After listening to the words of Shakyamuni Buddha, everyone nodded and said in unison, "There is no Amitabha Buddha, what the Buddha said."

Buddha Shakyamuni nodded with a smile and said to several people, "There is no Amitabha, you will act according to your tricks if you bother your brothers like this."

The lamp-burning ancient Buddha and others listened to this, hurriedly, and then dispersed separately

But it is said that there is a fortune-telling gentleman on the west gate street of Chang'an. This man's divination is a fortune-telling civilization in Chang'an. Every time a woodcutter sent the fortune teller a golden carp, he counted it for the woodcutter, and then the woodcutter followed the direction he gave, hundreds of them. After a few times, the aquariums in the Jinghe waters outside Chang'an City gradually decreased. The Jinghe Dragon King was extremely angry about this, so he sent his eldest son to the shore to investigate the situation.

The eldest prince turned into a mortal and met your woodcutter. After a word, he set up the matter of the fortune teller. When the eldest prince learned at this time, he hurried back to the Jinghe Dragon Palace and reported the matter to the Jinghe Dragon King.

As soon as the Dragon King of Jinghe heard the words of his eldest son, he was shocked. If the fortune teller was really so powerful, there would be more people coming to ask for it soon. If it goes on like this, won't the Jinghe water be salvaged? Thinking of this, the Dragon King of Jinghe couldn't help but be anxious, so he changed into a scholar in white, got out of the Dragon Palace, and walked to the West Gate Street of Chang'an City.

Then the Jinghe Dragon King made a bet with the fortune teller Yuan Shoucheng, but he didn't expect that the Jinghe Dragon King was confused and changed the rain time for the bet, which made the Jade Emperor furious to kill the Jinghe Dragon King. In the face of death, the Dragon King of Jinghe could no longer care about dignity and pride and asked Yuan Shoucheng for help. At the repeated request of the Dragon King of Jinghe, Yuan Shoucheng told him that one way was to ask Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty to ask for affection on behalf of the Dragon King of Jinghe. Hearing Yuan Shoucheng's words, the Dragon King of Jinghe seemed to have caught a life-saving straw and hurriedly left to prepare.

After the Dragon King of Jinghe went back, he prepared it so that he could give Tang Taizong a dream that night, instead of explaining the reason to asking him for help. Emperor Taizong of Tang heard the Dragon King say that if he could help him avoid the disaster, he would definitely keep the people of Chang'an in good weather. He was immediately overjoyed and agreed without hesitation.

The second time, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty announced that Prime Minister Wei Zheng entered the palace to play chess with him. He wanted to plead for the Dragon King of Jinghe when playing chess, but he didn't expect Wei Zheng to kill the Dragon King of the Jinghe River in his dream.

After the death of the Dragon King of Jinghe, his soul could not rest in peace. Although he also knew that he had violated the rules of heaven and died, he was worried about Tang Taizong's deceiving him, so his ghost would enter the palace every night to scare the Emperor Taizong.

The body of ten thousand gold, the lord of the country of Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, said that he was now intimidated by this dragon. How can the ministers not worry? In those years, Qin Shubao and Yu Chigong, the two generals who followed Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, guarded outside the bedroom of Tang Taizong's bedroom every night. After a hundred battles, the two generals could scare the ghost of the dragon king of the Najing River. This is also the origin of the back door god.

Tang Taizong was overjoyed, but he couldn't bear the hard work of the two generals, so he ordered the public painter to paint the two generals on paper and stick them on the palace gate to keep the court safe. Although it shocked the ghost of the Dragon King, when Emperor Taizong of Tang won the throne, he took it from his brother, and the change of Xuanwumen was a river of blood.

The next night, after Tang Taizong's sleepwalking in the hell, he almost returned to heaven, and then strange things continued in the palace. Later, the abbot Xuanzang, the abbot of Jinguang Temple, prayed for Tang Taizong, which made the strange things in the palace gradually calm down. Seeing this situation, Emperor Taizong of Tang began to have an inexplicable good impression of the Dharma in his heart. He was even more polite to Master Xuanzang and often listened to him preach the Dharma.

According to this, Master Xuanzang was promoting the Dharma, and Emperor Taizong of Tang was also present, but he saw an elder shouting loudly: "Sell the cass and tin stick, five thousand taels of cass, and the tin rod is 2,000 taels."

Hearing this, everyone present said secretly, "Even if it is a rare treasure, the price is a little too expensive." After thinking about it, he looked at the shouting elder and saw that he was dressed in a plain dress, describing Qigu, followed by a little sami. These two were transformed by Guanyin Bodhisattva and Hui'an walkers.

When Emperor Taizong saw this, he glanced here, saw the cass and tin sticks in Hui'an's hands, and looked at Master Xuanzang, who was preaching Buddhism on the high platform. His heart moved, and then ordered the two people to be invited to the palace. Then he ordered someone to wait for Master Xuanzang's explanation and invited him over.

After the two arrived at the palace, Emperor Taizong asked, "What's the beauty of the elder's cass cassop at such a price?"

Guanyin Bodhisattva smiled and said, "There are good and bad; there are places where you want money, and there are places where you don't want money."

Taizong listened and was slightly stunned. He lowered his head and thought for a moment, and then asked again, "What's the best? What's wrong?"

Guanyin Bodhisattva turned around and pointed to the cass and tin rod in the hands of Hui'an's walker and said, "Wear my cass, do not sink, do not fall into hell, do not suffer vicious difficulties, do not meet the tiger and wolf's's cave, which is a good thing; if the foolish monk who is greedy for silver gloating, the monk who does not fast, and the mortal who destroys and slanders the Buddha, it is difficult to see my face of my cass, this is not The benefits."

When Taizong heard this, he frowned, but he didn't believe it. However, when he saw that Guanyin Bodhisattva said seriously, he still reluctantly believed it, so he asked again, "Why do you want money? No money?"

Guanyin Bodhisattva replied, "If you don't follow the Dharma, don't respect the three treasures, force yourself to buy cass and tin sticks, you will sell him seven thousand taels, which is to ask for money. If you respect the three treasures, see good and be happy, convert to my Buddha, and bear it, I will send the cassants and tin sticks, willing to him, and make a good relationship with me, which is free of charge."

Hearing this, Emperor Taizong nodded and was about to speak when he saw that Master Xuanzang had arrived.

When Taizong saw the arrival of Master Xuanzang, he smiled and said, "The mage came just in time. I see that this cassash is a rare treasure, and I just want to buy it and give it to the mage."

Master Xuanzang heard this and hurriedly bowed and said, "The poor monk, thank you for your majesty's kindness."

Taizong nodded with a smile, then turned to Guanyin Bodhisattva and said, "I bought this iron rod of the elder."

Guanyin Bodhisattva nodded with a smile, and then handed over the two things to Master Xuanzang.

After Master Xuanzang took the two things, Guanyin Bodhisattva talked with him about the Mahayana Buddhism Sanzang True Sutra. This statement immediately made Master Xuanzang smile, and the first Taizong was also very happy. After the two finished speaking, Emperor Taizong asked the crowd, "Who can go to the west to get the true scriptures and benefit the people of the Tang Dynasty?"

The Xuanzang mage said, "Your Majesty, the poor monk is willing to go to the west to ask for the true scriptures."

Tang Taizong was about to open his mouth, but he heard Guanyin Bodhisattva say, "Then the west is as far away as ten thousand miles away, and there are countless demons and monsters on the road. Do you dare to go?"

After listening to the truth, Xuan Zang stepped forward to Tang Taizong and said, "The poor monks are not talented. I am willing to serve your majesty, seek the true scriptures for the people of the world, and protect our king's country forever."

When Tang Taizong heard Xuanzang's words, he got up from the throne and came to Xuanzang and picked him up with his own hands: "The mage's intention moved me, and I would like to worship with the mage."

Seeing this, Guanyin Bodhisattva smiled, and then showed the Dharma body with the Hui'an walker and left. When everyone present saw this, they were shocked. They hurriedly chased out of the hall and knelt down to see them off. After Emperor Taizong, Xuanzang and a group of ministers and the people in Chang'an City saw the Dharma body of Guanyin Bodhisattva, they all had a trace of yearning for Western Buddhism.

After counting, Xuanzang traveled to the west and said that Emperor Taizong of Tang led a group of ministers out of the city to see him off. When he was about to go, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty took the elegant name of Sanzang for Xuanzang, which means that Xuanzang must be able to retrieve the true scriptures of Sanzang.

Tang Sanzang bid farewell to the King of Tang and went west. From then on, the journey to the west began.

(to be continued)