Chapter 21 Chapter 7 Gongcao, Jiedi, Dingjia, Jialan——Bitter latent life

The Four Values ​​Gongcao, Wufangjiedi, and Liuding Liujia are the gods of Taoism, and the protector Jialan is the god of Buddhism. They could not get a piece of it at first, but after learning the scriptures, they often became secondary players on the way to learn the scriptures. little fairies. Since the names of these little gods are too small, it is necessary to introduce them here. The four-value meritorious service officer, as the name suggests, is a little fairy on duty to keep accounts.The four values ​​are day, month, year and hour.Their task is like the security guards on duty now. They are on guard during the duty hours, and they also need to convey the notes from the lower realm to the heavens to the heavens at any time.Someone asked, how does the lower realm pass a note to the upper realm? It's very simple, burn incense, burn talismans, pray, and sacrifice.These meritorious officers are in charge of this. You can see whether they are tired or not. Among them, the on-duty meritorious officers are the most tiring and have to be on duty every day;

In addition to doing these basic tasks, the meritorious officers on duty will also do some extraordinary cameo work at extraordinary moments, such as keeping a record of meritorious service during the war. The first appearance of the four-valued meritorious service was when Monkey King made a big disturbance in the Heavenly Palace.The fifth chapter - the Jade Emperor was greatly annoyed, that is, the four heavenly kings were sent to cooperate with Li Tianwang and Prince Nezha to point out the twenty-eight mansions, nine obsidian star officials, twelve Yuanchen, five-way Jiedi, four-valued meritorious service, east-west star fighting, north-south Two gods, five mountains and four blasphemy, all heavenly astrology, a total of one hundred thousand heavenly soldiers, set up eighteen heavenly nets and lower realms, and went to Huaguo Mountain to besiege...

The four-valued meritorious service here is here to record the credits. Unfortunately, the heavenly soldiers and generals are not strong enough. None of the 100,000 people has made meritorious service. The four-valued meritorious servicemen are really happy in their hearts. I have been busy all day, and I finally feel relaxed it's time. The appearance of the five directions of Jiedi is very ambiguous. According to Buddhism, they were originally the five guardians of Buddhism, namely, the golden light Jiedi, the silver head Jiedi, the Boluo Jiedi, the Boluo monk Jiedi, and the Maha Jiedi. .However, in the middle, they appeared in the Hundred Thousand Heavenly Soldiers and Generals together with the four-valued meritorious Cao, and they also accepted the dispatch of the Jade Emperor.

Therefore, the author speculates that these little gods are grass-roots employees who are common to all ruling forces. Whoever wants to use them can use them. They can't resist, and they dare not complain. How can it be so easy to be promoted? If it is not so easy to be promoted, you can only stay at the grassroots level. As soon as they see "Liu Ding Liu Jia", it is estimated that most readers will immediately think of the idiom "conceive Liu Jia", and then think of whether the Liu Ding Liu Jia god is in charge of the world's pregnancy and childbirth? Well, this author clearly stated that it was not.The matter of giving birth to a child is mainly under the control of Hades, which involves reincarnation.

Liuding Liujia is collectively referred to as Liuding God and Liujia God. There are twelve gods in total, six Yang gods and six Yin gods. When there is something to do or something to do, and there is no one around, shout: "Come!" They will pass by.Even powerful Taoist priests can summon them. Liu Ding Liu Jia's first appearance was after Monkey King was caught making a big fuss in Tiangong, and he did soy sauce. In the seventh chapter, Sun Wukong was caught in the sky, he couldn't be cut to death, he couldn't be chopped to death, he couldn't be burned to death, he couldn't be drowned, he couldn't be scratched to death, he couldn't be killed by lightning strike, and he almost pissed off the Jade Emperor to death.Taishang Laojun wanted to release the water, so he said: "The monkey ate the flat peaches, drank the imperial wine, and stole the elixir. My five pots of elixir, both raw and cooked, were eaten by him. Using the samadhi fire, forged It's one piece, so it's like a body of gold and steel, so it can't be hurt. Why don't you take it with the old Taoist, put it in the Eight Diagrams furnace, and temper it with civil and military fire. After refining my elixir, he will be ashes himself." Jade Emperor Hearing this, he taught Liuding and Liujia to untie him and give him to Laojun.

At this point, Liu Ding Liujia showed up with difficulty. It is estimated that at that time, Sun Wukong would remember these twelve dear friends, and they untied himself. In layman's terms, the guards are the guards of Buddhist temples, with a total of 18 guards.They are Meiyin, Sanskrit, Tiangu, Tanmiao, Tanmei, Momiao, Leiyin, Shizi, Miaotan, Sanskrit, Human Voice, Buddha Slave, Songde, Wide Eyes, Wonderful Eyes, Thorough Hearing, Thorough Seeing , See all over, that is, "Eighteen Kalan Gods". The first time Hujiao Jialan became famous was in the fifteenth chapter, when Sun Wukong was playing with the little white dragon. That time, it was also the time when Four Values ​​Gongcao, Wufang Jiedi, Liuding Liujia and Hujiao Jialan gathered together.

(Sun Wukong) yelling loudly, and it was difficult to appease his anger, only to hear some voices in the air, shouting: "Sun Dasheng don't be upset, Tang Yudi don't cry. We are the gods sent by Guanyin Bodhisattva, and we are here to secretly protect the sutra seekers." Hearing this, the elder prayed hurriedly.The traveler said: "Which ones are you waiting for? You can sign up, I'll be better." The gods said: "We are Liuding Liujia, Wufangjiedi, four-valued meritorious service, and eighteen protectors. Everyone takes turns to wait for the day." The traveler said: "Who will start with today?" The crowd said: "Dingjia, Gongcao, and Jialan rounds. I reveal the truth in five directions, but the golden-headed Jiedi stays around day and night. "The traveler said: "In that case, those who are not on duty will retreat, leaving Liuding God General, daily meritorious Cao and Jiedi to guard my master. When the old sun finds the evil dragon in the ravine, teach him to return my horse. Come." The gods obeyed.

The second time Hujiao Jialan appeared was the 21st time, Sun Wukong was blown out of his eyes by the yellow wind monster, Hujiao Jialan transformed into an adult and healed Sun Wukong's eyes, Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie slept in their transformed manor for one night , When he got up the next day, Zhu Bajie found that he was sleeping in the wilderness, and he didn't know what happened.Sun Wukong smiled and said: "Idiot, don't shout, look at the paper post on that tree." Bajie stepped forward and uncovered it with his hands. It turned out that the above four verses said: "Zhuang Jufei is Ordinary people live in the Dharma Guardian Garan Dharma House. The magic medicine and the doctor's eye pain, don't hesitate to solve the blame with all your heart." The traveler said: "This group of strong gods, since they changed their dragons and horses, they have never ordered him, but he has come to make a fool of himself again! "

After that, the four-valued meritorious Cao once changed into an old man in the Lianhua Cave of Pingding Mountain to report to Monkey King, and was scolded by Monkey King. After that, these small staff seldom came out. Their first large-scale collective dispatch was when they surrendered the Bull Demon King. Both Sun Wukong and the Bull Demon King appeared and fought. Teach Jialan to besiege the Demon King." The second time they collectively dispatched on a large scale was when the old monster with yellow eyebrows was fighting against the old monster at Xiaoleiyin Temple. That time Monkey King was trapped by the old monster with yellow eyebrows and couldn't get out of Jinrao.The traveler was in a hurry, but twisted a tactic, chanting the mantra of "Om, the Dharma Realm, Qianyuan Henry Zhen", and the five directions to reveal the truth, the six Ding Liujia, and the eighteen protectors are all in the golden cymbals. The outsider said: "Great Sage, we are all protecting Master and not instructing demons to harm us. Why are you arresting us?"

This group of hair gods is under the banner of protecting Tang Seng, and has never done a serious thing. Tang Seng is almost the same as no one to protect him. If he should be taken away by monsters, he will be taken away. If he should be taken into the water by monsters, he will be thrown into the water. The steamer is on the steamer. In fact, the real mission of this group of gods is not to protect Tang Seng, or it can be said that their main task is not to protect Tang Seng, and protecting Tang Seng is just a side task. Then, the problem comes again, their main task is to protect Tang Seng. What is the task?

Seeing such a title, readers may be startled, spy?What's the meaning?It means that the main task of this group of gods is to be spies and lurk.you do not believe?Don't worry, let's read a paragraph first, it was the time in Xiaoleiyin Temple, the time Sun Wukong was captured by Jin Rao-Xingzhe said: "My master, if you don't listen to my persuasion, it's not bad to kill him! How can you quickly lift this cymbal, let me out, and treat me again. There is no light in here, and I am full of irritability, but you don’t kill me?" The gods really lifted the cymbal, just like a long-term In general, don't want to reveal anything.Jintou Jiedi said: "Great Sage, I don't know what kind of treasure this cymbal is. It is connected with the top and bottom, and it is made into one piece. The little spirit is weak and cannot be moved." The traveler said: "I am inside, I don't know how many magical powers I have used, and I can Don't move." Hearing this, Jiedi heard that Liuding God was protecting Tang Monk, Liujia God was guarding the golden cymbal, and all the Jialan were looking forward and backward, but he burst into the Nantian Gate with auspicious light, and went straight to the spirit without waiting for a call. Under the Xiaobao Hall, I saw the Jade Emperor bowing down and playing... Judging from this passage, these small employees who secretly protect Tang Seng belong directly to the central government, and they can see him directly without reporting, or in other words, any matter involving learning scriptures is a big deal, and they can directly report to him without reporting. See you. This made the author doubt the identity of this group of little hairy gods. They definitely not only have the duty of secretly protecting Tang Seng, but also the meaning of surveillance. It can even be said that their main duty is not protection, but surveillance. Why do you say that?There are several reasons for this. First, if it is protection, then you have to take the initiative, and these hairy gods, except for showing up actively when subduing the white dragon horse, are sneaky and hidden at other times, or only come out when Monkey King tells them to come out, which is very uncomfortable positive.If protecting Tang Seng was their main task, would they be so inactive? Second, Tang Seng expelled Sun Wukong twice, and this group of hair gods is in the dark. They should know what is right and what is wrong, but they just don't come out to dissuade them, and they don't testify. What does this mean? It means that their superiors have already explained their main responsibilities That's right, just be responsible for monitoring, protect when necessary, and don't worry about the internal affairs of the learning team. Third, if they really protect Tang Seng secretly, why is Tang Seng easily captured by monsters every time?Although their magic power is not too strong, but at least they are numerous, there are thirty-nine of them, even if they form a circle, the monsters will have to work hard to break through and arrest Tang Seng. Fourth, why was it possible for the protector Jialan to meet the Jade Emperor without a report?Even if it is important to learn the scriptures, it is not possible. There must be a guard or a celestial master to report it, right?Guardian Jialan rushed up to the main hall, no one stopped him, it can only be said that everyone is used to it, and this fellow always comes to report information, so since everyone knows why he came, don't worry about it so much. Fifth, Sun Wukong dislikes these people very much. He is very rude every time he asks them to help, and if he can use them, he will not use them. He prefers to use the land and mountain gods. Very upset. In fact, the author is very sympathetic to these thirty-nine hair gods. They were diligent and diligent in the journey of learning the scriptures, and they made great achievements, but Monkey King didn't appreciate it, and none of them were rewarded in the end. Perhaps in the eyes of the boss , They are in this line of work, if they do not do well, they will be punished, and if they do well, it is a job requirement, and they are not worthy of praise.