Chapter 38 Chapter 8 The King of One-horned Si - The Great Counterattack of the Taishang Laojun

Qingniu Jing is the mount that Taishang Laojun rode when he passed Hangu Pass. It can be said that he attained the Tao very early, and his ability is beyond the reach of many monsters and gods.The Green Oxen Essence and the King of Golden Horn and Silver Horn come from the same place, but their deeds are like a difference between heaven and earth, a judgment between clouds and mud. The King of Golden Horn and Silver Horn made the old man lose face, but the Green Oxen Essence embarrassed the gods and Buddhas all over the world. a handful. The title of Qingniujing in Zaizhong is "King of One-horned Si", which is very interesting.

When the author was reading the original work, I was young, and not only did I not know how to pronounce the word "兕", but I did not know what it meant. After moving the dictionary, I found out that its basic meaning is "female rhinoceros recorded in ancient Chinese books". Whose fault is it that the tortoise jade was destroyed in the box out of the box?" Based on this, the author has obtained some information. It is a rhinoceros. The head of a rhinoceros generally has a solid single horn or two horns. It is huge in size, second only to elephants on land. Zhongneng and Tiger are called together.

From this, we can know three things. First, the King of the One-Horned Si is a one-horned rhinoceros, not an ordinary green ox, which explains why it is called "one-horned", and the skin of the rhinoceros is blue. This explains why it is also called Qingniujing; secondly, the king of the unicorn is female, because si refers to the female rhinoceros; thirdly, the king of the unicorn is very fierce, after all, its body can be called a tiger of large beasts. The one-horned King Si posed almost the same threat to Sun Wukong as the yellow-browed old monster, six-eared macaque, bull devil, and Dapeng, all of which caused unrest in the Three Realms.

And behind these monsters all represent deep meanings and strong backgrounds. Behind the yellow-browed old monster is Maitreya Buddha; the six-eared macaque is the heart demon of Monkey King; Tathagata Buddha. King One Horned Si is no exception, his master is the ancestor of the immortals, the Supreme Lord of the Sanqing. And the appearance of the king of the one-horned Si is not without cause and effect. The author speculates that the king of the one-horned Si is the Laojun who let go of the world. The author's bases are as follows: First, the King of the One-horned Si and the Taishang Laojun have been accompanying each other before and after passing through the Hangu Pass, that is, before and after the Taishang Laojun attained the Tao, the one who accompanied him has always been this one-horned Si, so the Laojun and the Taishang Laojun are both Master and servant, and even friends of Taoism, their feelings are extraordinary. It is strange that the king of the one-horned Si walked down to the mortal world for seven days, and the Taishang Laojun knew nothing about it.After all, Taishang Laojun does not handle government affairs, and he is not very busy except for alchemy on weekdays. He has not seen Mavericks with whom he has a deep relationship for seven days. Wouldn't it be difficult to understand if Mavericks is still there?

Second, the king of the one-horned 兕 was in trouble in the lower realm, and Sun Wukong went to the heaven to report to the Jade Emperor, check the gods, and ask for help. As one of the masters of the three realms, the Taishang Laojun didn't realize it. Isn't it also strange? ? Third, after Sun Wukong got the hint from the Tathagata, he went to the heaven and walked into the mansion of the Taishang Laojun. The description in the book is very interesting-the walker said that, drank, and walked inside.Suddenly I saw the old gentleman coming out from the inside, bumping into his arms.The traveler bowed and sang aloud: "Old official, I always look less." The old gentleman smiled and said, "Why does this monkey come to me if he doesn't go to learn scriptures?" Obstacles, go here." The old gentleman said: "The road to the west is blocked, what does it have to do with me?" The traveler said: "The west sky, the west sky, stop talking; look for the trace, and entangle you." The old gentleman said: " My place is the Supreme Immortal Palace, is there any trace to find?"

"Suddenly I saw the old gentleman coming out from the inside", this sentence is very interesting, and the following "The road to the west is blocked, what does it have to do with me" is also very interesting.If the Taishang Laojun really didn't know that his Qingniu had descended into the mortal world, he should know now, because he understood Sun Wukong's behavior. Dare to swagger and yell to barge in, it means that he has his own shortcomings in his hands, so when the Taishang Laojun heard Monkey King yelling in the inner room, he knew there was a problem, so he took the initiative to let himself go. Come out from within, and when Sun Wukong said "There are some obstacles, let's go here", the old master of the ether is very scheming, he will know what happened after a little calculation in his heart, why continue to pretend to be crazy and say something " My place is the Supreme Immortal Palace, there are no traces to be found," unconvincing words.

Fourth, how did Qingniu get away?It was the guard boy who ate a elixir that caused the big case.The elixir that the boy ate was picked up in the alchemy room. The old man speculated, "I think it was the 'Seven Returning Fire Pill' that was refined the day before yesterday. I hung a pill and was picked up by this fellow to eat." up.If you take one pill, you should sleep for seven days.Because you were asleep and left unattended, that wicked animal took the opportunity to go down to the lower realm. It has been seven days now. "This reason sounds high-sounding at first glance, but it is not the case when you think about it carefully.

Taishang Laojun must have a plan, a purpose, and a number of elixir refining. It will not be just refining alchemy when you have nothing to do or when you are bored. "Seven Returning Fire Pill".Since the elixir has different uses and effects, the Taishang Laojun must be very strict in management, how could he easily lose one? If readers have an impression, they will think of when the Wuji Kingdom rescued the king, Sun Wukong asked the Taishang Laojun how difficult it was to borrow an elixir, but now he doesn’t care about losing an elixir, isn’t it strange? Also, a boy guarding Qingniu didn't keep his job, so what was he doing in the alchemy room?And after he fell asleep, did Qingniu know that he fell asleep because he took the elixir?Isn't Qingniu afraid that as soon as he escapes, the boy will wake up and report to Taishang Laojun?If you want to delve into these questions, I'm afraid it's hard to answer them with Laojun's treachery.

Fifth, Qingniu Jing went down to earth and took away only one treasure, that is, the diamond cut.Other plantain fans, purple gold gourds, bundled fairy ropes, and suet jade bottles are not taken, and this diamond is just the most precious thing among all treasures. Laojun can't cure it anymore, why doesn't it take away the plantain fan?Why can it steal the most precious diamond but not the plantain fan which is not considered the most precious treasure? Maybe you readers are going to say that when the Laojun subdued the Qingniu Jing, he put the diamond on the nose of the Qingniu. This means that the diamond was worn on the nose of the Qingniu. I took it away, and the other treasures were strictly watched by the old man, so they could not be stolen.This statement is wrong, let's see what Laojun himself said - when Laojun checked it urgently, everything was there, except for the "Diamond Cutting".The old gentleman said: "This evil animal stole my 'King Kong Zhuo'!"

See, the word used here is "steal". As for putting on the nose of Qingniu, it was put on after Laojun subdued Qingniu. nose, untied the belt of the robe, tied it to the cutlery, and held it in his hand. If Qingniujing really descended from the realm without permission, then the above five major problems listed by the author cannot be satisfactorily resolved, and once a bold guess is made that the Qingniujing is the Taishang Laojun, then all the problems are easy to answer.It is precisely because the Taishang Laojun released the Qingniu to the lower realm that he will be safe and sound without seeing the Qingniu for seven days, so he will still live in the inner room calmly and leisurely when the world is in chaos, so he will lose the "Seven Returns". Then there will be Niu Tongzi who strays into the alchemy room, picks up the elixir, and sleeps for seven days, and Qingniu takes the opportunity to go down to the realm... and Laojun who has arranged everything, of course, he can arrange in advance what treasures he should throw away. , shouldn't lose any treasure.

All have everything behind! So, why did the Taishang Laojun privately release the green cow to the lower realm? The reason is simple, Taishang Laojun is about to start a counterattack. What is Taishang Laojun counterattacking? Taishang Laojun wants to save the lost face of Taoism. The first is the stupid performance of King Jinjiaoyinjiao. These two children took five treasures, gathered more than a thousand little demons, and joined forces with the fox demon in the Dragon Cave. They were actually uprooted by Monkey King and cleaned up. Shang Laojun is often despised by others, especially the Guanyin Bodhisattva who is neither big nor small.As we all know, Guanyin’s goldfish essence is just a small goldfish in the pond of Guanyin Bodhisattva. It turned out to be so good that Sun Wukong and others were helpless. In the end, they had to be subdued by Guanyin in the fish basket. The king of gold and silver horns on the signboard with the word "gold" made the old man hurt his self-esteem! The second is the three monsters of Chechi Kingdom. Although the three monsters are just inconspicuous pawns in Sanqing's hands, even if they are just pawns, it would be a little heartbreaking to throw them away at will. I have completely converted to you, and actually threw the statue of Sanqing into the place of reincarnation of the five grains... Wukong, Wukong, it was the Laojun who released water frequently that made you what you are today, and it is my recommendation that you are the West Paradise Is this how you repay me for the place to learn scriptures?Laojun's liver hurts when he thinks of this! Perhaps, all the above mentioned is not the problem that caused Laojun to go crazy at all. The real reason why Laojun went crazy should be that the negative impact of the scripture learning team on Taoism along the way has begun to be revealed. Originally, the great plan to learn scriptures was the product of the unanimous agreement of Taoism and Buddhism. Taoism sacrificed the territory of the lower realm as a condition, in exchange for the elimination of the monsters in the lower realm, so as to reduce the pressure on their rule, and finally complete the perfect ending of harmony between Buddhism and Taoism, and the great rule of the three realms. Unfortunately, Things are slowly changing.The scripture learning team has traveled all the way, the grassroots uprising has indeed been eliminated, the corruption of the gods and bodhisattvas in the upper realm has also been rectified, the pressure of Taoism in power has been much reduced, and the territory of Buddhism has of course expanded a lot. This originally happy thing was inadvertently exaggerated, and suddenly turned sour--Buddhism is in full swing today, you can see that the influence of Taoism in the world has been eroded a little bit, but they dare not even give a fart. The sutra learning team is obviously Buddhist Yes, along the way to open up the market for Buddhism, the Taoist people actually help out, is this flattery or flattery?Therefore, Taoism has lost sight of its future, and Buddhism is the star rookie in the political world! This kind of sound inevitably reached Laojun's ears. Taishang Laojun tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep. The more he thought about it, the more uncomfortable it became.If I don't show off my Taoism, do I really think I'm a sick cat?So Laojun became angry, so Qingniu Jing went to the lower realm, and the world was in chaos. During this process, Monkey King had nothing to do with Qing Niu Jing, so he had to go to Tathagata, but Tathagata behaved very interestingly.The Tathagata has heard about it, looked at it from a distance with his wisdom eyes, and has already known it.He said to the traveler: "Although I know that monster, I can't tell you about it. You monkey mouth is open. Once I preach him, he won't fight with you. He will definitely go up to Lingshan and bring disaster to me. Let me use my magic power to help you capture him." Is the Tathagata still afraid that the King of the One-horned Si will attack Lingshan?Of course not, what he was afraid of was Taishang Laojun. Of course he knows what Taishang Laojun is going to do, so he doesn't dare to be too prominent, otherwise Laojun will turn his face and cancel the cooperation plan. It's a waste of money. What's more interesting is that the Tathagata actually already knew what would happen if the Eighteen Arhats used sand to get Qingniujing. Water, fire, thunder and lightning are useless, and sand is useless!But Tathagata still sent Eighteen Arhats to go, and secretly confessed that if he couldn't beat him, he would tell Monkey King the truth. You judges may say, isn't this taking off your pants and farting, is it superfluous?Why do you have to lose in front of Qingniujing for a while?Do you want to show that Lingshan is very frustrating and cheap? Congratulations everyone, you got it right! That's what Tathagata thinks, Tathagata wants to lose in front of Qing Niu Jing for a while, and then tell Monkey King the truth. Because Tathagata wants to give Taishang Laojun face! This is the game between masters, this is the behind-the-scenes pushers in the political world, this is the confrontation between big bosses, and this is the science of thick and dark. If the reader is careful, he will think that Guanyin Bodhisattva, who has always been extremely active, did not show up during this chaos in the Three Realms. If you are more careful, you will find that Guanyin Bodhisattva did not show up when the bull devil, the yellow-browed monster, and the roc were rampant. Why? The reason is very simple, to avoid misfortune and avoid suspicion!Little boy, I don't understand this! Here, what the author wants to say is, does Monkey King know the tricks among these big guys? The answer is affirmative. Monkey King knows, how could he not know?Not only did he know, but he cooperated very well. Readers will ask, why do you say that?What evidence do you have? Well, the author cites a few evidences to illustrate. Well, the author cites a few evidences to illustrate. First of all, Sun Wukong's behavior is very abnormal.Generally speaking, if the monster is a little bit stronger, Monkey King will go to the South China Sea to invite Guanyin Bodhisattva, but this time the monster is obviously not a little bit stronger, but extremely powerful!But Sun Wukong went to Heaven again and again to invite some of his defeated generals to fight in all kinds of speechless and futile battles. What's even more strange is that after these defeated generals failed again and again, Monkey King fought with the only one again. The King of Jiaoxi played all kinds of fancy games, punching, stealing weapons, stealing circles, and then came out to fight, and then lost the weapons... This is obviously an attitude that does not solve the problem. Second, Monkey King had guessed in advance that the monster was not from the mortal world, but from the lower realm, so he made the Jade Emperor almost miss the stars.In the original book - (Sun Wukong) thought to himself: "The goblin recognizes me. I remember he praised in the battle: 'It's really like a trouble in the heavenly palace!' Wait, it's definitely not a mortal monster, it must be a monster in the sky An evil star. I want to think about the lower realms, but I don’t know where the demons descended, and I have to go to the upper realms to investigate.” After the Jade Emperor almost finished helping Sun Wukong, he found that there were no gods from the lower realms, and how many Sun Wukongs are still there. You can check the places, one is Lingshan, the other is Taishang Laojun's place, but Sun Wukong brought a few of his defeated generals to the lower realm to capture monsters, but he directly ignored the Lihen Tiandoushi Palace, which was so close at hand. , this is not in line with Sun Wukong's style of checking everything to the end. Third, Monkey King was not in a hurry when he was looking for rescuers. This performance was the same as when he encountered the yellow-browed old monster later.In the original book - Xingzhe said: "I think of it, the Dharma is boundless. Now let's go to the Western Heaven and ask me Buddha Tathagata, and teach him to look at the four continents of the earth with wisdom eyes, to see where the monster grows, where the country lives, and the circle. What a treasure. No matter what, you must take him, vent your anger with everyone, and return you to heaven with joy." The gods said: "Since I have this intention, there is no need to stop for a long time, go! Go!" Good traveler, say Go, just somersault the clouds, and arrive at Lingshan as early as possible.When the auspicious light falls, you can watch it from all directions. Good places to go: Lingfeng is scattered, the mountains are clear and beautiful, and the top of Xianyue is Mobihan... A few words are omitted below.The traveler was looking at the mountain scenery, when he suddenly heard someone shout: "Sun Wukong, where did you come from? Where are you going?" Looking back anxiously, it turned out to be Venerable Bhikkhuni.The great sage saluted and said, "There is one thing I want to see the Tathagata." The bhikkhuni said, "You naughty man! Since you want to see the Tathagata, why don't you go to the treasure temple and look at the mountain here?" The traveler said: "When you first come to this precious place, So be bold." The bhikkhuni said: "Come with me quickly." Sun Wukong fought several times, but failed to kill the monster, and the monster had an absolute advantage, Sun Wukong was not worried about his master being eaten, and even went to Xitian. Looking at the scenery without slowing down, is this in line with Monkey King's consistent style and eagerness? Fourth, whenever the rescuer Sun Wukong invited fell into the hands of the King of Unicorns, instead of being sad, Monkey King would "laugh". Those who came to help themselves have suffered, so it’s fine if you don’t comfort them, why make fun of them?For example, when Nezha missed, Wukong smiled and said, "That guy's supernatural powers are only like this, and that circle is very powerful. I don't know what kind of treasure it is, so I throw it away and make good use of other things." Nezha said angrily: "This great sage Not an adult! We were defeated and were very troubled, all because of you, why are you laughing!" The traveler said: "You say trouble, but my grandson is not troubled? I have nothing to do now, cry I can’t, so I just have to laugh.” After the eighteen arhats’ sand quilts were taken away, Sun Wukong approached and asked, “All the arhats, why don’t you drop the sand?” Arhat said, “There was a sound just now, and the golden cinnamon sand disappeared.” So Sun Wukong asked He laughed again and said, "That's the way to go again." The meaning of Sun Wukong's smile is actually, let you usually drag, claiming to be a god, a bodhisattva, and an arhat, is it unlucky now?Do you admit it? So, in fact, even if Sun Wukong doesn't know exactly where the King of the One Horn came from, he at least knows that the King of the One Horn must have come from the disciples of big men like Tathagata Buddha, Taishang Laojun and Guanyin Bodhisattva. So Sun Wukong first invited a group of half-baked gods in a decent manner, did some half-baked fights, and finally ran to Lingshan unhurriedly to ask the Tathagata. In the end, Monkey King knew that it was Taishang Laojun who did the evil, and he was not angry at Taishang Laojun at all. Instead, he chatted with Laojun, talked about the past, and laughed to see Taishang Laojun eliminate demons. Afterwards, we saw how simple the process of King Dujiasi's surrender was. First, King Dujiasi was a little scared when he saw Taishang Laojun descending, but he still threw the circle out, Taishang Laojun stretched out his hand to catch it, Then he shouted: "Naughty animal, hurry up and show your original shape!" King Unicorn Si was instantly killed. You can imagine what the gods and Buddhas who are watching are thinking deep in their hearts at this moment. It was like a bolt from the blue hitting the forehead, it was so shocking!It's like pouring a bucket of ice water on your head in winter, it's too cold!It was like a ray of sunlight shining into a dark hut, and I saw the light instantly! That's how it turned out. Fortunately, we thought Taoism was over at the time, but looking at it now, Laojun is still amazing! The gods and Buddhas of the heavens were so excited that they couldn't say a word, they turned their thoughts over and over again deep in their hearts, and they still kept their formation in the future. Of course, in addition to these political awareness, the author does not rule out that they have a strong sense of shame and frustration. And who is the coolest person?Undoubtedly, of course it is Taishang Laojun. When the Heavenly King Tota returned to the Heavenly Court and the Eighteen Arhats returned to Lingshan to meet their missions, this scene will reappear in front of the Jade Emperor and Tathagata, and it will be deeply imprinted in their hearts, and they will also deeply understand a truth: the Supreme Being Lao Jun's sword is not old, don't make him angry, be responsible, the consequences are the same as making Uncle Li angry, very serious! And this role is exactly what Taishang Laojun deeply hopes for. Perhaps Taishang Laojun has a deeper meaning. You can learn the scriptures smoothly because I gave the green light. Otherwise, as long as I want, I can cut off the road to the west at any time! Everyone, take it easy...