Chapter 39 Chapter 9: Scorpion and Centipede—How to Deal with Villains

Things like scorpions, spiders, and centipedes scare me even when they exist as small animals, let alone become monsters. In addition to the scorpion spirit, spider spirit, and centipede spirit, there are several snake spirits in the book, such as the white flower snake in the period of the black bear spirit, and the big boa constrictor in Qijue Mountain, but they are all very frustrating monsters, either Being beaten to death by Monkey King, or being tortured to death by Monkey King, not only does he have no strength to resist, he doesn't even have lines. It can be seen that although snakes are poisonous, they are not as poisonous as spiders, centipedes and scorpions.

Snakes are larger than spiders, centipedes, and scorpions, but they are far inferior to them. The threat to Monkey King and others is almost negligible, which is very interesting.In fact, in the author's opinion, the reason why Wu Cheng'en portrayed these vicious little monsters is nothing more than to explain an unbreakable proposition of a thousand years-the villain is powerful! The famous Confucius said more than 2,000 years ago: "Only women and villains are difficult to raise. If they are close, they will not be inferior, and if they are far away, they will complain!"

The meaning of Confucius is to teach us that we should keep an appropriate distance from women and villains, neither too close nor cold. The scorpion spirit is both a villain and a woman, as is the spider spirit, and the centipede spirit is a villain. This is a degree that is difficult to grasp, one carelessness will lead to disaster, and because of the smallness of the villain, the yin of the villain, and the poison of the villain, it is difficult for ordinary people to detect and guard against, often after suffering disaster, Only then was he alarmed, but by this time, it was already too late.

And the villain is powerful, how powerful is it? There are seven spider spirits, and apart from molesting Tang Seng collectively, they have no major achievements.But apart from spider essence, scorpion essence and centipede essence are extremely powerful. Scorpion essence’s horse poison not only made Monkey King unlucky, but even Tathagata was taboo three points; Fate turned to Yin, and its golden light array made it impossible for Monkey King to break through. The author especially admires the scorpion spirit, who dared to sting Tathagata in Lingshan, let Tathagata, the Buddha who knew the past and the future, hurt a guy, and then took the opportunity to escape. She is really the most powerful banshee in the world of monsters!

The monster said: "Sun Wukong, you don't know how to advance and retreat! I recognized you, but you don't recognize me. The Buddha Tathagata in your Leiyin Temple is still afraid of me. Measure you two hairy people, where can you go! Come up, watch carefully one by one!" These are the words of the scorpion spirit, and its domineering level simply makes all the monsters in the world cheer up and worship, and feel proud!Moreover, this scorpion spirit lady is really not bragging, her performance is indeed eye-catching. After three fights for a long time, there is no winner.The female monster jumped up, resorted to a poisonous post, and unknowingly pricked the Dasheng's scalp.The traveler shouted: "It's bitter!" Unable to bear it, he lost the pain and walked away.Seeing that things are not harmonious, Bajie drags Palladium to retreat.The monster won and took the steel fork.Xingzhe hugged his head, frowned bitterly, and shouted, "Like! Laugh!" which almost made the Great Sage cry. For Zhu Bajie, it's even more so--that monster has supernatural powers, and I don't know how many hands are left and right. Obscure.After three or five rounds of confrontation, I don't know what kind of weapon it was, and it pierced Ba Jie's lips again.The idiot dragged Palladium, insulted his mouth, and escaped in pain.Xing Zhe was also a little jealous of him, lost a blow, and left in defeat.

Zhu Bajie's defeat is also said to be a common occurrence, but Sun Wukong is famous for his strong muscles and bones, and his indestructible body. He was defeated by the scorpion's sting. Since the practice became real, I stole the flat peach fairy wine, Lao Tzu's golden elixir; when he was making trouble in the heavenly palace, he was escorted by the Jade Emperor to the outside of the bullfighting palace to be beheaded by the powerful ghost king and twenty-eight nights. I was burned by fire; and I put me in a gossip furnace and exercised for forty-nine days, and I was not injured. I don’t know what kind of weapon this woman used today, and I hurt my grandson’s head!" Sha, besides Red Boy's samadhi real fire, he can hurt Monkey King's third monster by relying on his own cultivation instead of magic weapons.

But the scorpion essence, the yellow wind monster and the red boy are not at the same level. The yellow sand of the yellow wind monster has been broken by the flying dragon stick and the wind-fixing pill developed by the Tathagata Buddha; The mutton fat jade bottle of water was wiped out; only the sting of the scorpion spirit, even the Tathagata Buddha and Guanyin Bodhisattva had nothing to do. When Monkey King had nothing to do with the scorpion spirit, Guanyin Bodhisattva appeared, but Avalokitesvara did not appear to help Monkey King subdue the scorpion spirit, but to describe the power of the scorpion spirit to Monkey King. The two pincer feet. The one that hurts is a hook on the tail, which is called the poison of the horse. He is a scorpion spirit. The former was listening to Buddhist scriptures in Leiyin Temple. When the Tathagata saw him, it was not suitable to push him with his hands. He turned the hook and pierced the thumb of Tathagata's left hand. Tathagata couldn't help the pain. Even if King Kong took him, he was here. Don't get close to him."

It is very interesting to read the words of Guanyin Bodhisattva, Tathagata "it is not suitable to push him with his hands", what Guanyin means is nothing more than saying that Tathagata did something wrong, at least without consideration, he didn't know what is good or bad, so it is not a loss if he is stung.As for Guanyin Bodhisattva himself, "he can't get close to him", this scorpion spirit is simply too strong, so strong that the author even likes her a little bit. The centipede spirit is not only poisonous, but also has a poisonous heart. In order to eat the Tang monk's meat, even the brother-sister friendship is ignored.In the battle of Huanghuaguan, Sun Wukong casts a magic spell to transform the little Wukong with hairs, so that seventy little walkers hold down seven spiders, and they are willing to release them there.The traveler said: "Don't beat him, just teach me to return my master and younger brother." The monster shouted sharply: "Brother, return him Tang Monk, and save my life!" The Taoist ran out from inside and said, "Sister, I want to eat Tang Monk, I can't save you."

How cold-hearted these words sound!He is greedy for profit like a mosquito is bloodthirsty, regardless of the six relatives and family members, the poison of a villain can be seen! And when the centipede spirit was fighting with Sun Wukong, his skills were not very good, but the golden light was powerful—the Taoist priest and the Great Holy War Sutra, gradually felt soft, loosened his joints for a while, then untied his belt, suddenly hot With a sound, he took off his soap robe.The traveler said with a smile: "My son! If you can't beat someone, you can just take it off!" It turned out that the Taoist priest stripped off his clothes and raised his hands together. , very powerful!This is the magic power of the demon, the Taoist priests show their supernatural powers, their blind eyes cover the sun and the moon, and they cover people with explosive dryness and haze; they trap the great sage Qi Tian in the golden light and yellow fog.The walker panicked, he just turned around in the golden light and shadow, he couldn't move forward, he couldn't move his feet back, but he seemed to be turning in a bucket.Helpless and irritable, he was in a hurry, jumped up, but smashed through the golden light, fell headlong, felt a headache from the bump, stretched out his head to feel it, and the top beam was softened.

It can be seen that in a place of integrity, the villain is not very powerful. The advantage of the villain lies in his insidiousness, and it is impossible to guard against a sudden attack!Even a powerful figure like Sun Dasheng will suffer. What's interesting is that the place where Sun Wukong was injured by the centipede spirit is the same as the place where he was injured by the scorpion spirit, both are heads. The implication is very clear, the villain hurts others, and the wound is fatal! However, if you want to make a detailed comparison, the scorpion essence belongs to the type of real villain, and the centipede essence belongs to the type of hypocrite. Compared with the real villain, the hypocrite is more terrifying!

The style of Xie Zijing's villain is that he only says what he has to say, and his wife is a bad person, what's the matter? But Centipede Jing is different. Centipede Jing is a master at disguising. Huanghua Temple can pretend. Its own image is even more modest and Taoist, and its conversation is also extraordinary. What Tang Seng said is just a good thing. , How elegant! But this kind of person is full of honey and swords, full of benevolence, righteousness and morality, and wholeheartedly steals men and women.But look at the appearance, how to prevent it? So, again, the villain is amazing! The villain is powerful, how to deal with it? See how the scorpion essence and centipede essence were suppressed in the original book? The scorpion spirit that even Tathagata Buddha is afraid of, its nemesis is a small fairy-Angri Xingguan. Angri Xingguan is a fairy in charge of crowing in the heaven. The big rooster is perfect, but such a big rooster is not obvious on weekdays, but it can come in handy at critical moments.When descending the demon, I saw the star official standing on the hillside, showing its true form. It turned out to be a big rooster with two crowns, with its head raised, about six or seven feet high. The original appearance is a scorpion spirit about the size of a pipa.The star official yelled again, and the monster was limp all over, and died in front of the slope. It can be seen from this that the scorpion spirit was killed before the battle against Ang Ri Xingguan. down. And Angri Xingguan is nothing more than a rooster spirit, which is exactly what the saying goes, one thing is one thing. It can be seen from this that those who subdue villains are often definitely not big men.Judging from what the scorpion spirit did, she first listened to the Tathagata Buddha's lectures in Lingshan, and then stung the Tathagata Buddha because he was driven away by the Tathagata Buddha. In the eyes of Guanyin Bodhisattva, the Tathagata Buddha's move was very unwise. This contains a philosophy of being a human being. Little people can't be easily provoked. Whether you are a leader or not, leaders can't afford to mess with little people. You Tathagata Buddha is a political giant in the Three Realms, and the scorpion spirit is just a small insect spirit monster. She comes to listen to your lectures. If you don’t want her to listen, just ask your subordinates to drive her out. What are you doing? Push others by yourself?She is still a woman, so what Tathagata did was a big deal. And the fate of such little people is to be dealt with by the little people. As a leader, you must talk about your status and status. You can't just take action on everything. Even if you really can't help but want to take action, you must win with one blow. To grasp, we must also think about the influence after the event. Just like how the Tathagata Buddha dealt with the scorpion spirit, even if the Tathagata Buddha really won, it would be an invincible victory. There is nothing to brag about. If it spreads, people will say, what's so great about a majestic Buddha subduing a mere scorpion spirit?But if he loses, he will lose the entire Lingshan Buddhist world, and he can't even beat a scorpion spirit. How can he talk about saving all living beings, and the Dharma is boundless?How do you let your disciples and grandchildren become Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, and Arhats? Therefore, for small people, we should keep them at a respectful distance, neither offend nor befriend them.If you offend a villain, he will trip you up and make you die miserably. Many famous people in history died or died in the hands of villains. Li Si died at the hands of Zhao Gao, and Changsun Wuji died at the hands of Xu Jingzong. At the same time, Kou Zhun suffered from Ding Wei, and isn't the most familiar great writer Su Shi also repeatedly teased by the villain? And people like Tathagata are no exception, they still suffered a big loss in the hands of the scorpion spirit.When I got to Guanyin Bodhisattva, Guanyin Bodhisattva learned a strange thing, and declared to Sun Wukong and others that I couldn't get her. Don't look for me. I will recommend someone to subdue her. Go and invite her. In this way, isn't everything logical? To subdue a little monster like Xie Zijing, you have to be a little fairy like Ang Ri Xingguan, otherwise, everything has to be done by the boss himself, why do Heaven and Lingshan support so many people? What's more interesting is that it was Angri Xingguan who subdued the scorpion essence, but it was Angri Xingguan's old mother, Pilan Bodhisattva, an old hen who subdued the centipede essence. And this old hen also likes to play tricks. When Sun Wukong asked her to go out of the mountain, she said: "I have lived in seclusion here for more than three hundred years. No one knows. Who told you? Come on, I didn't want to go down the mountain. It's just that since you, the Monkey King, have come forward in person, I'll go down for a visit, which can be regarded as accumulating virtue." Why did no one know about it for more than three hundred years?The reason is very simple, how can a small person attract people's attention.The old hen's words are unavoidably suspected of being a show, but since Sun Wukong has asked for someone's door, he has to bow his head, and Sun Wukong is very smart. After knowing the old hen's love of vanity, he becomes more humble and says "what?" I'm so ignorant, I urged myself, but I don't know what weapon I brought." "Bodhisattva, wonderful", the performance is also very good, "the traveler is terrified", this effort is enough, the old hen is satisfied and goes down the mountain to get rid of it. Demon. Therefore, the author admires Sun Wukong's ability to be big and small. Sun Wukong is also very familiar with the hearts of small people, especially the old hen, who is extremely difficult to show off on weekdays. She can also show her face when she subdues centipedes and spiders. , so the show must be done to the fullest, so why not satisfy her? Even in the end, the old hen did not kill the centipede after subduing him, but let him go to the door.Why didn't this villain kill him?The reason is also very simple, after killing, how can we show the power of little people like the old hen? Finally, what the author wants to explain is, are scorpion essence and centipede essence really powerful?In fact, it's not very powerful at all. The scorpion master's fork method is not as good as Sun Wukong's stick method. The Buddha suffered a loss, and Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie were defeated because they were too vicious! And insidiousness is the characteristic of all villains. Therefore, I would like to add another word, for villains, the most clear way for a gentleman is to keep them at a respectful distance, let the villains subdue the villains, and fight poison with poison, this trick is the most effective.