Chapter 45 Chapter 15 Yellow Lion Spirit - Enlightenment of the Lions

In "A Chinese Journey to the West", Tang Seng has a few classic lines-people are born by their mothers, and demons are born by their mothers.Therefore, being a demon is like being a human being. You must have a benevolent heart. With a benevolent heart, you will no longer be a demon, but a human demon. In the whole book, there are a few groups of monsters that are not as evil as monsters, and are very close to people, such as the Three Monsters of Chechi Kingdom, the group of monsters in Thorn Ridge, and the protagonist Huang Shijing in this chapter. These monsters basically have no intention of harming others, and they don't eat Tang monk meat, but their fate is extremely miserable. Needless to say, the three monsters of Che Chiguo, the monsters of Jingthorn Ridge were directly cut off by Zhu Bajie, and the yellow lion spirit It was Sun Wukong who killed a nest of young and old, and was beaten to death himself, and sent to cook and eat.

Therefore, what the author wants to say is that to be a demon, you must have the duty of being a demon, and you have to be ruthless and ungrateful. up. Like the yellow lion spirit, it is the scum of goblins. If you eat beef, mutton and pork, you have to ask the little goblin to buy it. If you don’t have enough money, they can go to their lair to ask for debts. !Is this still a monster? Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie transformed into little demons, and they bargained with Monk Sha, who had transformed into a seller of poultry and livestock, in the demon mansion. He alarmed the demon king inside, led a dozen little demons, and came out and asked, "Are you two here? How much did you buy?" Pigs and sheep?" Pedestrian said: "I bought eight pigs and seven-chambered sheep, a total of fifteen animals. The pigs deserved 16 taels of silver, and the sheep got nine taels of silver. The former received twenty taels of silver, but still owed five taels. This is the guest, who came here to find money." The author thought to himself, if an ordinary demon king heard this, he must have stepped forward and slapped the little demon on the face, spit on his face, and roared: "Are you a demon?" But to the author's surprise, when the demon king heard about it, he called out, "Little ones, take five taels of silver and send him away." They all shivered a few times.But that’s not enough, Sun Wukong made an inch, found the change, and asked the demon king to invite him to dinner, he said to the demon king: “My lord, this guest is the person behind Qian Fangji, and it’s not him who went to Zhou Xuyuan. People in the city, where can we tell the story? Second, he is hungry, and the two of us have not eaten. There is ready-made wine and food at home, give him some to eat, and send him away.” And the demon king agreed. .The author almost burst into tears after reading this, these goblins are so cute!

In addition to being very humane, this yellow lion spirit is also very affectionate and righteous. When his cave was raided by Monkey King, Zhu Bajie and Monk Sha, he escaped alone. Later, when he heard the news, he couldn't stop crying. He fell, shouted loudly, and said angrily: "That bald man! He is very evil! How could he do such a poisonous thing, burn my cave, burn the beauties to death, and wipe out all the family! Kill me with anger, kill me with anger The high blood pressure has been committed, so frightened the old demon hastened to comfort: "My dear grandson, this is the end of the matter, and it is useless to worry. Let's keep up our vigor and go to the city to take that monk." But Huang Shijing was still sad Too much, kept crying, and said with tears in his eyes: "Master! Our mountain farm was not built in a day, and now it has been completely destroyed by this bald man, but I want to do what I want!" After finishing speaking, He actually "struggled up, bumped his head on the rocky cliff, and was persuaded by the snow lion, the lion lion, etc."It's unheard of for her old nest to commit suicide after being taken over, it's so humane.This is true not only of the yellow lion spirit, but also of the nine-headed lions. After hearing that the yellow lion spirit, the wild lion, the snow lion, the tuanxiang, and the raccoon were all captured by Monkey King, the old demon "lowered his head and remained silent for a while, then suddenly hung himself down." Tears come", distraught.

In the author's opinion, the yellow lion spirit first stole other people's weapons, and was taken to his lair, and he deserved it. You listen to the nine-headed lions, and you can bear it. Why do you have to give your nest of little demons? Going to revenge with the beauty, why fight for that breath?Being a monster is so humane, with a woman's benevolence in his heart, and Zhou Yu's narrow chest. As a result, he not only killed himself, but also implicated nine lions. Speaking of the nine-headed lions, I have to mention that this old demon is so powerful that he is like a god. He is the most powerful of all the gods. He does not use magic treasures or weapons. With nine heads and nine mouths, everything can be done. When Sun Wukong came to ask for a fight, "He had no clothes on, and he didn't hold up a soldier. He strode to the front, only to hear Sun Xingzhe yelling. He opened the door wide and didn't answer. , ran straight to the walker. The walker supported the head with an iron rod, and the sand monk's wheel and staff hit him. The old demon shook his head, and the eight heads on the left and right opened their mouths together, and gently held the walker and the sand monk in the cave again. ".Godly skill!

In fact, the author holds a highly skeptical attitude towards this description. Even if the old lion is so powerful that both humans and gods are angry, it will not be able to catch Monkey King and Drifting Monk with his mouth. This is more than an instant kill?It's child's play!No matter how bad the Monkey King's ability is, it won't be this far, right?Don't Monkey King even have the ability to use somersault clouds to escape?Or was Monkey King so frightened when he saw the nine-headed lion that he forgot to run away?Let’s not talk about these for now, what I want to say is, if the nine-headed lions are really so powerful, then why didn’t they capture Monkey King during the battle in the imperial city? Have you caught it?

Some people say that Sun Wukong is afraid of nine-headed monsters, such as nine-headed insects, and Sun Wukong is also very afraid, but when fighting with nine-headed insects, nine-headed insects are not capable of swallowing Monkey King. Well, taking ten thousand steps back, even if Sun Wukong is caught by nine lions in a normal state, then after Sun Wukong was caught, he was not trapped by any magic weapon, and secondly, he was not pierced through the lute bone, but was only trapped by a rope. Why didn't he break the rope and escape? Don't tell me that Sun Wukong didn't dare to run away because of the presence of nine lions. That's nonsense. With Sun Wukong's personality, he dared to run away even if the Tathagata Buddha was there.At Immortal Zhenyuan's place, he not only ran away, but also broke Immortal Zhenyuan's pot. No matter how powerful this lion is, it can't compare to Immortal Zhenyuan.Therefore, the author is sure that if Drifting was killed by nine lions due to his incompetence, then Monkey King must be playing tricks, so what is the purpose of Monkey King playing tricks?The author's point of view is that Monkey King is deliberately releasing water and taking the initiative to show weakness.

This is the soldier never tires of cheating, and it is also the style of Monkey King.In fact, the novel also reveals Monkey King's true intention to be captured deliberately in the later text.When the night is getting late, (monsters) are all dozed off.The traveler used an evasion method, pulled his body a little, got out of the rope, shook his hair, put on his clothes, took out sticks from his ears, swayed them, about the thickness of a bucket, and two feet long, and said to the three little demons "You bastard, you hit your master with a lot of sticks! The master will just keep going as usual, and the master will also stick this stick on you a little bit, see how it goes!" Lightly stroke the three little demons, and they will be three A meatloaf, but then turned on the light to liberate the Drifting Monk.

This is the purpose of Sun Wukong, to save everyone. Judging from the text, it is easy for Monkey King to escape, but it is obviously impossible for Monkey King to save Tang Seng, Zhu Bajie, the king, the three princes and Sand Monk by himself, so Monkey King must find a good strategy, as the saying goes, don’t enter the tiger’s den To get a tiger son, Sun Wukong has to show weakness first, and get into the monster's lair so that he can do things easily. Therefore, for a long time since Monkey King was captured by nine lions, Monkey King has been beaten, but Monkey King has no response, not even a word. .If Sun Wukong quarreled with the monsters, the monsters would definitely become more and more energetic, and they would not go to sleep.

Monkey King's scheme is flawless, but he is not afraid of enemies like wolves, but teammates like pigs. Zhu Bajie, that idiot, caused a catastrophe at a critical moment, alarmed the old demon, and made Monkey King's rescue plan fall short. Speaking of this section, I have to talk about the process of the nine-headed lion being subdued. This nine-headed lion is also a master similar to the one-horned King Si. When Sun Wukong found Taiyi Tianzun, the owner of the nine lions, Tianzun hurried to see if his divine beast was there. When he found that it was not there, he quickly asked the lion slave who watched the beast: "Sun Dasheng is here, so I won't beat you. Tell me quickly." Why don't you just walk away with nine lions." The lion slave said: "Grandpa, I saw a bottle of wine in the Daqian Ganlu Palace the day before yesterday, and I stole it and ate it, and fell asleep unconsciously, and lost the chain, so I left " Tianzun said: "The wine was sent by the Taishang Laojun, and it is called reincarnation Qiongye. You should be drunk for three days after drinking it. How many days have the lions and beasts gone today?" The great sage said: "According to the land , he descended the year before last, and it has been two or three years now." Tianzun said with a smile: "Yes! Yes! One day in the heavenly palace is one year in the mortal world." The lion slave said: "Get up now, and I will spare you the death penalty. , follow me and the great sage to collect him. You all the immortals go back, you don’t need to follow.”

Everyone, please see that even this wine was given by the Taishang Laojun. When I saw this, the author laughed and said nothing. A bottle of wine given by Taishang Laojun, Taiyi Tianzun just left it so casually, so that the boy watching the lion secretly drank it?Moreover, there are so many servants in Taiyi Tianzun Palace, a lion who has attained enlightenment secretly descended, and the boy guarding the lion fell asleep for three days, yet no one knew?Is there no one to bring food and drink to the lion? Also, the nine-headed lions have been demons for many years after they descended to the lower realms, and they even cultivated a brood of kind-hearted lion spirits.Moreover, they did not eat Tang Seng and others after they were caught. When Sun Wukong called Taiyi Tianzun down to collect him, he fell asleep in the cave!The author really wants to say something, big brother, can you be more professional, we are monsters!

why?Think for yourself.If you really can’t figure it out, the author will say a few words, because the master above is watching, so I dare not do evil, and I have to restrain myself and my subordinates; because the master above is watching, I can sleep without eating Tang Seng. I knew it all in advance, so I was very calm. The nine-headed lion descended to earth as a demon, probably because he was lonely in his heart, and he was greedy for the glory and wealth in the world, but Taiyi Tianzun who indulged the nine-headed lion descended to earth was lonely in his heart, maybe it was because he was afraid that everyone would treat this Taiyi Yi saved Ku Tianzun forgot, so he let his mount go down to show off his prestige. Of course, another possibility cannot be ruled out, Taiyi Tianzun is to vent his anger on the apprentice. Who is Taiyi Tianzun's apprentice?Everyone should be familiar with it, who is the third prince of Nezha, what kind of arrogance did Taiyi Tianzun give to Nezha?Everyone, don’t forget that Mouse Jing, the god-sister of the third prince of Nezha, was killed by Monkey King. Monkey King killed Mouse Jing not by normal methods, but by bullying Li Jing and his son, letting Li Jing go down to the world and let Nezha catch him My god-sister, this is completely letting Li Jing and Nezha slap themselves in the face, and because of Li Jing's stupidity, Sun Wukong got cheap and acted like a good boy. Li Jing and his son dared to be angry but dare not speak out. Dare to say, then Nezha's master Taiyi Tianzun doesn't look much better, let's let the lion descend to the realm to vent his anger. Of course, these are just conjectures, let's take it for granted. Let me make a summary below. These lions tell us a profound truth. In the world of the jungle, we must be more ruthless. A small amount is not a gentleman, and non-toxic is not a husband. Kindness and paranoia are undesirable things in the era of struggle.If this group of lion spirits were extremely vicious, how would the king and his sons dare to join forces with Monkey King to kill the demons?If this group of lion spirits didn't have so many children and affection, and they could just bear it if they were bullied by Monkey King, how could there be a disaster of extermination?Their experience has many similarities with Che Chi's Three Demons. Another point is that one should never covet petty gains, especially coveting other people's things. Elder Jin Chi died because he coveted Tang Monk's cassock, while Huang Shijing was killed because he coveted the weapons of Monkey King and others.Those who steal other people's things are the most hated, just like the thieves in the world today, the victims are all itchy with hatred, that is, if they are not caught, they will almost be ruthless if they are caught, so Monkey King put the yellow lion spirit even in the nest. Burned. Perhaps this is a kind of psychological apocalypse of the Chinese nation. It is the most shameful to get something for nothing. No matter at what time, people who steal things are often regarded as the most vulgar and shameless people. He also ranked 107th, second to last, and the reason is nothing more than that he is a thief.