Chapter 51 Chapter 51: Captain Wang releases the old monk Xuanzang of Tang Dynasty to embrace his hometown with tears

According to the records of "Da Tang Western Regions", Sun Wukong's prototype classmate Shi Pantuo is a person who likes to open the way for Xuanzang.Whenever there is something blocking in front of him, he will jump over it first to clear the obstacle for Xuanzang. With the bay red horse and Shi Pantuo, Xuanzang is going to cross the Hulu River and pass through the Yumen Pass.Along the way, Shi Pantuo showed a very good side. He chopped wood for Xuanzang to make a bridge, and filled grass with sand. He was really a good apprentice of Xuanzang.There is also a very important point, that is, this Shi Pantuo is a mighty Hercules.It is absolutely no problem to kill a large living person with bare hands, and the work is also diligent.

When we came to the river, it was already late, and it was a joke to want to cross the river at this time.The two masters and apprentices were exhausted from the journey, and after discussing that they would go on the road tomorrow, they rested on the ground by the river.Xuanzang is an eminent monk with a calm mind; Shi Pantuo is a barbarian who is used to fighting and killing. Xuanzang simply laid out the bedding and went to sleep, but Shi Pantuo scratched his head and moved the bedding for a long time, and finally decided to sleep thirty meters away from his master. That night, the sound of the river made Shi Pantuo toss and turn. He didn't know what kind of feeling he was feeling now. After thinking about it for a long time, he couldn't fall asleep.However, Shi Pantuo's mental quality is not good, but he still has some wisdom.If he couldn't fall asleep, he pretended to be asleep, and he quickly calmed down.

In the middle of the night, a strange scene appeared. Shi Pantuo stood up suddenly, stretched carefully, then bent down, and pulled out a pole-shaped thing from under the quilt.In fact, Xuanzang didn't sleep at all, and he couldn't sleep either.He squinted at his apprentice, who seemed to be sleepwalking.But seeing that Shi Pantuo was holding something in his hand, he was walking catwalk towards Xuanzang, and he was getting closer. This time Xuanzang saw clearly that it was not a stick, but a machete! Shi Pan Tuo wanted to kill Xuan Zang. Xuanzang didn't dare to make a sound, and when Shi Pantuo approached, he saw that in order to prevent Xuanzang from escaping, besides a machete, he was also carrying a pair of bows and arrows.Shi Pantuo approached catwalking, raised the machete, froze there for more than half a minute, scratched his head, slowly put down the butcher knife, and walked back to the sleeping place a little lonely.It seems that this guy wants to kill Xuanzang, but because of his Buddhist beliefs, he decided to fight on his own first.

Obviously, Shi Pantuo's evil failed to fight against faith. After a while, he was tossing again, holding a machete, and slowed down to walk towards Xuanzang.Fortunately, the closer he was to Xuanzang, the tighter Shi Pantuo's heart became. He didn't dare to do it, and felt that he couldn't do it. Annoyed, he became irritable and brutally abused his heart.He headed back to his sleeping place, dawdled in the bed for a while, then picked up the machete and walked over. He was black and white for a while, tossing Xuanzang very hard. Wukong, what are you doing with Wei Shi? Everyone, don't think this is a fiction. Shi Pantuo is really like this, wanting Master Xuanzang's life.Seeing that he couldn't escape, Xuanzang simply got up and recited Buddhist scriptures.Shi Pantuo had just walked halfway through the catwalk, when he saw Xuanzang get up, he thought he had gnosis, was shocked, quickly turned back, and pretended to fall asleep.

The next morning, Xuanzang got up early. He glanced at Shi Pantuo and said, "Disciple, get some water for Master!" Shi Pantuo's eyes were evasive, seeing that Xuanzang seemed to know what happened last night, he didn't do anything, and kept playing mischievously, even refusing to listen to Xuanzang's words. "The disciple knows that the future is difficult and dangerous, there is no grass, and there is no water. There is only water under the five beacons, but Master, you have no official documents and cannot pass. Above the five beacons are marksmen. Once they find out, we will surely die !"

Xuanzang understood that the apprentice didn't want to follow him, so he wanted to kill him to silence him, and it would be settled once and for all.It can be seen that Shi Pantuo is an impatient person. Xuanzang knew that it would be meaningless to keep pestering him any longer, and when he was about to speak, Shi Pantuo suddenly drew out a big knife, put it on Xuanzang's neck, pulled it away, and left. I don't know where Shi Pantuo, who is stronger than a calf, will take Xuanzang.But after walking two miles, Xuanzang refused to leave.Although Shi Pantuo was in a hurry, he refused to bear the charge of killing his master, so he scratched his head anxiously.In the end, seeing that Xuanzang was no match for his stubbornness, he simply expressed his true thoughts: "Master, if you go to the west to learn Buddhist scriptures, you will definitely not make it there. What will you do if you let the officers and soldiers catch me and confess me?"

It turned out that Shi Pantuo didn't want to go after walking for a day. Others are easy to say, but the front is Yumen Pass.If Xuanzang couldn't pass, he might be confessed. Yumen Pass was so close to his house, so it was very easy to arrest him.Xuanzang understood, and he began to swear poison in the name of the mage.Finally, in Shi Pantuo's extremely distressed parting, Xuanzang continued westward by himself.A few days later, he successfully walked outside Yumen Pass. History, like fiction, is full of wit and wonder. Xuanzang took a detour of hundreds of miles to cross the river, and cleverly escaped the investigation of the guards at Yumen Gate.However, at this time Xuanzang had no time to be happy, because the next journey was the most unbearable - Wufeng.As I said before, within a few hundred miles of Wufeng, it is all Gobi, the climate is very dry, and there is not even a grass.There is only water stored under the beacon tower, and there are officers and soldiers guarding the tower. Without visas, they can only be repatriated.

Xuanzang first walked a hundred li in the desert in the dark. In this first hundred miles, there are countless white bones exposed.During the day, Xuanzang rested under the wind-weathered boulder, occasionally walking for a while, and leading the horse on the road at night.On this day, Xuanzang discovered a strange scene.He saw that there seemed to be many troops and houses in the distance, but after a while, it turned into blue sky and white clouds, and tall castles.After walking towards them for a certain distance, these things suddenly disappeared, leaving only an oasis in the distance.

This is a mirage. The most painful thing is that you clearly see crystal clear water not far away, but it is always tens of meters in front of you.The hallucinations did not disorient Xuanzang. After daytime and nightfall, he planned to fetch water from the first beacon tower.Because no matter how to drink sparingly, the water was still drunk. Xuanzang underestimated the eyesight of the defenders of the Tang Dynasty. Just as he was about to receive water, a flying arrow flew past him as a warning. Xuanzang has never been so flustered. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. When a person dies, it is really over.

Xuanzang waved his hand, raised his head and shouted: "Don't shoot, I'm a monk from the capital!" He led the horse and walked down the stage.Under the beacon tower, several torches illuminated the surrounding area, and several Tang soldiers appeared in front of Xuanzang. The school lieutenant stationed at the beacon tower is named Wang Xiang.For Wang Xiang, meeting Monk Guangpiao'er from the capital in a place like Wufeng, which is perverted, is really a new thing.Wang Xiang didn't speak, just waited for the stowaway to get on his horse and run away in a panic, and then they could shoot this guy openly.Xuanzang was very calm. He looked at Wang Xiang, clasped his hands together, and introduced himself directly:

"Captain, have you heard from Liangzhou people that Master Xuanzang is going to the Brahmin Kingdom to seek the Dharma?" Wang Xiang was a little surprised. He stared at Xuanzang's eyes, moved his lips and said, "I heard that Xuanzang has already returned it!" Xuanzang didn't explain, Wang Xiang was suspicious, and then asked: "How did Xuanzang come here?" Xuanzang understood what Wang Xiang meant, and he took out a certificate to prove that he was Xuanzang.After watching it, Wang Xiang was very happy. He laughed and said, "It turns out that he is really Master Xuanzang. I'm rude, I'm rude!" Wang Xiang didn't seem to want to stop here, let alone let Xuanzang go. He said such a sentence insidiously: "It's too far to go to Tianzhu, Master doesn't matter!" He pointed in the direction of Dunhuang, quite emotionally: "My family lives in Dunhuang, we need people like mages there!" It can be seen that Wang Xiang is also a selfish believer.Wang Xiang said that it would be best for the mage to go to Dunhuang, and he, the school lieutenant, would turn a blind eye, but if he had to go west, he would enforce the law impartially.Wang Xiang asked Xuanzang to rest for the night, and the two started a heated debate. In the end, Wang Xiang, who had insisted on inviting Xuanzang to Dunhuang, was completely defeated by Xuanzang's words: "Although the road to the west is far away, even if the poor monk dies, he will die on the road to the west!" Early the next morning, Wang Xiang entertained Xuanzang graciously. He wrapped the pancakes baked by the officers and soldiers themselves, filled Xuanzang with water, and put them on the horse's back.Xuanzang leads the horse and bids farewell to Wang Xiang. Suddenly, Wang Xiang pulled Xuanzang, pointed to the distance and said: "From this direction, you can directly reach the fourth beacon. You can save a lot of roads and avoid many passes. There is a friend of mine on the fourth beacon, His name is Wang Bolong. When you get there and find him, just say I let you go." Xuanzang thanked Wang Xiang, and walked forward alone, leading a bay red horse. A few days later, on the fourth beacon, Wang Bolong gave Xuanzang a warm reception. Before Xuanzang left, Wang Bolong told Xuanzang: "Master, don't take the fifth beacon. Follow this road, and there is a wild horse spring. Take the water and go forward, and you will be directly in the desert." Xuanzang thanked this kind man. The desert, Moheyan Qi, is now the Hashun Gobi. This is a typical place of death. To the west of Moheyan Moraine, there are lakes formed by countless lakes.Some of these lakes disappeared suddenly, while others dried up day by day, finally forming saline-alkali land. The ancients called this place Yanze.Yanze now has a more foreign name - Lop Nur. Back then, it was the second largest inland lake, and it had a glory that other places could not match.But now, apart from archaeology, this place really has no other function. Xuanzang refused to face such a big reality, he walked all the way in the direction pointed by Wang Bolong, and soon lost his way.Going north through the Moheyan moraine, the 800-mile Gobi and desert are not much better than today's Lop Nur.Although he didn't go to Yanze, the situation in front of him made him very frustrated.Xuanzang walked day and night, walking very hard, and, worst of all, he began to hallucinate again. Whenever this happens, all he can do is to recite the Buddha's name in his heart.Even so, he encountered unprecedented difficulties. After searching for several days, Xuanzang couldn't find the legendary Yema Spring.He looked at his water sac, and his heart began to ripple, and the shape of the water sac also made him painful.Because, just a second ago, this poor bag of water was accidentally knocked over by him.Well, what was waiting for him was swallowed by quicksand or buried by wind and sand, it didn't matter anymore, because Master Xuanzang died of thirst before they could make a move. Xuanzang fell asleep, and at night, the air suddenly became very cold. Xuanzang, who was dying of thirst, suddenly regained his spirits, but he pinched his skin and became helpless again. Seeing Xuanzang wake up, the bay red horse suddenly showed the necessary qualities of an excellent Huma. It jumped up from the sand and ran forward desperately.As soon as the horse ran like this, Xuanzang was dragged abruptly and flew up.Xuanzang was dragged away inexplicably and couldn't stop.When he felt that the horse had finished its madness and stopped, he opened his eyes to look.This scene, he will never forget in his life. The old horse knows the way, and it pulls Xuanzang to Yema Spring.Relying on the water from Yema Spring, Xuanzang successfully arrived in Yiwu Country.Unlike the TV series, he did not visit the king first, but first came to a remote monastery.Although the monastery was desolate, everything was still in order. Xuanzang left his old horse and went in alone. Suddenly, three bald men rushed out of the temple and surrounded Xuanzang tightly.An older man, who didn't even wear shoes, burst into tears when he saw Xuanzang.At the end of the cry, Xuanzang understood that these three people had fled from the Central Plains a few years ago.When they saw their old family members, they rushed here with excitement, and the old monk was the most excited. He ran out crying to see his fellow villagers without even wearing his shoes. He thought he would never see his hometown again in his life! What Xuanzang didn't know was that his reputation had long been known to the world, not only the Chang'an people knew him, but the Yiwu people also knew him.The monks and ministers in Yiwu heard that Master Xuanzang had come to Yiwu, and invited him to the palace to entertain him.The king of Yiwu country was also very happy to see Xuanzang, so he asked the master to give lectures with great fanfare.However, the god of fate once again played a joke on Xuanzang.