Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons

Upon hearing this, Manjusri Bodhisattva closed his eyes slightly, then opened them again and sighed, "Yes, this matter is indeed related to my lion."

Wen Jiao's eyes flashed, and there seemed to be a flash of sword in her pupils.

The Lion King opened his mouth, and suddenly his face was filled with an awkward smile: "Buddha, I didn't do this. You know, I would not harm the King of the Black Chicken Kingdom without the Buddha's order, let alone kill a queen for no reason? How could I have the guts to do that!"

Combined with his previous behavior of kneeling down to Goku when they had a disagreement, this statement seems to be somewhat convincing.

Manjusri shook his head: "You don't have the courage to do it, but you have the courage to talk too much."

The Lion King wiped the cold sweat from his forehead with his sleeve, then knelt down firmly in the clouds again, and said tremblingly: "Buddha, I was wrong! Buddha, I will never dare to do it again!"

It turned out that nine years ago, after visiting Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva, Manjushri Bodhisattva was riding the Lion King back to the temple when he passed by the sky above the Kingdom of Jiadi. He saw that although the feng shui of this place was peaceful, there were a few wisps of black air in the prosperous red light above the palace. He thought about it for a moment and knew the reason.

"It turns out that the queen of this country is the daughter of the Great Dragon King and the Devil. When she was born, strange signs appeared in the sky, and she is destined to be the enemy of our Buddhism." Manjusri Bodhisattva said to himself, and laughed when he said this. "The whole country of Jiadi is a believer of Brahma. They don't believe in our Buddha. It's not wrong to say that they are the enemy of Buddhism."

After saying this, he forgot about it. Unexpectedly, the lion king under his seat listened to everything clearly with his ears perked up.

As we all know, a wealthy family cannot have only one horse. Therefore, Manjusri Bodhisattva also has more than one mount, one of which is the Lion King, and the other is the Lion King's brother, the Blue Lion King.

Compared with the two brothers, the Blue Lion King is more capable, bold and ruthless, and full of banditry. The Lion King is only better at the art of transformation. When he was young, he was a playboy and lustful, and he flirted with the white crane in front of the Jade Emperor's Palace when Manjusri Bodhisattva was unable to discipline him. The Jade Emperor was furious and ordered the heavenly soldiers and generals to cut off the root of the Lion King's troubles on the spot.

Since then, the Lion King has been pure-hearted and calm, but he has developed another problem - cowardice. Although he is very cowardly, he is a real big mouth. A few days later, at the monthly meeting of the mythical beast circle, he drank two glasses of wine and told everyone the whole thing without missing a word.

As he said this, he fell asleep under the influence of alcohol, not knowing that his elder brother, the Blue Lion King, his good friend, the White Elephant King, and the Golden Winged Peng Bird were paying attention. The three monsters looked at each other, and the Peng Bird said, "The king of the Jiadi Kingdom did not believe in my cheap nephew's good Buddha statue, but believed in that three-headed Brahma. I have long wanted to teach him a lesson."

The White Elephant King said, "When our Samantabhadra Bodhisattva saw that the road between Wuliang Plateau and Xiniuhezhou was opened, he rode me to preach. When we passed by the Jiadi Kingdom, the King of Jiadi at that time mistook me for a monster. I was so embarrassed. I have long disliked this family. Since this queen is a great enemy of Buddhism, why don't we kill her as soon as possible?"

The Blue Lion King patted his chest and said, "That's what I was thinking. Although it's not appropriate to go down to the mortal world without permission, what we are doing is to protect the religion and the Dharma. Even if the Bodhisattva finds out, he will remember our merit."

When the Lion King sobered up, he heard his eldest brother, the white elephant and the roc hanging out with each other, drunk and complimenting each other: "Third brother, this is a good idea. Even if Lord Brahma comes to investigate, the queen will be killed by her own people. It has nothing to do with us three brothers!"

"Well, with the abilities of the three of us brothers, a breath of air is enough to crush the queen to death. Not to mention that she has the blood of nine witches, even if she has the blood of nine arhats, there is nothing we can do!" Dapeng said proudly, holding the wine bowl, and when he said this, he squinted his eyes, with a rather obscene look.

The Green Lion Spirit and the White Elephant Spirit immediately laughed knowingly: "Even if she is really the daughter of nine Arhats and her mother, she will be gone in a matter of seconds. Who would be afraid of her?"

Dapeng continued, "But we brothers are of low status, and we don't want to bully the weak. Since the queen is the mother of Jiadi, it is natural for her people to see her. Even in front of my cheap nephew, we are in the right! As for her being watched to death by others... isn't that her own fault?"

The white elephant spirit smiled and said in a voice like a beautiful woman: "Whose queen mother can be watched to death by her own people? This is too disappointing."

The Green Lion shook his head and said, "But the queen is indeed a beauty. Among all the flower-scattering goddesses in Paradise, I have never seen anyone prettier than her." He laughed loudly and said, "When she was possessed by the eye demon and her face turned pale with pain, she was the most beautiful."

"Brother, we think alike." Dapeng laughed.

The Lion King was sobered up by the shock and jumped up: "You, you guys! Did you kill the Queen of Jiadi Kingdom?"

The Green Lion Spirit casually pulled him into his arms and patted his shoulder: "Didn't you say it? She will be the enemy of Buddhism in the future. Manjusri Bodhisattva predicted it himself, how could it be wrong? We are here to help the Buddha relieve his worries." He whispered, "A mortal woman, if she dies, she's dead, what kind of splash can she make? Fourth brother, don't tell anyone, otherwise it will hinder the brothers from having fun."

The Lion King knew that he had caused trouble, so how could he dare to tell anyone? He had to keep his mouth shut. After a few days, he felt relieved when no one investigated. Later, he received the Buddha's order to go down to the mortal world to create disasters. One day in heaven was one year on earth. He became more and more oblivious to everything in the Kingdom of Black Chicken. At this moment, Manjushri Bodhisattva pointed it out to him, and he aroused the long-lost fear. He fell to the ground and couldn't get up. He suppressed his fear and argued: "Bodhisattva, my eldest brother and his two sworn brothers just played a joke on the queen on a whim. The queen died from the demon of eyes and the demon of mouth, not them."

The gentle voice turned cold and fierce: "King Lion, do you know that Queen Chiji was extremely miserable when she was alive. She was tortured to the point of changing her personality. Before she died, she asked King Jiadi to seal the sun, moon and stars for nine years to help her revive? King Jiadi couldn't bear the pain of losing his wife, so he actually covered the three lights in the sky and cut off the connection between Jiadi and other countries. It's a pity that the people of Jiadi, they can't live or die in this lightless place, and they have to endure hardship. I don't know how many people died of illness..."

She spoke slowly, pulling down an armlet from her arm. It glowed with golden and green light and condensed into a long sword. "And all this happened just because of your slip of the tongue and a prank played by three divine beasts on a whim?"