"The three characters written on it are 'Tongtian River', and the ten characters 'Crossing eight hundred miles, an eternal journey' are written on the bottom. Apart from these characters, there is nothing else."

The old man said, "No, no, you go up to the stone monument. It's only about a mile away from the stone monument. There is a huge temple of the King of Inspiration there. Haven't you seen it?"

Wukong Walker asked, "I haven't seen it, I haven't seen it. Please tell me, old man, what is the inspiration king? What is the inspiration?"

The two old men cried and said, "Master! You don't know! Ever since the inspiration king built that temple, his mighty spirit has been able to bless the people thousands of miles away. Let this village give out nectar year after year, and the village Auspicious clouds descend every year."

Wukong Walker said, "Isn't this a good thing? Whether it is falling Qingyun or falling nectar, it is also a great thing that can only be wished for in other places! Why are you so sad and troubled? What is the reason?"

The old man over there immediately beat his chest and stamped his feet.

He said, "Master! Although this King of Inspiration can provide us with such benefits, he eats boys and girls! He is not the apparently upright god!"

Wukong Walker asked strangely, "You want to eat boys and girls?"

The old man said, "Exactly! Exactly!"

Wukong Walker said, "If that's the case, and your family is practicing this fast of death in advance, then... it's your family's turn?"

The old man said, "Oh...yes, this is the year to go to the house."

"We expect more than a hundred families to live here. This place is under the jurisdiction of Yuanhui County, which belongs to the Chechi Kingdom, and its name is Chenjiazhuang."

"This King of Inspiration must be sacrificed once a year, and each time a virgin and a virgin are sacrificed."

"In addition, the five animals must also be contributed to him. After he eats them together, he can bless me with good weather for a year. If I don't sacrifice, disaster will definitely happen."

Wukong Walker asked, "How many young men are there in your house?"

The old man beat his chest and stamped his feet and said, "Poor! Poor! Don't say anything about me, you will kill me for your shame!"

"This is my younger brother, called Chen Qing!"

"My name is Chen Cheng. I am sixty-three this year and he is fifty-eight. It will be difficult for me to wait for our children to come."

"I was fifty years old and still had no son. My relatives and friends all advised me to take a concubine. I had no choice but to find a concubine and gave birth to a little girl who is only eight years old this year."

"The name is: One Scale of Gold."

Zhu Bajie also had a good meal, and he said, "What an expensive name! Why is it called One Scale of Gold!"

The old man said, "Me! Because my children are in difficulty, I have done a lot of building bridges and roads. I have also done a lot of building temples and erecting towers, not to mention giving alms to fasting monks."

"I have an account book here. I spent three taels here and five taels there. In the year I gave birth to my daughter, I used exactly thirty kilograms of gold."

"I'm waiting here in the country of Chi, weighing thirty kilograms per scale."

"So, my little daughter is called a scale of gold."

Wukong Walker asked again, "Where is the younger son?"

The old man said here, "My younger brother has a son who is either a legitimate child or a side child. He is seven years old this year and he is named Chen Guanbao."

Wukong Walker asked, "Why is it called this name?"

The old man replied, "My family supports Grandpa Guan Sheng, because this child was begged for under the blessing of Grandpa Guan Sheng. Therefore, the name is Guan Bao."

"My two brothers are over one hundred and twenty years old together, but they only have these two races."

"Who would have thought that this year it would be my family's turn to offer sacrifices, so I dare not not offer them!"

"It's just that the love between father and son is really hard to let go."

"That's why I built a transcendental dojo here for my child, so it's also called the Preparatory Death Fast."

When Li Fu heard this, he also lamented a few times.

Licking the calf is deeply affectionate.

But...

"Alas..."

Sha Monk also said, "This is really the same as what the ancients said, 'If the yellow plums do not fall, the green plums will not fall, and God will harm no one'!"

Monkey Wukong said, "Master and junior brother, don't worry, I will ask him again."

Wukong Walker asked, "Old man, how many possessions do you have in your house?"

The two old men said, "There are still some."

"There are about forty or fifty hectares of paddy fields, sixty or seventy hectares of dry fields, eighty or ninety cattle farms, two to three hundred cattle, twenty or thirty donkeys, horses, and livestock. As for the pigs and ducks

I don’t know much about cattle and sheep.”

"In short, I have no food to eat, no clothes to wear, and that's all I have for my family and property."

Wukong Walker said, "It's a shame that you have to save money like this for a family like yours."

The old man said strangely, "How come I saved money?"

Wukong Walker said, "Since you have all these belongings, why do you still use your own children as sacrifices? Why don't you spend fifty taels of silver to buy a boy. At most, you can spend another hundred taels of silver.

You can buy a virgin."

"Together, there are only two hundred taels of trees. Isn't it good that I can leave my own descendants?"

When the two old men heard this, they shed even more tears.

They said, "Master, I have never considered what you said. But what you don't know is that this inspiration king has the most inspiration. He often comes to my house to wait for others. I wait for the children in this family to look like.

He knows everything."

Wukong Walker continued to ask, "Since this inspiration king always comes to walk, can you see what his face is like and how long or short he is?"

The two old men said, "I have never seen his appearance, but I could smell a gust of incense, and I knew that the Inspiration King had arrived. After that, they quickly burned incense and asked for instructions. All men, women and children looked at him and bowed down."

"He knows everything about me and other people in Chenjia Village, whether it's pots, pans, or even small things like a spoon.'

"Whether it is the birth date of an old man or a child, he remembers it. Only his own children will he eat."

"Therefore, don't say that there is no place to buy these two or three hundred taels, even tens of millions of taels, there is no place to buy these children born in the same year and month at the same time!"

Wukong Walker said, "That's it, that's all. Please take your son and daughter out and let me, grandson, take a look."

Although the two old men moved a little slower, they still hurried back and took the child out.

The first person to come out was Chen Qing’s son Chen Guanbao.

I saw that after Chen Guanbao came out and put him in front of the waiting room, the child didn't know whether he was alive or dead. He had fruits in both sleeves, dancing wildly and eating the fruits.

After Wukong saw this Chen Guanbao, he silently recited the incantation and transformed into the appearance of this Chen Guanbao.

I saw these two children, holding hands with each other, dancing in front of the lamp.

The old man Chen Qing was so frightened that he hurriedly knelt down in front of Li Fu. He asked hurriedly, "Master! Master! What's going on! Is this young man not a son of a man? Is he not a son of a man? Why was that thunderous face of the master just now? You were talking to me just now, but now you look like my son."

Chen Qing called out, "Guan Baoer."

I saw two departments walking towards him.

The old man panicked at this time. He shook Li Fu's trouser legs and said, "Master! Master! Don't let that thunderous master play like this and shorten our lifespan. Please show your true colors."

"Please tell me the truth first!"

Li Fu also said, "Wukong, show your true self!"

Wukong touched his face and transformed, returning to his original appearance.

The old man knelt on the ground and moved his legs apart. When he got in front of Wukong Walker, he said, "Master! Master! You actually have such ability!"

Wukong asked, "How, does he look like your son?"

The old man said, "Like! Like! Like!"

"The face, the voice, the clothes, and even the little wrinkles are all exactly the same."

Wukong Walker said, "You haven't looked carefully yet! Take the scale and weigh it carefully. Do I have the same weight as him?"

Chen Qing asked someone to bring it over and weigh it. He weighed it and said, "Yes! Yes! Yes! It is indeed an average weight!"

Monkey King saw this and said, "Old man, I don't know if I can go to that sacrifice instead of your son!"

The old man Chen Qing said, "It's so good! It's so good! The sacrifice is passable!"

Wukong Walker said, "Today I will take the life of your son and let your family leave some incense for future generations. I will go and sacrifice to that great inspiration king."

After Wukong finished speaking, no one spoke.

He said, "How come? You don't thank me?"

Chen Qing knelt on the ground and kowtowed, "You are indeed very kind and merciful! If you go for my son, I will give you a thousand taels of silver to this holy monk of the Tang Dynasty as a way to help him get to the West!"

Wukong said, "Then why don't you thank me, my grandson?"

The old man said, "Master! You have already sacrificed for my son and your life is gone. How can you still be grateful?"

Wukong Walker said, "Why is it gone?"

Old man Chen Qing said, "Didn't that get eaten by that king?"

Wukong Walker said, "Old man, are you sure he dares to eat me?"

The old man Chen Qing said strangely, "The King of Inspiration has always eaten, so why not eat the master? Could it be that the master is too fishy and not delicious, so cooking wine must be added..."
To be continued...