The Journey to the West is over, and the Perfect Life System is here

Chapter 17 Getting Involved
Many doubts arose in Sun Wukong's mind, but his expression did not change.

Seeing this, Chi Ran continued, "After my father found Yuan Shoucheng in Chang'an City, he first tested him and made a bet with him about the next day's cloud-making and rain-making event.

But I never thought that as soon as my father returned to the palace, the decree from heaven came, and the time and time written on it were exactly the same as those calculated by the fortune teller!
My father was impulsive, easily angered, and had a strong desire to win. He was also confused at the time and believed the slander. When he was making the clouds and rain the next day, he changed the time and deducted points, thus making a serious mistake.

After hearing this, Sun Wukong had already made a judgment in his mind.

This was indeed a plot against the Dragon King of Jinghe River, especially Mr. Shen Ke's actions, which further confirmed this point.

But this does not mean that the old dragon was completely wronged, because he jumped into someone else's trap himself.

From this we can see that the person who made this plan was well aware of the temperament of the Dragon King of Jinghe River.

Thinking of this, Sun Wukong became even more curious.

What is the purpose of those who go to so much trouble to make this calculation?
Is it really as the little white dragon Ao Lie said, that this is just the revenge of the Wood Deity?
At this moment, Ao Lie and Chi Ran saw that Sun Wukong was still silent. The two dragons looked at each other, and their expressions were a little gloomy.

They all knew that what they had just said was still empty talk and could not be used as strong evidence to redress their injustice.

The reason why he came to Sun Wukong for help was because Ao Lie knew the temperament of the eldest brother.

Whether it is the Monkey King of the past or the Fighting Buddha of today, they can never tolerate any grain of sand in their eyes.

On the journey west, whenever I heard of injustice, I would intervene.

And this time...

Ao Lie knew that the possibility of the eldest senior brother taking action was indeed small.

Because his uncle's death was related to himself, it cannot be simply judged as good or evil.

Just as he was thinking about it, he suddenly heard Sun Wukong ask again: "What happened next?"

Ao Lie and Chi Ran's eyes lit up, as if they saw hope.

Chi Ran quickly said, "Later, my father went to overturn Yuan Shoucheng's stall, but he didn't expect that the other party would reveal my father's identity as the Dragon King on the spot and pointed out that my father had violated the Heavenly Law.

My father then realized that he was sentenced to death, so he asked Yuan Shoucheng for a way to save his life.

I don't know whether the fortune teller had good intentions or bad intentions, but he finally gave me some advice and told my father to ask the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty for help."

Is it related to the Tang Dynasty emperor?

Sun Wukong was a little surprised, but not too surprised.

Because during the disaster at the Black Water River, Ao Shun had said that the Dragon King of the Jing River was beheaded in a dream by the order of the Heavenly Court, and the human official Wei Zheng was ordered to do so.

And Wei Zheng was the prime minister of Emperor Taizong of Tang, Li Shimin.

Chi Ran continued, "My father asked for help in his dream, and the King of Tang agreed to help him, but I didn't expect that Wei Zheng would actually kill a dragon in his dream.

Not only did the King of Tang fail to save my father, but he even ordered his men to hang my father's head in the market town for the people to watch.

My father was filled with resentment and could not be relieved after his death, so he went to the King of Tang in his dream to ask for an explanation.

The Tang King was frightened by this and soon fell seriously ill, with not much time left."

At this point, he paused and said with a puzzled look, "Strangely, I heard that the Tang Dynasty court was preparing to arrange the funeral for the Tang King.

But not long after, the Tang King recovered and has lived to this day."

"He must have died once and came back to life." Sun Wukong sneered in his heart.

He had restored Yang for others before, so of course he was aware of the changes involved.

Furthermore, the underworld must have made some shady deal with the Tang King, otherwise they would never have let the Tang King return to the living world. Sure enough, Chi Ran said again, "Great Sage, I have been secretly investigating my father's affairs for many years.

There are some strange findings among them, and I am not sure whether they are correct.

For example, after the Tang King came to power, he posted a notice to recruit talented people, inviting them to carry melons and fruits to the underworld.

Later, a wealthy man named Liu Quan from Junzhou took down the imperial edict, put a pair of pumpkins on his head, and committed suicide by taking poison.

But strangely, when I secretly visited Junzhou, I saw that Liu Quan was alive and well, and even married a beautiful new wife with the same name as his first wife. How could he have committed suicide by poisoning?

Hearing this, Sun Wukong became more certain of his previous guess.

But why did Liu Quan put a pair of pumpkins on his head when he committed suicide? Couldn't it be other fruits?
Seeing that Sun Wukong was still listening, Chi Ran hesitated for a moment before saying, "Great Sage, there is something else I'm not sure whether I should tell you or not."

"Tell me!" Sun Wukong said in a deep voice.

Chi Ran gritted his teeth and said solemnly, "The King of Tang was originally an emperor who respected Taoism and suppressed Buddhism. But after he recovered, he actually issued a notice to recruit monks and held a water and land assembly presided over by the Buddhist sect. After that, he fully supported Master Xuanzang's journey to the West to seek the Mahayana..."

Upon hearing this, Sun Wukong's eyes flashed like arrows.

Ao Lie, who was standing next to him, looked even more distraught and shouted, "Chi Ran, what nonsense are you talking about!"

He could hear that this was clearly an attempt to link the death of the Dragon King of the Jing River with the journey to the West to obtain Buddhist scriptures.

Sun Wukong sneered: "Provocation, what? You want to plot against me too?"

Chi Ran saw those terrifying eyes, but he suppressed the fear in his heart.

He fell to his knees with a thud, bowed earnestly, and said, "Please forgive me, Great Sage! I did mean to provoke you, but every word I said is true, not a single lie!"

I only ask the Great Sage to redress my father's grievances. You can kill or chop him up afterwards, whatever you wish!"

Sun Wukong stared at the red-bearded dragon kneeling on the ground, but the coldness on his face faded away and he said with a smile: "Stand up and talk."

Chi Ran became nervous at this moment, and it was Xiao Bailong who quickly pulled him up.

"Thank you, senior brother!" Xiaobailong said happily again.

"I need no thanks for your kindness. From now on, my life will belong to the Great Sage!" The Red Bearded Dragon saluted respectfully.

"How much is your life worth?" Sun Wukong said sternly, "Remember, I didn't agree to overturn the verdict on the Dragon King of the Jing River. Don't go around seeking justice for him. Do you understand?"

Xiaobailong and Chiran looked at each other and of course understood the implication of these words.

The two dragons responded immediately.

Then, Xiao Bailong hesitated and said, "There is one more thing I need to trouble you with, Senior Brother.

As mentioned earlier, after my uncle died, my aunt and Tuojie were taken to Beihai, and they also took away all the property of the Jinghe Dragon Clan.

Later, my aunt died, Tuojie was imprisoned, and the family property fell into the hands of my uncle Ao Shun.

Some time ago, Chi Ran and I also went to the Dragon Palace in the North Sea for this matter.

I thought my status as Guangli Bodhisattva would give me some face, but I didn't expect Uncle Ao Shun to be so stubborn. He had no intention of handing over the Jinghe Dragon Clan's property, and in the end he almost kicked us out."

Chi Ran continued, "If the Great Sage can help my Jinghe Dragon Clan recover its property, I can grant you 70% of all the property, excluding the Four Defilements Scepter!"

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