I, the son of Yang Guo, abducted Zhang Sanfeng across the heavens

Zhang Boduan was almost kneeling down to kowtow to Yang Gui.

What do I think? I think it's great!

Any one of these things could cost Zhang Boduan his life a hundred times, but in the end, they were all sealed in the fan by Yang Gui and used as magic weapons for him?

With his real combat power, even if a Taiyi Golden Immortal at the peak level came, without a corresponding protective magic weapon, he would be killed by him in one move.

In Journey to the West, magic weapons are almost the decisive factor in the outcome of battles below the level of Daluo, such as the diamond cutter of the One-horned Rhinoceros King, the golden claw and the human race bag of the Yellow-browed Buddha.

In the original novel, Sun Wukong was paralyzed when he saw it, and had no power to resist. Forget Sun Wukong. The incarnation of the moral saint left in heaven, Taishang Laojun, could not do anything to the One-horned Rhinoceros King without the diamond cutter and the banana fan.

The things in the Mountain and River Fan that Yang Gui gave him are enough for Zhang Boduan to fight against the Daluo Jinxian. To be honest, Huang Feihu may not be a match for this fan.

Actually, Yang Gui originally wanted to make a talisman, seal or something like that, or at least a jade sword or a peach wood sword, which would be in line with his status as a Taoist priest. But he had no choice. In recent years, he had too much contact with Li Yuanba, and subconsciously wanted to make a Dapeng.

Yang Gui had only seen one magic weapon with Dapeng hidden inside, which was the Mountain and River Fan from the Zhu Xian World. He was too lazy to think about it and just copied it. These things were projections of illusory rules. Although they looked like entities, they did not involve the entities in the Three Realms, so there was no need to worry.

"Zhang Ziyang, you know what happened to you on the journey to obtain the scriptures, right?" Yang Gui asked.

"Yes, yes, yes, there is. He asked me to guarantee a mortal's journey, but he didn't tell me the details." Uncle Zhang couldn't help but nodded.

"Well, now I tell you, you now have a magic weapon, you can join the journey to obtain the scriptures, and I will give you some merits later. Do you want to be a savior, or follow the original path of a guardian, or be a monster that blocks the road?"

"Guardian." Zhang Ziyang didn't need to think about this question. Although my cultivation is not very high, I am still the ancestor of the Northern School of Dan Cultivation. I can't be reduced to the level of a monster, right?
But at the same time, his cultivation is not high, so it might be a bit of a stretch for him to be a savior.

Yes, the magic weapon is very powerful now. It is easy to defeat Taiyi at the peak, and it is not impossible to fight against Daluo. But that is all relying on the magic weapon. It is said that the people who are seeking scriptures are the holy monks under the seat of Tathagata, and a group of famous gods in the heaven.

If I can’t even beat them, how can I beat them?
I can use magic weapons to barely resist the enemy, but what about my own life?
It’s not right, of course it’s not right.

Zhang Boduan has been practicing Taoism for so many years that he still has a personality that is indifferent to fame and fortune. He does not seek merit, but only seeks to avoid mistakes. It does not matter how great his achievements are, as long as he can protect himself.

When the time comes, you can unfold the Mountain and River Fan or the Purple Immortal Robe to protect the pilgrim or some other clued character. You can get the merit and it won't be dangerous. Why not do it?

"Okay then, you should be prepared when the time comes. Don't worry, don't be so nervous. You've heard of the Conferred God, right? This time is similar to the Conferred God. Those who I don't allow to die, even if they are beaten to death, can gather their true spirits to revive, and their lives will not be in danger."

Yang Gui patted the old man's shoulder and comforted him.

In a sense, this is true. This journey to the West looks like a dangerous game of house.

"Okay, okay, thank you for your teachings, Saint." Zhang Bo couldn't help but nod, thinking that he had finally sent these two plague gods away.

"It's boring. I ran around for a long time and ended up bullying an old man." Hou Tu felt a little bored.

"It's mainly because his colorful fairy clothes are too lame." Yang Gui didn't care. "Let's go back to the Tang Dynasty and become the Grand Ancestor. Anyway, the journey to the West will begin in a few years. Chen Xuanzang should have been born by now."

"Ah~ What's the point of having a tool for the journey?" Hou Tu was not interested. "Are you going to teach him in person?"

"That's too boring. I've already taught Sun Wukong, and I've also enhanced Sha Wujing. If he's going to teach Tang Seng again, I might as well go and obtain the scriptures myself."

Yang Gui shook his head decisively in denial: "But what do you think, let this kid worship under Huayan Sect since he was young?"

"Aren't you a little too cruel?" Hou Tu didn't even dare to think about it. Letting his eighth-generation body teach the tenth-generation body, isn't that equivalent to junior high school Nobita taking a time machine to tutor elementary school Nobita?
"And let's not talk about the ethical issues first. Is it possible that when Yang Jian unified the country, Hua Yan was at least a high-ranking official, and you let him go back to the temple to become a monk?"

"How about letting Chen Xuanzang take the imperial examination and let him enter the court as an official?" Yang Gui thought for a moment and said, "The imperial examination has no age limit anyway, and one can pass the examination as a student at the age of six. Let's give it a try. Let the pilgrim know a little about the sufferings of the world and stop acting like an idiot."

Different people have different opinions about the various people on the journey to obtain Buddhist scriptures. The only relatively unified evaluation is that Tang Seng is really nothing.

The monkey that was treated as a treasure by Fangcun Mountain, Heaven, and even Lingshan Buddha became a slave in his hands. Tang Seng was kind to others, but he could ruthlessly say to Sun Wukong, "I will use the tight hoop to strangle your brains out."

Of course, Tang Seng was not mentally retarded after all. In his later encounters on the road, his attitude gradually improved, especially after the true and false Monkey King. The Buddha personally promised him that "they would sit on the lotus platform together in the future", which means he promised him a Buddha position. He also asked Guanyin to send him back personally and admonish Tang Seng. From then on, he recited the Tightening Curse less often.

On the journey to obtain scriptures, Sun Wukong was growing up, and Tang Seng was also growing up. Later, he could distinguish good from evil, knew that pigs and water monsters were unreliable, and had to build a good relationship with monkeys. He could also judge the evil spirits and take the initiative to avoid dangerous places. These are all Tang Seng's growth.

But one thing about Tang Seng has not changed: he is a tool for obtaining Buddhist scriptures.

He seems like a stereotyped character whose only purpose is to seek Buddhist scriptures. The TV series shows the implicit love between Tang Sanzang and the Queen of the Kingdom of Women, but in fact, in the original novel of Journey to the West, Tang Sanzang did not even look at the Queen of the Kingdom of Women.

He just treated it as a "difficulty" and after getting the pass certificate, he rode away like a horse. His determination to become a Buddha was not shaken at all by the mortal woman.

This certainly shows the firmness of Tang Seng's mind, but it also makes him feel like a tool without emotions. It's not that Tang Seng must have something to do with the Queen of the Kingdom of Women regardless of the precepts, but at least there should be a more appropriate way to deal with it.

In fact, there should be more humane ways to deal with situations such as when monsters block the way or when bandits cut off the way.

In short, Tang Seng cannot just be a tool in the journey to obtain Buddhist scriptures.

And if he were to become a disciple of Huayan and serve as a county magistrate of a small county, he could experience the sufferings of the world and improve his interpersonal skills.

“Hehehehe, that’s not bad.” The journey to obtain the scriptures can be extended a lot, and there are many places that need to be coordinated and handled. Tang Seng can show the ability of the Tang Dynasty.

"Let's go, let's go to the Tang Dynasty!" Hou Tu couldn't wait to pull Yang Gui to fly to the Central Plains.

When they came back, the Tang Dynasty had basically stabilized. Luo Yi also surrendered with his people. Under the intimidation of Yang Gui and Hou Tu, he had to admit his defeat. Yang Jian did not kill Luo Yi. Although Luo Yi killed his son, after all, Luo Yi was the King of Beiping first, and he had rebelled against the princes all the way. He accepted the power of others, but then he killed them. There is no such thing in the world.

Second, Yang Jian had been taught by Yang Gui for many years, so he was somewhat reasonable, unlike ordinary ancient nobles, who were double-standard dogs and only allowed the state officials to set fires but not the people to light lamps. Since Yang Guang had done so many things that angered the heavens and the people, he deserved to die.

What's more, he was not only weak in strength, but also in brains. His father was right beside him. If he wanted to survive, surrender the city and kneel down to beg for mercy, Yang Jian would definitely save his life.

It's a pity that I was deceived and fell into their trap. I can only say that my death was not unjust.

The two armies joined forces, one in the west and the other in the east, and surrounded each other. The last bit of survival ground for the aristocratic family was shattered. Finally, the rule of the aristocratic family that had lasted for five or six hundred years was completely eliminated.

What replaced it was a brand new Tang Dynasty.

Yang Jian announced at that time that he would restore the name of the country to Tang and ascend the throne as emperor again.

As for how the Tang Dynasty's political system should be changed after he ascended the throne again, that would be a matter of natural development on their own.

Next comes the time to reward people based on their merits.

Let’s start with the group in the Peking Palace.

Luo Yi naturally had to give up on being the King of Beiping. It was good enough that he had not been purged. Luo Cheng, Jiang Chun, and Jiang Song, the three princes of Beiping, were each promised a high-quality military commander, but of course, the troops they led could not be the same troops as before in the northern border.

Ding Yanping returned to the position of the elder of the Tang Dynasty. He was old and tired, so he just retired to enjoy his old age. With Luo Cheng as his godson, Ding Yanping would never be in poverty.

Qin Qiong, Yuchi Gong, Cheng Yaojin, and Qin Yong were each granted the title of general and noble. Lai Huer, Xin Wenli, Shang Shitu, Wei Wentong and others who were originally under Yang Guang were also promoted to a higher rank.

Yuwen Chengdu, a famous queuing enthusiast, was identified as a war criminal and sentenced to death for committing crimes such as intentional homicide, rape, and waging war.

The executioner adopted Hua Shi's suggestion and asked Wei Zheng, a subordinate of Li Shimin, to do the job.

Although Wei Zheng was Li Jiancheng's man, the Li family had no ability to establish themselves as king. They had long been dispersed throughout the army of King Hou Tu, and later were seamlessly incorporated into the Tang Dynasty court.

People like Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji are all nonsense, they were all officials of the Tang Dynasty. As Li Shimin is the current leader of the Li family, even Li Yuan has to stand behind him, and Wei Zheng naturally became an official of his line.

Of course, in name they were all subjects of the Tang Dynasty.

This was the first time that Wei Zheng, the Cao official, played a role. In the previous struggles for hegemony, Wei Zheng had always been a nobody, overshadowed by the brilliance of countless famous generals and counselors.

Even Li Shimin didn't know why Hua Shi appointed Wei Zheng to supervise the execution of Yuwen Chengdu, because Wei Zheng and Yuwen Chengdu had never met each other before.

When the executioner chopped off Yuwen Chengdu's head with a knife, the sky, which was originally clear and empty, suddenly became as dark as ink, with dark clouds rolling in the sky, lightning and thunder, as if it was the end of the world, scaring people away one after another.

"Dead again."

The reincarnated body dies, and the gods return to their positions. Wen Zhong stood on the dark clouds, looking at the thunder general who came to pick him up, and angrily pounded the thunder drum, "Is it so difficult for this Grand Master to die of old age?"

When he struck the drum, a thunderous explosion sounded, and a long flash of lightning split the sky in two. The people in the palace were so frightened that Yang Jian even thought about how to write the edict of apology.

But soon the sky became clear and bright, and the sun was shining brightly, as if the horrible scene before had never appeared.

No one in the court, whether civil or military, understood what was going on.

Yang Jian asked Hua Shi anxiously, "Mr. Hua, is this the reason why you asked Wei Zheng to supervise the execution of Yuwen Chengdu?"

"Of course not." Hua Shi spread his hands and said, "I have only calculated that Yuwen Chengdu is the reincarnation of a natural immortal. If you want to kill him, you will have to bear the consequences, and you may be hurt by his original immortal body."

"Then just let me go!" The angry Wei Zheng wanted to rush up and grab Hua Shi's collar to question him, but was quickly stopped by Luo Cheng and Jiang Song. Just kidding, although Hua Shi's body was better after seeing Yang Gui, and he would not live for more than two or three days, he could not help but do this.

Although Wei Zheng knew some martial arts and could swing a sword, he was far behind Luo Cheng and Jiang Song. Wei Zheng, who had just been furious, calmed down in an instant.

"We were just joking, just joking. Look at you two, you seem very annoyed." Wei Zheng greeted them with a smile.

"I'm not trying to harm you. I calculated that you are also a star official in the sky and should be able to bear this cause and effect, so I let you come. You won't die if you come, but you can't avoid the changes in the celestial phenomena. What kind of god is this Yuwen Chengdu? How can he have such magical powers?

Moreover, a deity with such magical powers, since he had already started to attack, why did he suddenly stop? "Even Hua Shi couldn't figure it out.

"Hey, Grand Master, what are you doing? You old immortal are still in a bad mood." Yang Gui said with a smile as he looked at the angry Wen Zhong above the cloud.

"Please forgive me, Saint. I have lost my composure." Wen Zhong then remembered that he was no longer a mortal and this was not the Heavenly Palace, which could not withstand his anger.

"Go back and report to the Jade Emperor. Don't be too pessimistic. If you think so, why are you not better than that Buddha's uncle, the golden-winged Roc? Think about what happened to Li Yuanba?" Yang advised.

"Well, that makes sense. Goodbye!" The saint had to be given face. No matter Wen Zhong figured it out or not, he had to go back and report to the Jade Emperor.

After supervising the execution of Yuwen Chengdu, the people in the northern border were dispersed, communicated with each other, and each took charge of their own affairs, which was considered completed. Thanks to Hua Shi, the level of these grassroots officers was also good. After a little training, they could catch up with the level of the officers in the Tang Dynasty.

In the North, there is only one person left who is difficult to arrange. (End of this chapter)