Soul Ferry: My master is Uncle Jiu

Chapter 449 Returning the sun
Let’s talk about the prince.

I chased the rabbit into the woods, and after chasing it for a long distance, I found that there was no trace of the rabbit.

The goshawk flew back and the hound looked dejected, obviously having failed to catch its prey.

"What a pity, I couldn't get off to a good start."

The prince felt regretful and prepared to turn his horse around and go back to reunite with the main force.

At this time, a breeze blew through the forest, and a faint sound came with the wind.

"If a true king were to ascend the throne, there would be auspicious lights and colorful clouds. But because a demon has invaded the dragon throne, black clouds are blocking the golden gate."

The prince, who was about to leave, pulled the reins after hearing the doggerel, turned his head to look in the direction of the sound, and then rode away in the direction of the sound.

Passing through the woods, the view suddenly opens up.

I saw a fortune-telling stall set up on a patch of grass in the forest, with a young Taoist priest sitting there with three boys, one white, one black and one yellow.

Among them, a white boy held a banner with the words: Calculating the past and present five hundred years.

The prince smiled coldly, thinking that the Taoist priest was very arrogant.

Do you think you are the Jade Emperor in Heaven or the Buddha in the West?
He immediately rode forward, pointed his whip at the young Taoist priest and asked, "Taoist priest, what did you mean by that doggerel you just wrote? Aren't you afraid that I will report it to the present emperor and punish you for spreading rumors and misleading the people?"

The young Taoist smiled slightly, "If His Royal Highness the Crown Prince can meet that fake king, you can go and tell me about this. I won't have a single complaint."

Huang Tongzi echoed in a sarcastic tone, "It's strange that he can see it! He is so foolish that he thinks he has fallen out of favor, but he doesn't know that the one sitting on the throne is a harmful monster!"

"Nonsense!" The prince was shocked and angry. "If my father heard this, he would arrest you and confiscate your property and exterminate your clan."

The young Taoist was not intimidated by the prince's immature tricks. He looked at the prince with a sharp gaze and said, "Your murdered father is pitiful. He was worried about your safety, but he didn't expect that his son couldn't recognize whether his father was real or fake."

"Please look, Your Highness. This is your father's personal token of love, the white jade seal in the gold box."

The prince sneered when he saw you, "So you are the Quanzhen Taoist who stole my father's golden box and white jade, and now you want to use the stolen treasure to deceive me."

"Believe it or not, I will put you all in jail!"

It turned out that the fake king was afraid that the truth would be revealed, so he made up a lie, saying that his personal treasure was stolen by the Quanzhen Taoist priest.

Now the young Taoist took out the white jade seal in the gold box, which just confirmed what the fake king said.

The young Taoist laughed calmly and said, "Your real father was pushed into the Octagonal Glazed Well by Quan Zhen a long time ago. Quan Zhen became a fake king and invaded the Dragon King."

"If you don't believe me, you can hold this white jade in a gold box and ask the Queen, your biological mother."

"Ask her how the king is different from what he was three years ago. You will know the truth from the falsehood by just asking her."

"Take it, Bai Yugui."

When the prince saw that the Taoist actually threw the white jade to him, he quickly caught it and looked at it carefully. It was indeed the piece that his father had lost.

He thought back to his father's behavior. It seemed like his father had become a different person since three years ago.

After a pause, the prince said, "Then how can I find you?"

"Once you have confirmed this, go to the largest Taoist temple in the royal city and you will see me."

"Go!"

As the young Taoist waved his hand, the group of four magically disappeared from the spot.

The frightened prince looked around, but was there anyone around?
It was not until then that he confirmed that he had really met a god.

At the same time, I also had a little more trust in the words just said.

It's impossible that a god would be bored and come here to entertain me, right?

So he left and rode back to the camp, announcing that the hunt was over and that everyone should return to the city.

After returning to the royal city, the prince did not dare to disturb his father and went straight to the palace. He asked the eunuch who served the queen in the harem and learned that his mother was in Jinxiang Pavilion.

The prince went straight to Jinxiang Pavilion, and no one dared to stop him along the way.

When I arrived at the Jinxiang Pavilion, I saw my mother sitting there, with palace maids fanning her on both sides. She was leaning against the carved wooden railing, crying silently.

When the prince saw his mother's haggard face, he secretly shed tears and hurriedly knelt before her, "Mother!"

When the queen saw that it was her own son, she forced a smile and said, "My son! Two or three years ago, I told your father to let you come to the palace to see mother. How come you have time to come and see me today?"

"My queen thought that you were enjoying yourself in the Crown Prince's Mansion and had completely forgotten about me!"

The prince heard this and said in panic, "I don't know! My father didn't send anyone to tell me. Every time I went to the palace to see my mother, I was not allowed to see her. I thought she didn't want to see me."

"I saw it today because the child broke in without permission."

After hearing this, the Queen couldn't help but recall her dream last night.

The prince also realized that something was wrong, and quickly dismissed the palace maids on both sides, knelt down and asked: "Mother, I want to ask you, who is the one who is now on the throne, the one who calls himself the lonely one?"

The Empress's face changed. "Why are you so mad today, kid? Of course your father is the emperor! Why do you suddenly ask this question?"

"Today, I went out of town to hunt in the eastern suburbs and met a god. He told me that the current emperor is a fake."

"The real emperor has been assassinated!"

"Mother, I have the audacity to ask you a question. I hope you will forgive me."

The prince kowtowed again.

The Queen Mother said, "We are mother and son, how could I blame you? No wonder you are so mysterious today, it turns out you listened to the crazy talk of a madman."

The prince did not comment, and asked: "Mother, let me ask you, are the things that happened in the palace three years ago the same as the love and affection in the past three years?"

The Empress was shocked and knew she could no longer conceal the truth. She shed tears and whispered, "Three years ago he was warm and cozy, but three years later he was as cold as ice. I asked him about his feelings beside my pillow, and he said he was too old and weak to do anything!"

After hearing this, the prince's face changed color and he told his mother everything the young Taoist had said.

"I didn't believe it before, but now that mother has said this, plus this jade, it's very likely that what the Taoist said is true."

As he spoke, the prince took out the white jade with gold box and handed it to his mother.

The Queen recognized this as His Majesty's personal treasure, and couldn't stop crying as she said, "I thought your father's dream last night was fake! I didn't expect it to be true!"

Upon hearing this, the prince quickly asked, "Mother, what do you mean by this?"

The Queen Mother revealed that the King of the Black Chicken Kingdom had told her in a dream that he was murdered and that the king in power now was a fake one.

She said in a hateful voice: "Son! You must avenge your father!"

"Go and ask that god to exorcise the evil spirits and repay your father for raising you!"

The prince was also gnashing his teeth in hatred. He didn't expect that they would be fooled by a monster.

"Mother, I will go and ask the gods to kill the evil spirits!"

Having said that, the prince asked his mother to keep the gold-boxed white jade seal, and he hurried out of the palace. After finding out the largest Taoist temple in the city, he headed straight for it.

The so-called largest Taoist temple is larger than an ordinary house. It houses three clay sculptures, one old Taoist priest and two boys. It is quite poor.

The arrival of An Yan and his friends filled the Taoist temple in an instant.

This is a Taoist temple dedicated to the Great Emperor Zhenwu. The old Taoist was very excited about An Yan's arrival, especially after he understood the purpose, and burst into tears while holding the scripture passed down by Taishang Laojun.

If you hear the truth in the morning, you will die in the evening!

Sun Wukong standing aside was also rare in not jumping around. Although the Taoist temple was simple, he admired the spirit of the old abbot, who was much better than the magnificent and filthy abbots of Buddhist temples he had seen along the way.

Suddenly, Sun Wukong, Ao Lie and Xiong Bin looked outside the door.

The next moment, there was a knock on the door.

"Is there anyone in there?"

Because a distinguished guest was coming, the old abbot asked the two boys to close the door and refuse the visitor.

The old abbot was discussing Taoist scriptures with An Yan when they were suddenly interrupted. He was very unhappy and was about to ask his two boys to chase the person away, but was stopped by An Yan.

An Yan smiled and said, "Master, your great opportunity has come."

The old master was stunned. "Oh? What do you mean?"

An Yan smiled mysteriously and pointed outside the door, "You'll know when you open the door."

The old master smiled happily and said, "Disciple, go open the door and invite him in."

"Yes, Master."

The two boys hurried to open the door.

The prince outside was thinking that he had come to the wrong place. Such a small place is the largest Taoist temple in the royal city? Are you kidding me?
Seeing that no one responded when he knocked on the door, he became even more hesitant. Could he have made a mistake?

At this moment, the tightly closed door of the Taoist temple opened, and two boys walked out and said, "Fellow believer, my master wants to see you, please come in."

Seeing two boys coming out to invite him, the prince hurriedly wanted to put his hands together, but suddenly realized that this was not right, so he clasped his fists and said, "Thank you for leading the way."

Well, actually you don’t need to lead the way.

Because the place is so small, you can see the whole picture as soon as you enter the door.

Sitting in the innermost were two Taoists, one old and one young, as well as a young man in white with horns on his head, a black bear demon and a monkey demon.

The prince was frightened. If he had not seen the young Taoist priest, the same one he had seen in the forest this morning, he would have suspected that he had walked into a demon's lair.

But if you think about it carefully, don’t the three boys, one white, one black and one yellow, just correspond to the three monsters, one white, one black and one yellow?

After the prince figured it out, he was no longer afraid and quickly knelt down in front of the young Taoist priest, "I hope the Taoist priest can help me and restore order!"

Sun Wukong jokingly asked, "Your Highness, do you believe it now?"

The prince looked ashamed and said, "I believe it, I believe it."

The old abbot did not expect that the visitor would be the current crown prince. No wonder he said it was his great opportunity.

If His Royal Highness the Crown Prince takes notice of me, reviving my worship will not be a problem.

An Yan nodded, then shook his head and said, "It's not difficult to catch the fake king. But he has been the emperor for three years now. I'm afraid our one-sided statement alone will not convince all the civil and military officials, so it's difficult to convict him."

"The best way is to let the person concerned come forward and expose the fake king himself."

When the prince heard this, he thought, isn't this making things difficult for me?
He smiled bitterly and said, "But my father has been harmed by that fake king. How can I get the person involved to come forward?"

"This is not difficult. The King of the Black Chicken Kingdom is not destined to die. As long as we can find his body, I have plenty of ways to bring him back to life."

"The Ten Kings of Hell are my sworn brothers."

When the prince heard this, he was even more awed.

Sun Wukong thought to himself, he didn't expect that the Ten Kings of Hell had this kind of relationship with Ang'er. It seems that he will have to be more polite to them in the future.

"Your Highness, please go back first and come back tonight."

If they went to retrieve the body during the day, it would likely attract the fake king's attention, and that would be bad.

The prince dared not disobey and nodded repeatedly.

At night, the prince came again.

An Yan asked Wukong and the other two to bring the body of the King of Black Chicken out of the palace.

Sun Wukong, Ao Lie and Xiong Bin nodded, flew straight into the palace, and calmly came to the octagonal glazed well in the imperial garden.

Because the imperial garden had been locked up by the fake king, there was no need to worry about anyone patrolling.

A bunch of banana trees now grow where the original octagonal glazed well was.

"let me!"

Xiong Bin stepped forward and used the power of the earth law to move the banana tree and the soil away, revealing the well covered by stone slabs.

Sun Wukong pushed the stone slab open, revealing a well that reflected the moon and was emitting cold air.

"I'm afraid there really are treasures in this well."

Ao Lie smelled a familiar scent in the well and volunteered, "Brother Monkey, let me go down. I'm a good swimmer."

Sun Wukong didn't want to carry the corpse, so since Little White Dragon volunteered, he just went along with it. "Okay, then you go down. Xiongbi and I will keep watch for you."

Ao Lie nodded and dived into the well.

As soon as he entered the water, Ao Lie transformed into a white dragon and swam to the bottom of the well.

Who knew that there was a hidden world at the bottom of the well, and there was a palace hidden inside, which was the Crystal Palace of the Dragon King of the Well.

The Well Dragon King, who was originally sleeping soundly in the Crystal Palace, suddenly woke up with a startled feeling of oppression coming from his bloodline.

Could it be that someone from Sihai’s family has arrived?

The Well Dragon King got up quickly, dressed neatly, and went out with his soldiers to greet them, shouting, "Which Dragon King is here in person? Please come in and have a seat!"

As he spoke, he saw a majestic five-clawed white dragon cutting through the water waves, transforming into a human form and landing in front of the Well Dragon King. With a hint of pride, he said, "Ao Lie, the third prince of the West Sea Dragon King, has been ordered by my master to take away the corpse of the King of the Black Chicken Kingdom."

Don’t be fooled by Ao Lie being docile in front of An Yan and the others, that’s because he is either his master or his fellow disciple, or he has a powerful background.

But in front of the mere Well Dragon King, Ao Lie, the third prince of the Four Seas Dragon Clan, naturally didn't need to treat him well.

When the Well Dragon King heard this, he realized that it was indeed the Four Seas Dragon Clan, and the Third Prince Ao Lie. He quickly bowed and said, “Greetings to the Third Prince!”

"Well, go and get the body of the King of Black Chicken."

Since the other party is the Well Dragon King here, the body of the King of the Black Chicken Kingdom must be in his hands, so Ao Lie didn't waste any words.

Faced with Ao Lie's request, King Jinglong dared not disobey. After all, it didn't matter who he gave it to.
He even took out the body of the king of the Black Chicken Kingdom, and the body was still intact. It turned out that the Dragon King of the Well saw that he was the ruler of a country, so he used his magic power to protect the body from decaying.

Ao Lie took the body, said thank you, and then left.

Seeing Ao Lie carrying a corpse, Sun Wukong and Xiong Bin hurriedly restored the well to avoid the fake king's notice.

Then they went back to the Taoist temple together and asked An Yan to cast a spell to bring him back to life.

(End of this chapter)