Journey to the West: Man in heaven, working nine to five

#2316 - The miserable Kou Shanren

Regarding Sun Wukong's statement that he could revive Kou Shanren himself, Tang Sanzang and the others were very curious and asked Sun Wukong.

"We know that Kou Shanren is feigning death, but how can you make his medicine ineffective?"

"What if Kou Shanren just lies there and accidentally dies? What will you do, Monkey Brother?"

"Eldest Brother, be careful. That old thief Kou Hong is quite the actor, very insidious."

Sun Wukong just smiled, seemingly very confident.

"Don't worry, your old Sun has his ways."

After Sun Wukong finished speaking, he turned to the old magistrate and said to him.

"Immediately order people to find a large pot, the kind with a steamer basket."

The old magistrate was puzzled when he heard this, but he still ordered the head constable to arrange it.

After a while, a large pot was set up in front of the Kou mansion, with a large steamer basket on top.

"Bajie, Sha-shidi, you two, lift up that old thief's corpse and put it into the steamer basket.

Then add water and firewood, and burn it with a big fire!"

Hearing Sun Wukong say this, Zhu Bajie and Sha Seng were happy to do it.

The two went over and lifted Kou Shanren's body, about to put it into the steamer basket, when Guanyin hurriedly stopped them.

"Magistrate, these robbers are clearly tormenting my father's corpse! You can't let them do this!"

The magistrate also seemed to feel that this matter was a bit inappropriate and said to Sun Wukong.

"If you steam him like this, wouldn't Kou Shanren's body be steamed to death? Explain why you're doing this. If there's no reason, this official won't agree."

Since Sun Wukong was doing this, he had already thought of an explanation.

"Old man, this steaming method can allow the medicinal effects in his body to be expelled with sweat.

Once the medicine loses its effect, Kou Shanren can naturally be resurrected. Your old Sun can guarantee that he will come back to life."

Sun Wukong said with great confidence.

The old magistrate thought for a moment, seemingly feeling that Sun Wukong's words made some sense.

"Since that's the case, then let's steam him. Anyway, Kou Shanren is dead and won't feel anything.

If he can really come back to life, that would be a wonderful thing. What do you all say?"

The old magistrate's words were directed at the common people.

"Might as well give it a try, what if he really comes back to life?"

"Treat a dead horse as if it were a live one."

Since the old magistrate had agreed, the common people no longer had any objections.

As for Guanyin, she was apprehensive. Sun Wukong was right. She had given Kou Shanren the medicine, so she naturally knew the details.

If he sweated a lot, the medicinal power would be excreted with the sweat, and Kou Shanren would regain his ability to speak and move.

Moreover, under that high-temperature steaming, Kou Shanren would be more painful than death. She estimated that he wouldn't be able to bear it and would run out himself.

But she was now powerless to stop it and could only see how things went.

Actually, even more apprehensive than Guanyin was Kou Shanren, who was feigning death. Hearing that he was going to be put into the large pot steamer, Kou Shanren was so scared that he was about to cry.

What was it like to be steamed in a large pot? Although he couldn't speak or move, he could still feel it!

The pain of steaming made him feel goosebumps all over his body, but he was now powerless to resist, and couldn't even shout.

Kou Shanren felt that he was extremely miserable at this moment, and couldn't help but curse Guanyin in his heart.

"What kind of broken trap is this? I, Kou, am bearing all the blame! How could I have been so blind as to believe Guanyin's nonsense?

If I had another chance, I would never cooperate with the people from the Western Paradise again. This is simply jumping into a fire pit!"

Although Kou Shanren was full of regret, he was still thrown into the steamer basket by Zhu Bajie and Sha Seng.

After Zhu Bajie covered the steamer basket, the two began to add firewood and burn the fire.

Zhu Bajie and Sha Seng originally had a strong hatred for Kou Shanren, and Sun Wukong said to steam him with a big fire, so they naturally wouldn't be polite.

The two tried their best to burn the fire and add firewood, and Tang Sanzang even walked over and found a fan to fan the flames, adding to the fire.

Under such a fire, the water was about to boil in a moment, and the hot air steamed Kou Shanren. Kou Shanren felt that his body was about to be cooked.

Naturally, sweat poured out like a spring. Kou Shanren wanted to shout loudly in pain, but the medicinal effects hadn't worn off yet, and he couldn't shout.

After steaming like this for about ten minutes, for Kou Shanren, these ten minutes were longer than ten years.

He had never suffered such pain in his life. He felt that some of the meat on his body had already emitted a meaty aroma.

Just when the water was about to boil, Kou Shanren's medicinal power was finally almost excreted with the sweat.

At this moment, he was able to make a sound and seemed to gradually be able to move.

"Ouch, it hurts me to death! I'm almost cooked! Quickly put out the fire! Don't steam me anymore!"

Kou Shanren shouted like a pig being slaughtered, coming from the huge steamer basket.

The old magistrate and the common people naturally immediately recognized Kou Shanren's voice and were all greatly surprised.

"He really was steamed back to life!"

"What kind of secret recipe is this? It really has the effect of bringing the dead back to life!"

"Learned a trick. In the future, when we encounter dead people, let's just steam them!"

Tang Sanzang and Zhu Bajie naturally also heard Kou Shanren's voice, but they didn't stop.

Zhu Bajie and Sha Seng continued to burn the fire, and Tang Sanzang desperately fanned the flames, making the fire more and more vigorous.

At this moment, the steamer basket lid was pushed open, and Kou Shanren jumped out directly, his whole body steamed, and many places were cooked.

"It hurts me to death! It's really uncomfortable! I'd rather die!"

Kou Shanren shouted loudly, venting the pain in his body.

Guanyin saw that Kou Shanren really came out of the steamer basket and knew that something was wrong.

"It seems that this is the only way."

Guanyin made up her mind, and then quickly ran towards Kou Shanren.

After running over, she directly hugged Kou Shanren's body and said to him crying.

"Father, are you really alive?"

Although Guanyin said this, she had already hidden Buddha beads in her hand. At this moment, releasing the power of the Buddha beads, she delivered a fatal blow to Kou Shanren.

Kou Shanren wanted to curse Guanyin when he saw her, and he even wanted to directly expose Guanyin's identity and the conspiracy of the Western Paradise.

But he was still one step too late. Guanyin's blow directly hit Kou Shanren, who had just come back to life, causing him to fall to the ground, his vitality gone.

Although Kou Shanren couldn't be killed, the Buddha beads in Guanyin's hand were bestowed by the Tathagata Buddha, not restricted by the rules, and could directly kill Kou Shanren, preventing him from resurrecting.

"Father, what's wrong with you? My father has stopped breathing again! He's dead!"

Guanyin howled and cried at this moment, while crying and shouting.