The two teenagers have lived in Qiumupu, Zhang Gou'er's father Zhang Sanguan is the third person in the Lin Feng Pirate Group, and Zhu Hui's father Zhu Junwang is only Qiumupu's husband, although the two know each other, they are not familiar with each other, seeing Zhang Gou'er escape from the brothel with a young girl, out of instinct, Zhu Hui reached out to help.

After experiencing the assassination incident that just happened, and someone rescued people in front of Cuihua Tower, Huang Bingwen naturally suspected Zhu Hui's head.

After Zhu Hui rescued Zhang Gou'er, he didn't dare to take them back to Tangfu, and the four of them took advantage of the night to come to the Bailuzhou in the southeast corner of the inner city, which was the residence of the founding father Xu Da, so it was called Xu Taifu Garden, in the Zhengde years, Xu Da's descendant Xu Tianci expanded the garden, and became the most spectacular private garden in Nanjing, named the East Garden.

In the northeast of Bailuzhou, there is a famous Eagle Peak Temple, Elder Yuekong came to Nanjing, often invited by the temple in the city to give lectures, once brought Zhu Hui here, therefore, know the abbot of the temple Elder Mingche.

When they arrived at the gate of Eagle Peak Temple, the four teenagers stopped, Zhang Gou'er was about to thank him for saving his life, when he suddenly recognized Zhu Hui, hesitated for a moment, stepped forward and bowed, and said: "Brother, I really didn't expect you to save me, why did you come to Nanjing?" ”

Zhu Hui hated the pirates of Qiumepu, and at this moment he looked at Zhang Gou'er reservedly, smiled slightly, and asked, "May I ask Brother Gou'er, why did you go to that kind of place?" Who is this girl? ”

At this time, the rescued girl was still frightened, only wearing a single dress, shivering from the cold, hearing this, she stepped forward to say a blessing, and said: "Engong is above, please accept the little woman's worship, it was this brother who saved me, but I met him in Pingshui......" said, pointing to Zhang Gou'er.

Zhang Gou'er took off his cotton robe, draped it on the girl's body, and comforted: "Please miss, don't be afraid, this is the creation of God, this brother who saved us is my childhood partner, although we haven't seen each other for many years, I am very relieved to entrust you to him." ”

Zhu Hui asked, "Brother Dog, may I ask what happened to Cuihualou?" Who the hell is this girl? ”

"Brother, you have also heard, I met her in Pingshui, and I don't know her, because brother I still have urgent things to do, so don't ...... it"

While speaking, I found that Zhang Gou'er turned around and left, the girl hurriedly stopped him, and said in a coquettish voice: "Brothers, you are all the life-saving benefactors of the slave family, the slave family's surname is Xu, Songjiang Mansion Huating people's name, the name is Gillian, just because after my father disappeared, he was not treated at home, my grandfather wanted to marry me to a stupid boy in the capital, the slave family would rather die than obey, and hid in my grandmother's house in the countryside during the New Year, was robbed by human traffickers, and sold into Cuihualou, and only forced me to pick up customers tonight, I almost lost my body, but fortunately I was saved by this brother......"

Hearing this, Zhu Hui and Zhang Gou'er's eyes widened at the same time, and they secretly thought in their hearts, is she Xu Kun's daughter?

"Zhu Gongzi, I know that you are very prejudiced against my father, but my little brother and I are also a bloody seven-foot man, if this kind of thing happens to you, I believe you will also fight to save ......"

Before he finished speaking, Zhu Hui stretched out his hand, grabbed Zhang Gou'er tightly, and praised: "Brother Gou'er is chivalrous and courageous, admirable!" ”

At this time, Song He, who had been silent for a long time, patted Zhang Gou'er on the shoulder and asked happily: "This chivalrous man, why did you go to that kind of place at a young age?" ”

Zhang Gou'er was quite embarrassed, and hurriedly explained: "The younger brother followed the shopkeeper from Ningbo to Nanjing, but he didn't expect that he was arrested as a widow last night and was beaten half to death; Later, the commander who arrested us knew that he was wrong, apologized to us, and entertained us to Cuihualou......"

Last night, if Huang Bingwen dared to break into the Tang Mansion, Zhu Hui and Song He were desperately prepared, but later they heard that the government had caught the Japanese Kou, which made them puzzled, and now they all understand, but Zhu Hui still has a doubt, Huang Bingwen and Chen Yuanhua are no strangers, why did they have such a misunderstanding?

Of course, Zhu Hui was inconvenient to ask deeply, and said with a smile: "Brother Dog is really admirable, I don't know if you know, just a few years ago, Shopkeeper Chen saved a maid named Yue'er, and we also rescued Shopkeeper Chen in Yingtian Governor's Yamen, during the Spring Festival, Shopkeeper Chen also went to the capital to pay New Year's greetings to Huang Bingwen, may I ask brother, do you know that Shopkeeper Chen and Huang Bingwen, who arrested you, what is the relationship between them?" ”

Chen Yuanhua brought Zhang Gou'er from overseas in order to inquire about Luo Amin's details, so Zhang Gou'er knew very little about what he did, and suddenly heard that Zhu Hui and Chen Yuanhua had also had a relationship, and Zhang Gou'er was quite interested in what secrets were between Chen Yuanhua and Huang Bingwen, so he replied: "Brother, I would like to hear about it." ”

"Last night, whether there was really a Japanese robber who assassinated Huang Bingwen, the criminal officer in charge of the East Factory, I don't think it maybe." Zhu Hui said, staring at Zhang Gou'er with a serious expression, and said seriously: "But he took the opportunity to make waves in Jinling City, but the drunkard's intention was not to drink, but to ......."

Finding that Zhu Hui looked like he wanted to speak and stopped, Zhang Gou'er hurriedly asked, "What is it?" ”

"Brother Dog is a smart man, why do you still use me?"

"I understand, no matter where the Luo family's sisters are, whoever dares to move a finger against them, I will fight with whom!"

At this time, Song He found Zhang Gou'er, who was not wearing cotton clothes, shivering from the cold, so he persuaded: "Let's go into the temple and talk again." ”

Zhang Gou'er was in a hurry to leave, but suddenly found that he was penniless, and said quite embarrassedly: "Brother, lend my little brother some silver taels, I really have to go." ”

Zhu Hui didn't want to expose their current situation to Zhang Gou'er, so he handed him a bag of broken silver and replied, "Good brother, take it." Brother also wants to ask you one thing, in the future overseas, if you meet Sister Xu Ling'er, you must help her, she has saved countless people in Satsuma, please take care of yourself, brother! ”

Zhang Gou'er was quite moved, stretched out his hand to take the silver, bowed down and thanked: "Little brother keep in mind my brother's teachings, let's stop being polite, please brother, please send Gillian back to her hometown." ”

"No, I don't want to go home, there is no more sorry father at home, I heard that he was sold to pirates, I, I'm going to find my father......" Gillian said, and couldn't help crying bitterly.

Zhang Gou'er, who had already turned around to leave, turned around and persuaded: "Please rest assured, girl, I will go to the East in the spring, I should be able to rescue your father, if you don't want to go home, Zhu Gongzi will take care of you, take care." ”

Just as Zhang Gou'er was about to leave, three old men suddenly walked out of the Jushilin outside the gate of Eagle Peak Temple, and it was Elder Yuekong who walked in front.

Zhu Hui was very surprised, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute: "Apprentice to meet Master." ”

"Recently, you didn't go to Qixia Temple to practice, so the old man came out for a walk, and in the Jushilin of Eagle Peak Temple, he happened to meet two old gentlemen who were talented and rich in five cars, and they were reluctant to leave." Elder Yuekong said, facing Zhang Gou'er, who was already far away, and shouted loudly: "Young donor, stay here, please come to the Jushi Forest, the old man has something to say." ”

Zhang Gou'er immediately stopped, ran back to the Elder of the Moon Sky, and asked, "May I ask Master, are you calling me?" ”

Elder Yuekong nodded, smiled and replied: "I heard all the conversations you just had, and I didn't want to care about you, but Mr. Wu said that since you are interested in learning from that Xuanzang, why don't you accept the three apprentices in front of you and accompany you across the ocean and Xuanhua in the future." The old man thought so. ”

When Zhang Gou'er heard this, he looked at the three old men stunned, not knowing what they wanted to do.

At this time, an old man behind the elder said: "I heard Zhu Gongzi mention Xu Ling'er just now, this chivalrous woman is the old man's life-saving benefactor, and her legend has long been famous in Beijing. ”

Another old man with white hair explained: "Back then, how many loyal martyrs were killed by the Yan traitorous party, Lord Wang was one of them, if it weren't for the help of Xu Xia Nu and Li Rusong's son, I'm afraid that Xu Ge Lao would not be able to bring down the traitorous party, Lord Wang will inevitably die at the hands of the traitorous party, everyone can get together tonight, it is really the creation of God, please come in and speak." ”

Under the greeting of the three old men, everyone came to Jushilin together, and the house was lit with warm charcoal fire, which was hot and cold, which made Xu Ajiao sneeze.

First vacated a guest room and placed Xu Ajiao to live, everyone gathered in the living room, and Elder Yuekong beckoned everyone to drink tea.

"Lord Wang, Mr. Wu, about the beloved disciple Zhu Hui and the chivalrous Song He, I have already introduced it to you just now, as well as this chivalrous and courageous Zhang Gou'er, you must have heard his origin. Hehe, please also introduce yourself. Elder Moon Sky spoke.

"Wang Shizhen, a native of Yizhou, a native of Taicang, a scholar in the twenty-sixth year of Jiajing, the head of the Criminal Department, and a member of the Foreign Lang, once served as a military envoy in Qingzhou, and offended the traitor Yan Shifan because of his arrogance. Jiajing thirty-eight years, was Yan Song framed, guilty of death, fortunately the university scholar Xu Ge Lao in front of the saint to intercede, to be forgiven, back to his hometown for his father to keep filial piety, after that, was invited by the owner of Egret Zhou Xu Daguan, to live in the East Garden for a few days, to make some wind and snow articles, last year, the new monarch ascended the throne, to be rehabilitated, was recommended as a deputy envoy to the name, Zhejiang right to participate in politics, is waiting to go to Hangzhou to take up the new post. ”

Finding that this Wang Shizhen was not modest at all, another old man said with a smile: "Little old man Wu Chengen, a native of Shanyang County, Huai'an Prefecture, has repeatedly failed in his life, and is interested in poetry and wine, living in Hangzhou, and making a living by selling literature. ”

Listening to these words, the three teenagers stood up at the same time, saluted Wang Shizhen and Wu Chengen, and said in unison: "The younger generation meets Lord Wang and Mr. Wu, and is willing to listen to the teachings. ”

"We are appreciating Mr. Wu's strange book, and learned that the elder of the moon sky will soon cross the ocean, so he compared the elder with Tang Xuanzang: back then, Tang Xuanzang went to the Western Regions in order to retrieve the true scriptures of the Buddha Shakya, and the Buddhist scriptures were introduced to my eastern soil, integrated with Confucianism and Taoism, and educated people's hearts for hundreds of years, which is really the blessing of my China, Mr. Wu Lao integrated the essence of Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism, and wrote a strange book in the world like a genius.

"Lord Wang has won the award, the old man's book, it's just a little clever, Lord Wang is the way that has the way of the world, and Sima is similar to the talent, and there are beautiful people to accompany him, Tolan Ling is smiling and smiling, so that the predecessors Shi Nai'an and Luo Guanzhong are under the nine springs, and it is difficult to look away, hehe."

At this time, Wang Shizhen was quite embarrassed, and hurriedly replied: "Mr. Wu, don't talk about it, I don't know who is Lanling Xiaoxiao in the world." ”

"Okay, good, little old man won't mention it in the future. Just now Lord Wang said, the moon sky elder is ready to go east to Fusang, the essence of my Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism Xuanhua all over the world, its merits are no less than Xuanzang and Jianzhen, the old man lived in Hangzhou during the period, I saw several Western missionaries from the Hongmao country, they came to my east thousands of miles away, but also to spread their faith, Xuanhua Jesus Christ doctrine, I have heard what they said, in addition to Fusang in the east, on the other side of the ocean, there are many lands, where the inhabitants live in the wilderness, Ru Mao drinks blood, in the future the moon sky elder to the wild land, Xuanhua Chinese Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism civilization, How can you do it without a few apprentices? ”

"The old man is getting old, his heart is getting softer and softer, and Tang Xuanzang is compared, it's almost the same, since you want to cross the ocean, and those Western missionaries, you must have a few disciples who are willing to take risks, so that you can pass on, please come over, I want to ask you, are you willing to accompany the old man to cross the ocean, subdue demons and eliminate monsters, and promote our Chinese Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism civilization, do you have such ambitions?"

Although the three teenagers did not know what to do, they all had a heart of wandering the rivers and lakes and acting chivalrous, as a disciple of Elder Moon Sky, Zhu Hui was the first to respond.

Song He was not far behind, and then replied: "Elder, you know that my name is Song He, and I am the younger brother of Song Jiang who is called Baoyi. If you want to talk about martial arts, Song Jiang sent me 108,000 miles; When it comes to loyalty and filial piety, I'm no worse than Hei Saburo. The elder commanded that no matter what kind of hardships and obstacles I encountered, I would not say a word of bitterness. ”

"Master, how much silver can we earn on this trip to sea?" Zhang Gou'er asked ignorantly.

Wu Chengen didn't know that Zhang Gou'er was a pirate, and when he heard that he had begged for a living overseas, he believed that he should be no stranger to missionaries, so he replied with a smile: "Childe, do you know what a missionary is?" Follow Master across the ocean and Xuanhua all over the world, you have to be like those missionaries, you will have to endure hardships and hardships, and you must be able to endure loneliness, as my minister of Xuanhua of the Ming Dynasty and the lord of the benefit of living beings, not only can I not earn a penny, but I also have to put money into it. ”

"In that case, why do you do it?" Zhang Gou'er asked in surprise.

Wu Chengen explained: "Western missionaries are not idle, they travel all over the world, preaching Jesus Christ, which is really edifying people's hearts, if all the overseas lands are occupied by them, it will become their world in the future." If we don't go out, the people of the whole world will not conspire with our Chinese people, and in the future, we will want to promote our civilization and use Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism to educate people's hearts, which can be said to be too late. ”

Hearing this, Zhang Gou'er first remembered Konishi Ryonzo, and then remembered the lord of the Hirado domain, Matsuura Takanobu, after they were baptized, they completely accepted the theory of Western missionaries, and now, whether in Sakai Town, or Hirado, ninety percent of the residents converted to Christianity, they not only disrespected the Buddha, but also disregarded the ancestral Shinto, everything is based on interests, and is extremely calculating, thinking of this, he nodded silently, thinking that it is.

Wang Shizhen stood up, patted Zhu Hui on the shoulder, and asked with a smile: "Mr. Wu, look at this, the eldest disciple of the Elder of the Moon Sky, with superb martial arts, wisdom and bravery, and agility, how does it compare with that Sun Monkey?" ”

Wu Chengen nodded and replied: "Wukong is just a monkey, where can he compare to this son, he will definitely be able to accompany the elder to cross the ocean, subdue demons and catch monsters, and become a Buddha, hehe." ”

Wang Shizhen tugged at Zhang Gou'er's earlobe again, and said with a smile: "This son has a fat head and big ears, a blessed face, chivalrous and courageous, and dares to do things, compared with the eight precepts, how is it?" ”

"Bajie is lazy and lustful, and this son is in the Qinglou, after sacrificing himself to save Hongyan, he left alone, but Liu Xia Hui is alive, how can Bajie be compared with it, he will be able to achieve positive results." Wu Chengen praised.

Wang Shizhen stood behind Song He, stroked his head, and asked: "And this son, with a charitable face, a burly figure, a big waist and a round waist, not only has the strength of his arms, but also has excellent martial arts, loyalty and filial piety, how does it compare with the Jade Emperor's curtain general?" ”

"This son will be able to achieve great things, how can the general of the rolling shutter be comparable to him? Hehe, this is God's arrangement, Elder Moon Sky, the old man has no ambition in his life, he began to write books in his fifties, he starved and went through seven years of suffering, the world mostly regarded it as absurd, and now the old man has only woken up, this book is really made for the four of your masters and apprentices, please protect your master from the three sons across the ocean, spread my Chinese civilization to the four seas, educate people's hearts, don't waste the old man's efforts. ”

"What kind of strange book did Mr. Wu write?" Zhu Hui asked.

"Humble work "Journey to the West", I hope that hundreds of years later, someone will still remember today, set up a monument for the four of you masters and apprentices, and write a "Journey to the East", the old man will smile at Jiuquan, haha......"