The master and apprentice had their own concerns, and found a way to the west and walked again. When I walked across the plain, I suddenly saw a village in the north.

Tang Seng pointed with a horsewhip: "Let's go there to spend the night!"

Zhu Bajie responded: "Exactly!"

Neither Sun Wukong nor Monk Sha spoke.

When I came to the village, I saw that there were trees, vegetable gardens, flowers and plants, dogs barking, and chickens crowing in front of the house.

Tang Seng got off the horse and was about to call the door, when he suddenly saw an old man walking out of the door of the cottage.

Tang Seng hurriedly stepped forward, put his palms together on his chest, lowered his head slightly, and said:

"Amitabha! Old donor, the poor monk is polite!"

The old man saw a fat monk in front of him asking, and hurriedly returned the salute and asked, "Where is the elder from?"

Tang Seng replied: "The poor monk is the great Tang Qincha in the eastern soil, a monk who went to the west to worship the Buddha and ask for scriptures, passing by the treasure side, it will be late, and he came to Tanfu to ask for a night!"

"Your place has come to me, it's a long way to go, why are you a person?" the old man didn't believe it.

"The poor monk and three apprentices came with him. ”

"Where is the apprentice?"

"The one standing by the side of the road. Tang Seng turned around and pointed with his hand.

The old man looked up, and suddenly saw three fierce and ugly monsters over there, so frightened that his hair stood on end, his legs and feet were weak, and he almost fell, so he turned around and ran inside!

Tang Seng grabbed it and said hurriedly: "Old donor, be merciful, borrow a night!"

"No... No... No... It's not human! Be... Be... A few goblins!"

The old man trembled, slurred his speech, shook his head wildly, and waved his hands wildly.

"Amitabha!" Tang Seng recited the Buddha's name and said with a smile, "Don't be afraid! My apprentice was born with such a appearance, although he is ugly, he is a good person, not a goblin!"

"My grandfather, a yaksha, a horse face, a thunder man, and say it's not a goblin?"

The old man's face turned pale, struggling to run, where could he believe it.

Sun Wukong was already angry, and when he heard this, he couldn't help but shout: "Lei Gong is my grandson, Yaksha is my great-grandson, and Ma Mian is my great-grandson!"

When the old man heard this, he was even more distraught, and he was unsteady on his feet, his lips trembled, and he could not speak, and he struggled to go into the room.

Tang Seng saw that Sun Wukong was deliberately scary, he was angry, he couldn't bear it, helped the old man, and went into the hut together, and said with a smile:

"Don't be afraid of him, old donor! ”

Tang Seng helped the old man into the room, and at this time, an old woman came out from behind, holding a five or six-year-old child in her hand.

Seeing an outsider in the room, the old woman looked frightened again and hurriedly asked, "Grandpa, what's wrong?"

The old man was too timid, and now that he found that the ugly man had not followed, his heart was a little more settled. Hearing his wife's inquiry, he remembered that there were still guests, so he said aloud: "Mom, bring tea." ”

The old couples in the countryside often use the names of the younger generations as the title of the husband and wife.

The mother-in-law saw that her old man was fine, so she put down the child, went into the inner room, took out two cups of tea, and put them in front of Tang Seng and the two of them.

Tang Seng turned around and bowed to the old woman, explaining to her why the old man was frightened:

"The poor monk was sent by the Tang Dynasty to the west to learn scriptures, passing by your place, begging the Zunfu to spend the night, because my three apprentices were ugly, and they scared the old parents just now. ”

The mother-in-law returned the salute and complained to the old man: "I am so afraid when I see an ugly person, if I see a tiger and a jackal, what should I do?"

The old man was a little unconvinced: "Mother, people are ugly or small, and his speech is just as scary! I said that he is like Yaksha Horse Face Lei Gong, and he shouted: Lei Gong is his grandson, Yaksha is his great-grandson, and Ma Mian is his great-grandson. When I hear this, can I not be afraid?"

Hearing him say this, the old woman was also a little weak and afraid.

Tang Seng hurriedly said: "No, no, like Lei Gong is my eldest apprentice Sun Wukong, like Ma Mian is my second apprentice Zhu Bajie, like Yaksha is my third apprentice Sha Monk." Although they are ugly, they are all good people who have taken refuge in Buddhism, and they are not some demons and poisonous monsters, so there is no need to be afraid!"

When the two in-laws heard him say this, their hearts were shocked and calmed down, and they remembered that those people were still standing outside, and said:

"Please come in!

Tang Seng walked out of the door, looked at Sun Wukong, and instructed a few people: "This old man was frightened by Wu just now, now go in and see each other, don't mess around, everyone should be respectful!"

Zhu Bajie said: "I'm handsome, I'm Sven, I won't be like Brother Monkey!"

Sun Wukong sneered: "If it weren't for his long mouth, big ears, and ugly face, he would still be a good man!"

Monk Sha saw that the two of them were about to quarrel again, so he hurriedly said: "Don't quarrel, this is not a place for your brothers to quarrel, go in first, go in!"

The three brothers carried their luggage, led the white horse, followed behind Tang Seng, and walked into the grass hut together, saluted the old couple, said hello, and sat down together.

The mother-in-law was very virtuous, invited the guests to sit down, and then took the child back to the back room, and told the family to wash rice and cook.

Not long after, a vegetarian meal was arranged and Tang monks and apprentices were invited to eat.

After eating, it was getting dark, and the old man lit the lamp and sat in the hall together and chatted.

Tang Seng asked: "The donor's surname is Gao?"

The old man replied, "The surname is Yang." ”

"Long life?"

"Seventy-four years old. ”

"How many Linglang?"

"There is only one, my mother was holding my grandson just now. ”

Tang Seng thought to himself, this place is close to the place where the gang of robbers robbed, it won't have anything to do with this family, right?

So he said: "Please Ling Lang come out, and the poor monk will see you!"

Lao Yang sighed: "That guy doesn't worship! The old man is miserable, he can't control him, and now he is not at home." ”

"Where did you make a living?" Tang Seng asked hurriedly.

"Poor! Pitiful! If only he were willing to go somewhere to make a living! That guy is lazy and lazy, doesn't do his job, and makes friends with foxes and dogs! He often blocks the road and robs, kills people and sets fires together! After going out five days ago, he hasn't come back!"

Lao Yang shook his head and sighed.

When Tang Seng heard this, he sighed in his heart: Wukong couldn't have killed his son, right?

"Good, good, good! The old benefactor is so virtuous, why doesn't his son learn well!"

Sun Wukong heard the worry in Tang Seng's words, and took over and said: "Old official, keeping such an unscrupulous descendant will only affect his parents, what do you want him to do?

"Elder, the old man also thought so, but I am such a son, no matter how bad I am, I still have to keep him for the old man to bury the soil!"

As soon as he heard that his son was going to be killed, Lao Yang hurriedly waved his hand.

This Monkey King looks like a wicked person, and I'm really afraid that he will do it.

Monk Sha heard that Sun Wukong was still angry with Tang Seng, so he took over and said with a smile: "Senior brother, don't be nosy! You and I are not the government, his son is not good, what does it have to do with me! ”

Zhu Bajie's mouth moved, and he wanted to say something, but as soon as he heard that he was sleeping, he forgot about that sentence, so he kept silent.

When Lao Yang heard that he wanted hay, he stood up, took Monk Sha to the back garden, took two straws, and took him to the back garden. There is a small round thatched hut there, please rest in the thatched hut tonight.

Monk Sha took the straw and came back to greet Master and Senior Brother.

The four of them came out of the hall, Sun Wukong led the horse, Zhu Bajie picked up the luggage, and came to the back garden with Tang Seng.

Tie up the horse, get into the hut, spread the straw on the ground, put the baggage on the head, and sleep in the clothes.

The night in the wild mountain village is very quiet, except for the croaking of frogs and insects, there is no other sound.

"Bang, bang, bang!

Suddenly, there was a sharp knock on the door, and it was already the second half of the night, about the fourth watch.

Lao Yang heard the knock on the door, sat up, and said to Granny Yang beside him while getting dressed: "Mom, that beast is back!"

"Now that he's back, go open the door and let him in. ”

Lao Yang got dressed, and in the faint light of day, he came to the door and opened the door.

As soon as the door opened, more than thirty people poured in, shouting as they entered:

"Hungry, hungry, starved, starved, starved ......"

All of them looked vicious, holding knives and sticks, and they were the same group of robbers that Tang Seng had encountered before.

It turned out that there was really Lao Yang's son in this gang of robbers. This group of people often come to knock on the door in the middle of the night, come here to eat and share the spoils, etc., Lao Yang and his wife have long been used to it, so when they hear the knocking on the door, they know that they are back.

The gang of robbers was killed by Sun Wukong in front of the hillside, and the rest of them scattered and escaped with their lives. At the fourth watch, they got together again, and they were really hungry, so they went back to Lao Yang's house to find something to eat.

The group entered the room, staggering one by one, sitting and standing, babbling and shouting for a quick meal.

Lao Yang's son walked into the inner room, called his wife up, and told him to cook and cook quickly.

He went to the kitchen again to make a fire, but found that there was no firewood and grass, so he turned around and went to the back garden to get firewood and grass.

Suddenly, I saw a white horse outside the hut, which seemed to be ridden by the fat monk I saw during the day.

His heart moved, and he ran back to the kitchen with firewood and asked his wife, "Where did the white horse in the back garden come from?"

His wife replied: "It was a monk from the East who came to spend the night last night, and my father-in-law and mother-in-law took care of their meal and told them to sleep in the grass ball room." ”

When Lao Yang's son heard this, he hated and rejoiced, threw firewood and grass, came to the hall, clapped his hands, and said with a smile:

"Brothers, Creation! Creation is in my house!"

The robbers asked, "Which one?"

"It's the monk who killed our leader, who came to my house to spend the night, and now he sleeps in the grass ball room!"

"Good! good!"

The robbers slapped the table, shook their knives and sticks, and cried out through gritted teeth: "Tie up these bald donkeys, chop them into meat sauce one by one, rob their luggage and white horses, and avenge our chief!"

The people who beg for a living on the tip of the knife are all outlaws, although they are cruel, they are also righteous, and for a time the crowd is angry and wants to avenge the boss!