Tang Seng clasped his palms together and asked, "How can you see that the country and the people have been harmed?"

The king said: "The country of the widow is the upper state of the Western Regions, there are four tributes, there is a golden light temple in the country, there is a golden pagoda in the temple, and there is a glorious sky on the tower. Later, he was robbed by the thief monk in the temple, stole the treasure of the tower, and there was no glory in the past three years, and foreign countries did not come to pay tribute in the past two years, and the widow hated it very much!"

Tang Seng clasped his palms together and smiled: "Long live, the difference is a millimeter, and the loss is a thousand miles." The poor monk came to Baoguo last night, and as soon as he entered the city gate, he saw more than a dozen monks wearing shackles. When asked what crime they had committed, he said that he was a monk in the Jinguang Temple, and he was wronged. In the evening, I went back to the temple with them, and after careful inquiry, I learned that it was not about the monks in the temple at all. The poor monk went to sweep the tower at night, and he had already caught the thief who stole the treasure. ”

The king was overjoyed and said, "Where is the thief?"

Tang Seng said: "Now I am locked in Jinguang Temple by the apprentices. ”

The king hurriedly lowered a gold medal and sent an order: "The imperial guards will come to the Jinguang Temple to get the demon thief, and the widow will try it personally!"

Tang Seng played again: "Long live, although there are imperial guards, there must be apprentices." ”

"Why?"

"Apprentices can slay demons!"

"Where is the apprentice?"

Tang Seng pointed with his hand: "The one standing next to the jade steps is." ”

When the king saw Sun Wukong, he was taken aback: "The holy monk is so rich, how can the master disciple look like this?"

Sun Wukong heard it at the tip of his ear, and shouted loudly: "Your Majesty, people can't look good, the sea can't fight, it's the right thing to catch monsters and thieves!"

The king smiled and said: "What the holy monk said is that the widow does not choose talents here, as long as he can catch the thief, recover the treasure, and return it to the pagoda!"

The king sent a decree to the chauffeur to prepare a canopy, and asked the royal guards to serve the holy monk to fetch the demon thief.

When the driver immediately prepared a sedan chair and a yellow umbrella, the imperial guard pointed up the captain, carried Sun Wukong with eight lifts and eight stilts, and opened the way with a sign in front of him, and went straight to Jinguang Temple.

The pomp and circumstance were so great that they had already alarmed the people of the city, and everyone ran to the streets to see the holy monks and thieves.

Zhu Bajie and Monk Sha heard in the temple that the king had sent someone to greet them, but they saw that it was Sun Wukong sitting on a sedan chair.

Zhu Bajie came over and smiled: "Brother Monkey, you have yourself!"

Sun Wukong got off the sedan chair, hugged Zhu Bajie and said, "How did I get myself?"

Zhu Bajie smiled: "You are holding a yellow umbrella and sitting in an eight-person sedan chair, but you are not like the Monkey King back then? ”

"Stop making fun of it!"

Sun Wukong said as he took the imperial guard and the captain to the back of the palace, untied the two goblins, carried them one by one, and went to see the king together.

Seeing that they were going out, Monk Sha shouted: "Senior brother, take the younger brother to play too!"

Sun Wukong turned around and said, "You are here to guard the luggage and horses!"

The monks in shackles said, "Grandpa, let's go, let us guard the luggage here." ”

"Well, when I have gone to play the king, I will let you go. ”

Seeing that Sun Wukong agreed, Zhu Bajie and Monk Sha were overjoyed, and came over to hold a demon thief.

Sun Wukong was still sitting in a sedan chair, the captains were in front of him, and Zhu Bajie and Sha Monk followed behind with goblins and went back to the palace towards the palace.

When they came to the court, they said to the king, "The thief has been taken." ”

The king stepped down from the dragon chair and came to see with Tang Seng and the civil and military officials:

Two monsters, one with violent cheeks and black armor and sharp teeth and the other with a smooth skin and big belly and a huge mouth and long beard, although they are enough to walk, they only take human form.

The king asked, "Where are you a goblin? What year did you come to my land? What year did you steal my treasure? How many thieves are there, and what are their names?

The two goblins knelt down and kowtowed, revealing their bloody necks, and confessed:

"A hundred miles southeast of the country, there is a rocky mountain and blue pool. There is an old dragon king of all saints in the pond, who has a daughter, who is enchanting and delicate. Recruited a nine-headed horse, invincible, he knew that there were treasures on the pagoda in the Jinguang Temple, and conspired with the dragon king to be a thief.

"Three years ago, on the first day of the seventh month, Shuai led many relatives to steal the relics in a bloody rain. Now it shines on the Dragon Palace, and the night is as bright as day. The princess also got the queen mother's nine-leaf lingzhi grass and put it in the pond to keep it warm.

"The two of us are not thieves, just pawns sent by the Dragon King to inspect. The words confessed are true, and Wan Hope spares his life!"

The king asked again, "Why did you lose your name?"

The goblin said, "My name is Rush Erba, and I'm a catfish. His name is Ba Bo Erben, and he is a black fish. ”

The king told the guards to take the goblin into prison so that he could take care of it, and he decreed:

"Pardoned the monks of Jinguang Temple, in addition to their shackles, quickly called Guanglu Temple to arrange a banquet, and thanked the Tang holy monk for catching the thief on the Qilin Palace, and asked the holy monk to arrest the thief. ”

Guanglu Temple immediately prepared a feast of meat and vegetables, and the king invited the four Tang monks to sit down in the Qilin Hall and asked, "Holy monk?"

Tang Seng clasped his hands together and said: "The poor monk's family name is Chen, and his legal name is Xuanzang." Mengjun gave the surname Tang, the cheap name Sanzang, and was called Tang Seng. ”

"What is the name of the Holy Monk and the High Disciple?"

"The little apprentice has no number, the first one is named Sun Wukong, the second is called Zhu Wuneng, and the third is called Sha Wujing, which are all names given by Guanyin Bodhisattva in the South China Sea. Because later worshiped the poor monk as a teacher, the poor monk called Wukong a practitioner, Wu Neng was called the Eight Precepts, and Wu Jing was called a monk. ”

After listening to this, the king invited Tang Seng to sit on the upper seat, Sun Wukong sat on the left seat of the side head, and Monk Zhu Bajiesha sat on the right seat of the side head.

On the table of Tang monks and apprentices, there are some vegetarian fruits, vegetarian dishes, vegetarian tea, and vegetarian rice.

In front of a table of meat seats, the king sits, and there are more than 100 meat dishes below, and hundreds of civil and military officials are seated.

The ministers thanked Jun's grace, and the apprentices invited the teacher to sit down in turn.

The king picked up the wine cup and toasted to Tang Seng and his apprentices, Tang Seng did not dare to drink, and said with his palms: "The poor monk has never broken the meat and does not dare to drink!"

The king did not insist on it, and asked, "Do you drink alcohol?"

"They don't have a vow. ”

The king then toasted the three of Sun Wukong. Each of the three received the wine. After the banquet is finished, the orchestra below plays in unison, singing and dancing, and the banquet begins.

Zhu Bajie let go of his stomach, he really devoured it, and ate a table of fruits and vegetarian dishes, etc., cleanly. After a while, the soup and rice were replaced, and there was nothing left to eat, and the wine patrol came to toast, and the cups were lost.

This feast was eaten until the afternoon. Tang Seng thanked the feast and bid farewell to the king.

I also want to ask them to retrieve the treasure, where can they let it go!

The king said, "This table shows the holy monk's skill in catching monsters. ”

Turning his head and sending an edict to Guanglu Temple, "Hurry up to Jianzhang Palace to prepare another seat, and ask the holy monk to agree on the plan to capture the thief's head and return the treasure to the tower." ”

Tang Seng said: "Since you want to catch the thief and take the treasure, you don't have to work to feast anymore, the poor monk and the others will say goodbye to the king and catch the monster." ”

The king refused, he must be invited to the banquet, and invited the Tang monks and apprentices to Jianzhang Palace, and ate another table. During the banquet, the king raised his glass to toast and asked, "Which holy monk and commander sent out to subdue demons and catch thieves?"

Tang Seng said: "The poor monk's apprentice Sun Wukong goes." ”

Sun Wukong surrendered.

The king said, "Since Elder Sun is going, how many men and horses will be used, and when will you leave the city?"

Zhu Bajie ate a lot of wine and food, he hadn't eaten so happily for a long time, he was in a good mood at this time, and couldn't help but say loudly:

"Where to use what people! Where to care what time! While I am drunk and full of food now, I will go with my senior brother and capture it!"

Tang Seng said happily: "The eight precepts have always been diligent and tight!"

Sun Wukong said with a smile: "In this case, Senior Brother Sha protects Master, and the two of us will go." ”

The king asked, "The two elders don't need men and horses, but can use weapons?"

Zhu Bajie smiled: "We can't use your weapons." My brother has his own paraphernalia. ”

When the king heard this, he called for the great man and saw off the two elders.

Sun Wukong said: "If you don't drink any wine, you will ask the captain to bring the two little demons, and we will take him to do eyeliner." ”

The king sent a decree and immediately brought out the two goblins.

Sun Wukong and the two of them carried two little demons one by one, jumped on the clouds, and went to the southeast without a trace.

The king and the princess of the following sacrifice competitions saw Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie soaring through the clouds, carrying two little demons, floating away, and worshipping in a panic:

"That's true! Today I learned that there are really immortals and living Buddhas in the world!"

The king came to thank Tang Seng and Sha Monk again: "The widow is mortal with the naked eye, and he only thinks that the master has the courage to hold the demon thief, but he knows that it is an immortal who is soaring through the clouds." ”

Tang Seng said: "The poor monk has no mana, thanks to these three apprentices along the way. ”

Monk Sha said: "Don't hide it from Your Majesty, my senior brother is the Monkey King who took refuge. He once made a big fuss in the Heavenly Palace, made a golden hoop stick, 100,000 heavenly soldiers and generals, none of them were his opponents, only made Taishang Laojun afraid, and the Jade Emperor was frightened.

"My second senior brother is Marshal Tianpeng, and he was also in charge of 80,000 sailors in Tianhe.

"But the little monk, I don't have mana, and I am the general of the curtain to be ordained. Foolish brothers can't do other things, if they say that they catch monsters, catch thieves and chase away, subdue tigers and dragons, kick the sky and make wells, and even stir up the sea and rivers, etc., a little bit of a thing or two.

"This soaring clouds and fog, calling the rain and calling the wind, moving the stars with the exchange, carrying the mountains and catching the moon, are all trivial things, what a way!"

When the king heard that, he was very respectful, and invited Tang Seng to sit down, calling him the old Buddha, and the Sha monk was also called the Bodhisattva.

The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty also bowed and worshipped.

Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie brought the two little demons to the sky above the blue wave pool of the Troubled Stone Mountain and fixed the clouds.

Sun Wukong blew a breath of fairy gas into the golden hoop stick, and shouted "Change!" turned into a ring knife, cut off the ears of the black fish monster, cut the lower lip of the catfish essence, and the two little goblins screamed in pain!

Sun Wukong shouted: "Go and tell the Ten Thousand Saints Dragon King, saying that my Monkey King Grandpa Sun is here, and ask him to immediately send the treasure on the tower of the Golden Light Temple of the Sacrifice Kingdom to come out, and spare his family's life!

After speaking, he pounced twice and threw the two goblins into the pool.

The two little demons survived, escaped in pain, dragged the iron lock rope, and swam into the water.

The turtles, turtles, shrimps, crabs, and fish in the pool were surprised when they saw it, and they all came to surround them.

"What's wrong with you two? Why did you get pierced with a lute rope?"