Chapter 21 Confrontation in Court, Misunderstandings Clarified
The bright sunshine shines on the earth, and also on the restless people in Gaojiazhuang.
Everyone present stayed up all night, anxiously waiting for the news.
Master Tang Sen and his apprentice did not return all night, and everyone was extremely anxious.
"Sir, is it possible that the eminent monk of the Tang Dynasty didn't come back all night?" A servant stood up and said.
Although the second half of the sentence was not spoken, everyone could understand what he meant.
Could there have been an accident? Could the monster be defeated and eaten? Could the monster have beaten him away?
"Don't talk nonsense. The mage has great magic power and great magical powers. He can definitely get rid of the pig demon. He can definitely do it, he can definitely..." Although Gao Yuanwai was a little worried in his heart, he still pretended to be calm. But no matter who saw him, he frowned and looked anxious.
The uneasiness in his heart could be seen in the way he was pacing back and forth.
"Master, Master, Master and the others are back, back." A servant ran back from outside to report, his face full of joy.
This is the servant they arranged outside Zhuangzi. Once there is news, he will immediately run back to the mansion to report it.
Everyone was finally relieved after being hung up all night. Senior officials also stopped pacing and clapped their hands happily.
"Okay, okay, the eminent monk of the Tang Dynasty is indeed very powerful. Come on, follow me out to welcome the eminent monk in triumph!" With a smile on his face, he quickly arranged for everyone to go together to greet Master Tang Sen.
However, after hearing this, Miss Gao felt a pain in her heart. Is the pig demon still dead? But why was she so sad?
"Master, Master, the mage is followed by the pig demon."
Before everyone except the senior officials could walk out of the hall, another servant ran in with a panicked look and hurriedly reported.
The Gao Yuanwai, who had just been relieved, suddenly became anxious again. His steps faltered and he slumped down on the Grand Master's chair.
The monster came back with him. Did the mage come back to capture the monster? Or did the monster bring the monk to Gaofu to ask for punishment? Gao Yuanwai still had the last glimmer of hope.
Miss Gao's heart suddenly relaxed. The mage really didn't lie to me and didn't hurt the pig demon's life.
The people present were all uneasy, and some were even ready to run away. It was only because of Gao Yuanwai's usual majesty and strict family rules that they did not break up and flee in all directions.
Everyone present was in different moods and had different thoughts.
Until Master Tang Sen and Zhu Bajie walked in from the main entrance and walked to the front of the hall.
"Donor, the poor monk is back." Looking at the senior officials sitting in the high hall, Tang Sen clasped his hands together and saluted.
"Master, what is this?" Mr. Gao stood up quickly, walked down the hall, looked at Zhu Bajie behind Tang Sen in fear, and asked secretly.
"The pig demon has been surrendered by the poor monk, the donor need not be afraid." Seeing the fearful expression on the senior official's face, Tang Sen said with relief.
Hearing that the pig demon had been surrendered, the senior foreign minister breathed a sigh of relief.
"Since you have surrendered, why do you need to bring it back to the village?" There was a hint of dissatisfaction in his tone. Just kill the monster, why bring him back?
"This pig demon is not bad in nature. The poor monk has accepted him as his disciple. He will follow the poor monk to the west to see Amitabha."
Even though he was still a little dissatisfied, after hearing that the pig demon was going west with the monk and that he might never come back in this life, the senior officials were generally satisfied. Although he did not kill him, he guessed that the pig demon wanted to come back for revenge.
I'm afraid it's impossible.
"Master, you have worked hard. I have already prepared a banquet to congratulate Master on his victory. Please wait, wait a moment." Even if you are not ready yet, you must say you are ready.
The senior official ordered his servants to go and prepare for the banquet.
It's a happy day today, so I have to have a drink. As for the monks, just prepare some vegetarian food.
"There is no need for a banquet. The poor monk is about to leave for the west. He is here firstly to appease the benefactor, and secondly to ask for a favor from the benefactor."
"Master, if you have any requests, it doesn't matter." The senior member was so happy that he agreed.
"The poor monk dared to seek a marriage for his second disciple Zhu Bajie and Miss Gao Cuilan."
"This, this, why is this Master? He is a monster, a pig monster." Gao Yuanwai's originally happy mood suddenly fell to the bottom, and he pointed at Zhu Bajie with an angry look, speechless.
Gao Cuilan on the side was stunned when she heard these sudden words, and her face turned pale in an instant.
She understood that her father and mother would never agree to this marriage, and Gao Cuilan never thought about it, she just hoped that he would be safe.
The servants around were also talking about it, how could Miss Gao marry a monster? No, absolutely not!
"Amitabha." With the Buddha's name, everyone fell silent and stared at Tang Sen to see what he would say.
"This disciple, the poor monk, has a good heart. There may be some misunderstanding here. Bajie, please come forward and explain it clearly to Gao Donor." Tang Sen called Bajie forward and explained everything one by one.
"My father-in-law..."
As soon as Zhu Bajie opened his mouth, he was angrily interrupted by Gao Yuanwai.
"Don't call me father-in-law. I, Gao, don't have a monster son-in-law like you, not in the past, not now, and never in the future!"
This sentence is categorical and leaves no room for error.
"Okay, okay, Gao Donor." Seeing that the senior official was angry, Zhu Bajie didn't want to anger him, so he changed his title.
"Donor Gao, I, the old pig, have been here for three years, and I haven't said that I've been eating for free, right? Most of the family property in Gaofu was earned by me, the old pig, who got up early and worked hard in the dark. Without me, how could Gaofu be without food and clothing?"
Worry, there are so many servants today.”
"When we agreed to marry into the Gao family, we married Miss Gao Cuilan to me. Now that I have done the work and earned the money, I have turned my back and refuses to admit it. I still want to kill the pig. How can there be such a truth in the world?
"Zhu Bajie was very organized and asked questions one by one.
"But, you are a monster who kills people without blinking an eye." Mr. Gao also seemed to be a little unreasonable, but then he remembered that truth is only told to people, so what is the truth to monsters? In an instant, he became righteous.
"It's true that I'm a monster, but when did I stop killing people without blinking an eye? Huh?"
"After I revealed my true colors at the banquet, everyone slashed me with knives, stabbed me with forks, and even hit me with brooms. But did I fight back? If I fought back, would there be one person here who could survive?"
"That's all. Afterwards, I came to the Gao Mansion to ask you to fulfill your promise and marry Miss Gao to me. What about you? You broke your promise and wanted to kill the pig to silence me! I invited three waves of mages to arrest me again and again. If it weren't for me, I still have some moral integrity.
, I’m afraid I’ve already become pork on your table, right?”
"As for me, I bypassed you again and again. Even the few mages you invited, I just scared them away without harming their lives. But you didn't know it at all and continued to invite mages.
Kill me."
Speaking of anger, Zhu Bajie's face turned red, his eyes were bloodshot, and he roared loudly. The head of the wild boar was revealed, with long tusks and a bloody mouth. The ferocious look was revealed, scaring Mr. Gao so much that he backed away.
In the face of this monstrous power, he seemed like a small boat in the strong wind and waves, which could capsize at any time. His pitiful calculations and ridiculous dignity were crushed into powder in the face of absolute strength.
"Bajie!" Hearing the warning from the master behind him, Zhu Bajie restrained his anger and continued.
"And in the back mountain, a wild wolf spirit came here a few years ago. If I, the old pig, hadn't taken action to kill him, your Zhuangzi would have been gone long ago."
"That group of strongmen who cut the paths in the front mountain, if the old pig hadn't gone to drive them away, would you have been able to live in peace?"
"besides……"
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One by one, one by one, now clearly laid out in front of me, Gao Yuanwai was speechless for a moment.
He didn't know about wild wolf spirits, and if he had seen them, he would definitely not be alive now.
But he knew about the strong men who cut the roads in Qianshan. In the past few years, they often came to Zhuangzi to fight against the autumn wind, burning, killing, looting, and doing all kinds of evil. The people in Zhuangzi suffered so much that they dared to be angry and dare not speak out.
Later, for some unknown reason, the group of strong men suddenly disappeared, and the village celebrated lively for several days. It turned out to be because of him.
"Whose love do you think you are accepting? It is the love of a god! He gave up everything to love you."
Zhu Bajie suddenly turned to Gao Cuilan and said loudly.
Gao Cuilan was immediately stunned and speechless.
"But, you are a monster after all! The hatred between humans and monsters is irreconcilable! These things are indeed owed to you by Zhuangzi, and what happened to Cuilan is because I broke my promise. You can make whatever you want, gold, silver, jewelry, food and livestock, as long as I have it, I will never
If you don't bargain, if you still don't feel relieved, I can take my life myself. I have no complaints, but please let my daughter go! She is innocent." Gao Yuanwai dragged Miss Gao behind him and cried with tears.
road.
Tang Sen couldn't help but look at Gao Yuanwai in a different light. He originally thought that Gao Yuanwai was a treacherous person who was blind to wealth, but now it seems that Gao Yuanwai's small business has suffered, but his great virtue has not been compromised, and he is still a strong-willed man.
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"Gao Yuanwai, is there a misunderstanding?" Tang Sen couldn't bear to see the misunderstanding continue. He originally thought that Gao Yuanwai was a villain who was greedy for money, so he would definitely rob Gao Cuilan and leave. Maybe he would have to find some way to vent his anger.
But now, seeing Gao Yuanwai's iron-clad and righteous side, he couldn't help but admire him and hurriedly opened his mouth to explain.
"Misunderstanding? What misunderstanding?" Gao Yuanwai looked confused. What misunderstanding is there?
"This pig demon was originally the Tianpeng Marshal in the sky, but because of the poor monk's journey to the west, he came down to earth to be an apprentice with the poor monk, but he didn't want to be reincarnated into a pig's womb by mistake when he came down to earth, so he turned into a monster. But when he went to the west to do his work,
If you succeed and obtain the true scripture, my disciple can return to himself and return to heaven."
"You mean, this pig demon was originally a god? Can he turn back into a god in the future?" After hearing this, the senior official was dumbfounded and couldn't help but ask again and again.
"Yes, he is not an ordinary god. He is the marshal of heaven, commanding a hundred thousand heavenly soldiers, and is comparable to the general of the human world."
Good guy, great general, this old man has never seen such a great official in his life, and he is still an official in heaven!
It is said that when a person attains enlightenment, chickens and dogs ascend to heaven. If Cuilan marries this Zhu Bajie, wouldn't she become the father-in-law of a god?
Thinking of this, the senior officials couldn't help but smile.
However, I still need to ask my daughter for her thoughts on this matter.
The senior member turned to look at his little daughter, only to see Cuilan also stunned by the news.
"Cuilan, what do you think of this marriage?" she asked with a smile.
As soon as Gao Cuilan heard her father's question, two blushes suddenly appeared on her face. She quickly hid behind her mother, grabbing her mother's sleeves, not daring to see anyone, and only her voice came out.
"But it's up to my father to make the decision."
Got it, got it, the senior members laughed happily.
When I was in a good mood, the pig's head in front of me was no longer so ugly, and became particularly cute and pleasing to the eye.
"What a good son-in-law, what a good son-in-law."
The laughter was extraordinarily loud and I was extraordinarily happy.