Seeing the frightened faces, Zhu Bajie was also confused.
Chen Sandao: "This is your home, you ask me?"
Hearing Chen San's doubts, Zhu Bajie hurriedly explained: "Master, I haven't been back for more than half a month, and I don't know why this is happening."
Chen San ordered Sun Wukong to untie these children first.
But as soon as Sun Wukong approached, the children started crying.
"Wukong is back, you look too scary, let Longlong go."
Sun Wukong didn't know what he was mumbling and reluctantly stepped back.
Sure enough, the beauty's charm is huge. After seeing Ao Lie's gentle smile, several children stopped crying immediately.
Ao Lie asked: "Where are you from and why are you here?"
One of the little girls sobbed and said: "That day, my father and I went out to sell goods. When we passed by Gao Laozhuang, we met a group of masked men. They robbed the carriage, captured my father, and brought me here with a big cloth bag.
"
The little girl stood up, and the remaining children suddenly became bolder, and they also told Ao Lie about their experiences.
"My name is Hutou. My father is a famous boxer and works as a nurse in Gao Yuan's home. That day, my father hurried home and asked my mother to take me away. Then a group of people came and captured me here.
"
"My name is Steamed Bun, I was sleeping, and I came here when I woke up."
...
Chen San's face darkened and he looked at Zhu Bajie coldly.
Zhu Bajie was a little at a loss: "Master, it's really not the old pig who did it!"
"You've gained both the stolen goods and you still want to make excuses!"
Chen San waved his hand: "Don't call me master, we will never meet again!"
"Master!"
Zhu Bajie stopped Chen San and knelt down with a plop: "I swear to God, I really didn't do it!"
Chen San sneered: "You didn't do it? Could it be that someone framed you?"
When Zhu Bajie heard this, he immediately nodded his head: "Yes, yes, yes, someone must have framed Old Zhu!"
Chen Sandao: "Well, I'll give you half a day to catch the murderer, otherwise you just stay in Gaolaozhuang obediently!"
Zhu Bajie has no clue at all, how can he find the real murderer in half a day?
But he obviously had no right to bargain in front of Chen San.
I can only grit my teeth and agree.
Seeing Zhu Bajie running out of the cave carrying a nine-tooth rake, Ao Lie said, "Maybe he really didn't do it."
"As a teacher, I naturally know it's not him."
Ao Lie wondered: "Then why, master..."
Chen Sandao: "He has an unresolved feud with Gao Cuilan. To untie the bell, you need someone to tie it. There are some things he doesn't want to do, so I have to force him."
Ao Lie couldn't understand it anymore.
What grudges, what bells.
What does the feud between Zhu Bajie and Gao Cuilan have to do with these children?
Could it be that these young children have something to do with Gao Cuilan?
"Wukong, you send these children back, Longlong and I will go out to do some errands."
Sun Wukong said: "No, Master, didn't you just say that I'm ugly because you were afraid that I would scare them?"
"It doesn't matter, they have been watching you for a long time, so they must be used to it."
Sun Wukong cursed and went to untie several children.
Ao Lie followed Chen San outside the cave: "Master, what are we going to do?"
Chen San looked at the village with rising smoke, squinted his eyes and said slowly: "Go to Gaolaozhuang."
At this time, Zhu Bajie had arrived at the Gao family mansion.
He hesitated at the door again and again, never daring to knock on the door.
Just when he was about to go through the back door, he suddenly thought of what Chen San said about the half-day period. The courage he didn't know where to come from, his fear was swept away, and he banged on the door.
The door opened from the inside, and out came Lao Gao, the concierge of the Gao family.
When Lao Gao saw that it was Zhu Bajie, he didn't stop him, but he didn't say much. He just said hello and yawned before returning to the concierge.
Zhu Bajie dragged the rake straight to the backyard. When he entered the yard, he asked: "Where is my father-in-law?"
After a while, a middle-aged man with a beard who was definitely old enough, but with a very straight body walked over in a hurry: "You still know you are coming back? Where have you been these past few days?"
Zhu Bajie first bowed to the senior officials and then asked, "I came back this time because I have something I want to ask my father-in-law for help with."
"oh?"
Gao Yuanwai said in surprise: "It's strange, it's really strange. Zhu Gangxi, who usually calls himself a tough guy, actually asks for help?"
Zhu Bajie buried his head and said forbearingly: "I will never do anything like robbing a house. My father-in-law is willing to help. I will definitely be grateful, old pig. If you don't want to help, I will turn around and leave, and I will never do it again."
I will take half a step into Gao Laozhuang."
The senior official twirled his beard under his chin: "Tell me what it is?"
Zhu Bajie raised his head, with gratitude in his eyes: "I don't know why there are a few more children in my cloud stack cave. Some people suspect that I kidnapped other children. My father-in-law is a dignified and virtuous person, and his hands and eyes can reach the sky. I think he will be able to find out the reason.
, so I came to plead..."
"Yunzhan Cave? But that cave on Fuling Mountain?"
"Exactly, does your father-in-law know?"
The senior official frowned and said, "I placed that child there. I met officers and soldiers on the road a few days ago and had nowhere to hide, so I placed them there first."
Zhu Bajie was startled: "Did my father-in-law really do it?"
"My father-in-law usually only robs passers-by, but why now he doesn't even spare children?"
The senior official said: "Although these young children have no money, if they are given to the kings in the mountains and forests, it will be a considerable business."
The kings of the mountains and forests naturally refer to those monsters who dominate the mountains and become kings.
If this were applied to Chen San, Gao Yuan would be impressed by the breadth of Gao Yuan's foreign business.
But Zhu Bajie is not Chen San. What he is thinking now is that Gao Yuanwai has done evil things, but he has become a scapegoat, causing him to miss the opportunity to learn from the West and achieve enlightenment.
"Please also ask my father-in-law to let those children go."
Zhu Bajie still knew the principle of courtesy first and then fighting, and tried to persuade Gao Yuanwai.
The high-ranking member suddenly turned his face: "Let them go? It was so hard to catch these guys, but you let them go just because of your words?"
Zhu Bajie clenched the handle of the rake, his anger already burning: "In that case, don't blame the old pig for making the mistake!"
The scene became awkward for a while.
Gao Yuanwai and Zhu Bajie were at war with each other and were about to fight.
At this time, a gray-robed Taoist ran out of the house, holding a cup of tea in his hand, and came to Zhu Bajie with a smile.
"We are all a family, why bother? Come on, come on, have a sip of tea first, sit down and talk slowly."
Zhu Bajie glanced at the Taoist. He didn't recognize him, but he had just eaten seven bowls of rice in the tea house. He was really thirsty, so he took the tea bowl without warning and drank it all in one gulp.
After drinking the tea, the smile on the Taoist priest's face disappeared. He looked at each other and laughed.