Tang Seng is a cook

Back at Huanghua Temple, from a distance, the Hundred-Eyed Demon Monarch could not help but feel relieved when he saw that the gate of the Taoist temple was closed.

It is much more reassuring to keep the door closed than to open it wide.

The Hundred-Eyed Demon Lord was afraid that he would disturb them by falling in the courtyard, so he stopped at the gate, knocked on the knocker, and waited for a while.

Not long after, I only heard the sound of footsteps inside, and someone asked, "Who knocks on the door?"

The Hundred-Eyed Demon King recognized that it was one of his young disciples. Seeing that his tone was calm, knowing that nothing happened, he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Master is back, open the door!"

Immediately, there was an oops inside, and the door opened, revealing a little boy with a happy face, facing the hundred-eyed demon king, saying: "Master, you are back, we are all looking forward to you!"

Unexpectedly, he exclaimed in the next moment: "Master, you have a beard!"

The Hundred-Eyed Demon Lord was originally a serious person, but now he was also smiling, and said to the little Taoist boy: "Scratch! Master, look at it, isn't it much younger?"

The little boy closed the door casually, walked over to take a closer look, tilted his head and said, "Looking at Master, it's like a senior brother!"

The Hundred-Eyed Demon Lord smiled and led the disciples in. When the disciples heard the voice, they all came out to greet him. When they met each other, they were all startled by the master's new look.

The Hundred-Eyed Demon Lord sat in the main hall and asked: "Master is not here for a few days, is the family safe? Are you sister-in-law?"

His eldest disciple hurriedly said: "Master is not here. The house has been very quiet these two days. No one has come. When the seniors and aunts came, they didn't bring anything with them. Therefore, they have been cutting clothes at home for the past few days. After breakfast at this time, they should She is still working as a female celebrity in the back."

The Hundred-Eyed Demon Lord quickly said: "Go and tell your seniors and aunts that I am back, tell them to pack their luggage, and don't make any clothes, let's leave later!"

He asked again: "At home these few days, have you led your junior brother and the others to pack their luggage? Have you finished?"

His eldest apprentice smiled and said: "Master told me, how dare you disobey me, except for some things from the kitchen, everything else has been packed. In the past few days, since the master left, we got up early every day and packed the bedding. , Master didn't come back at night, so we just unpacked and went to bed, afraid of delaying time."

The Hundred-Eyed Demon Lord nodded and said: "Okay, you did a good job, and you must be so organized in the future. When you are successful, Master will be able to let go!"

His eldest disciple panicked: "Master said this, but we don't want us anymore?"

The Hundred-Eyed Demon Lord laughed and said: "Stupid apprentice, there is always a banquet in the world. After you have learned your skills, you will be old, and you will have a human appearance. Sooner or later, you will leave Master and go to the world by yourself. We have to accept disciples to be masters, otherwise, how will our sect be passed down?"

Patted the big apprentice on the shoulder and said: "Okay, don't cry, master will take you this time, let us master and apprentice go to a good place, when the time comes to settle down, you still have something to learn! I'm afraid you will come When I complained of suffering, I thought about going down the mountain!"

His eldest disciple said angrily: "A disciple is not the kind who can't bear hardships!"

The Hundred-Eyed Demon Lord smiled gratifiedly and said, "Master knows you are a good person, come on, come on, wipe away your tears, and go to your sister-in-law to send a message!"

His eldest disciple gave a salute and hurried away.

The Hundred-Eyed Demon Lord said to the disciples in front of the hall again: "Go back too, bring your luggage and gather in the courtyard!"

All the apprentices hurriedly cheered and dispersed, and all ran back to get their things.

Not long after, seven spider spirits led Daoist boys from top to bottom, big and small, and everyone gathered in the courtyard. The Hundred-Eyed Demon Lord asked the big apprentice to count them, and seeing that there was no shortage of people, he said: "I went to see you the day before yesterday. When I went to the Thousand Flower Cave in Ziyun Mountain, I met Grandma Pilan, she was kind and accepted Master, and even you, Grandma Pilan agreed to go with me."

Everyone breathed in together from below, their eyes were full of joy, they were really frightened by the news of the passing by that man who was going to the west for the past few days, and they were afraid that at some point, that man would bring his disciples with him. Call the door, beat them, kill them, and take them away.

When the seven spider spirits heard this, they hurriedly asked: "Senior brother, what happened to the little girls?"

The Hundred-Eyed Demon Lord knew that his girls were ordinary people and loved to have fun, so he wanted to frighten them, so he said: "Well, when it comes to you, it is dangerous and dangerous. Granny Pilan said that her cave is poor, so she knows You are a family of delicate girls, and you didn't want to accept them at first, but it was the scorpion spirit who begged for you, and Granny Pilan agreed."

When the seven sisters heard this, they patted their chests and let out a sigh of relief. They were almost frightened to death. It doesn’t matter if it’s a little bit poorer, we don’t have to worry about it, we can live a stable life, and we’ll be content!”

Seeing what she said, the Hundred-Eyed Demon Lord asked the others: "Since your eldest sister said this, what about the six of you? There is really nothing on the mountain, except Grandma Pilan and Xie Zijing, who are us People, what do you plant, what do you eat, you work hard every day, work at sunrise and rest at sunset, and practice hard work, can you really stand it?"

He sighed and said: "I'm ugly. I can control my disciples. You guys, I'm just a brother. I can't say more. Only this time, you can go up the mountain, thanks to the scorpion spirit." Guaranteed for you, begging in front of Grandma Pilan, if you can't bear the pain, you will go down the mountain, break the precepts, and ruin her face in front of Grandma Pilan, why don't you go today. , but there is no turning back!"

The sisters looked at each other, knelt down together, and made an oath together: "If we repent and break the precept, we will be ordered to be struck by thunder from the sky immediately, and we will die without a whole body, and we will not be reincarnated after death!"

After making an oath, the boss said again: "Senior brother, although we are women, we also know that people do not stand up without faith, and integrity is the foundation, and we swallow back what we say, we can't do that kind of thing! Don't worry, we will definitely not embarrass our senior brother in front of outsiders!"

When the Hundred-Eyed Demon Lord heard this, he stretched out his hand to signal them to get up, and sighed: "Since you are going sincerely, then I, as a senior brother, will take you there!"

The seven sisters all showed joy when they heard the words, and they bowed happily: "Thank you, senior brother!"

The Hundred-Eyed Demon Lord waved his hand and said, "Thank me for what, I should be a senior brother. But when you arrive at Ziyun Mountain, you should thank Xie Zijing, she is the most cold-hearted person, so go After that, you will follow her, listen to her arrangement carefully, and don't cause trouble for her, do you understand?"

Xiaoqi is more coquettish, and hurriedly said: "I know, brother, we must listen to sister-in-law! Make sure not to cause trouble for her! Don't make her angry, don't make her tired, and be happy and happy every day !"

The other six also chirped.

The Hundred-Eyed Demon King's face turned red, and he quickly put on a straight face and said, "Don't call her sister-in-law when you see her, just call her sister Xiao Xie!"

The seven girls hurriedly said in unison: "I know~"

The Hundred-Eyed Demon Lord said to his disciples again: "Grandma Pilan gave Master a surname, which is Wu. Some of you don't have a surname, so let's follow Master to be named Wu in the future. When you get to the place, Master will give you another good name!"

All the apprentices were very happy, and they all agreed.

The seven girls said: "Brother, our sisters also have no names and surnames, can we ask Granny Pilan to give us a surname?"

The Hundred-Eyed Demon Lord thought about it for a while, and said with a smile: "Based on Granny Pilan's homophonic naming posture, I see that you don't have to bother. It must be either Zhi or Zhu!"

The sixth child was more picky, and said twice, "What kind of surname is this? I don't even like it. Senior brother, your idea is so bad!"

The Hundred-Eyed Demon Lord was also very patient at this time, because he lost his beard, he stroked his chin and said, "Brother, I traveled all over the world in the early years. In troubled times, I met a loyal minister and wise man. Although he was a mortal, he was very capable. He has a strong character, I have always admired him, his surname is Zhuge, what do you think of this surname?"

The sixth child smiled and said, "Since my brother admires this person so much, he must be a good one. I like this surname. Sisters, what do you think?"

The other six people also thought it was very good, at least there was a source, and they took the surname Zhuge from then on.

Everyone talked for a while, and the Hundred-eyed Demon Lord ordered many things, and he was ready to go.

The hundred-eyed demon lord took away everyone's luggage, and he took out a golden boat and made a trick. The golden boat slowly unfolded in the courtyard, emitting a dazzling light, which hurt everyone's eyes.

Several spider spirits trembled and said: "Brother, what is this thing, why is it so infiltrating?"

The Hundred-Eyed Demon Lord was also apprehensive, but he still said calmly: "This is the golden boat specially borrowed by Grandma Pilan when she heard that I was coming back to pick up someone. These demon cultivators, seeing this upright spirit, will inevitably tremble, but this thing does not hurt people, and its speed is fast, it is used to carry people, we will arrive at Ziyun Mountain in a while!"

After everyone heard this, they forced themselves to calm down and boarded the golden boat. The Hundred-Eyed Demon Lord was the last one to board the boat. Locked tightly, deserted, I couldn't help sighing, shed two lines of tears, finally turned the bow of the boat, a golden light flashed across, and galloped away to Ziyun Mountain in the south.

Since then, everyone has settled down under the protection of Grandma Pilan in Ziyun Mountain, and they live in harmony. This is another story.

Don’t mention them, just say that Zhuang Fan’s master and apprentice stayed in Zhuogou Spring for one night, the children had a good time, Zhuang Fan received the letter and things from Guanyin, and they set off the next day time, are quite happy.

The next day, the weather was clear and the snow had hardened, so we still took out the big sledge, and the five masters and apprentices squeezed on it together, asking Caramel Cake to pull it away.

Wu Wang squeezed in front with the senior brother, and it was their turn to drive the car today, he sighed and said: "From spring to autumn, today I can count as a rest, I can sit in the car and drive leisurely."

Wukong hurriedly said: "Don't talk about it, if there is no snow day, why don't you have to run with the big guys, just hope that the snow will be thicker!"

Bajie listened from behind and said, "It's fine if the snow is thick all the way we're going. The common people don't expect heavy snow these days."

Wuyou sat on Zhuang Fan's lap, raised his hat a little higher, exposed his eyes, and said curiously, "Third senior brother, I heard people say that the auspicious snow is not a sign of a good year? Why is the snow so bad?"

Bajie snorted and said: "Ruixue, it has to fall just right. If the snow is too thick, the houses will collapse and the people will freeze to death. If we don't pass the winter, how can there be a good year!"

Zhuang Fan nodded and said: "Among us, Bajie is the only one who has experienced the hardships of people's livelihood!"

As soon as Zhuang Fan started to talk, the topic started to go off track. He patted Bajie on the shoulder and said, "The years I waited for Master in Gao Laozhuang, I have suffered a lot for you."

Bajie became shy, and whispered: "It's not too hard, I can always make a living!"

Zhuang Fan rubbed Bajie's little bald head, and said: "Eat a bit of hardship, but you will gain insight, you can always know more than others, and you won't make jokes when you go out. After Bajie, he will buy land by himself and become a landlord. If you farm well, you can support yourself!"

Bajie froze his head, and said: "No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. Someone in the family must be an official." Let alone raising tenants, even the landlord himself will starve to death!"

After hearing this, Zhuang Fan sighed and remained silent for a long time.

Wu You hurriedly said: "Senior brother, don't be afraid. Red Boy didn't write a letter saying that he has found interest in reading recently. Because the place where they live is not very prosperous, Brother Hongye plans to take them to Chang'an to settle down. , also called Honghaier to participate in the imperial examination. If Honghaier becomes an official in the future, we will all be his uncles, so why no one will support him!"

This is so true that people can only laugh and cry.

Zhuang Fan put his arms around his younger son and teased him, "Why, Wuyou wants to buy a piece of land and become a landlord himself?"

Wuyou raised his hat, looked at his father and said, "I'm not, I'm still young, I'll follow my father first, when I grow up, when I'm going to be a father, whatever I want to do, I'll come too and."

Speaking of Zhuang Fan, he was angry and funny.

A typical one without big ambitions.

Zhuang Fan sighed, forget it, anyway, his son is not a mortal, he can practice cultivation, and he can’t starve to death. If he can’t go back to heaven, he will go to the Jade Emperor and arrange a job like Yang Jian’s stationed outside. Always can, right?

For Taiyi's face, why couldn't the Jade Emperor arrange a job for Nezha?

Anyway, Nezha can be regarded as the second generation of officials.

As long as Nezha stays away from Li Jing, he can live well no matter what.

Don't need to worry about his son for the time being, Zhuang Fan asked Bajie, "Bajie doesn't want to be a small landlord, so what does he want to do?"

Bajie looked at Master pitifully, feeling very wronged, and said: "Master, I want to cook for you! From now on, I will practice my cooking skills and be the best cook in the world!" He didn't want to leave Master, he also wanted to follow Just like a junior brother, relying on the master not to leave.

But Zhuang Fan misunderstood, stroked his beard and said: "Oh, that's fine, then master will pay you, let's open a big restaurant! Master will have a lot of recipes and unique secret seasonings, and then we will open it on Chang'an Avenue A big restaurant, guaranteed to be very prosperous!"

After hearing this, Bajie blinked and felt that it was different from what he thought?

I just saw Master happily planning there, but he didn't make a sound after all.

The monkey in front heard it, but felt that it didn't look like it. He turned around and said, "Master, you are a monk, and you open a restaurant where all the meat dishes are sold. Is it plausible?"

Zhuang Fan froze immediately, didn't he?Is there anyone in Chang'an who doesn't know Tang Sanzang?Going there to open a big restaurant is really courting death!

Wu Wang was very sorry, and said: "Master, why don't we change places? I've already planned to supply your restaurant with the freshest seafood and the cleanest sea salt!"

Wukong thought about it: "My Huaguo Mountain can pack all the fruits."

Bajie hurriedly said cheerfully, "I'm in charge!"

Wu You groaned a few words and said, "I'm in charge of testing the dishes!" He was cut by all the senior brothers in unison, be honest.

The master and the disciples talked lively about how many floors the restaurant would be, what kind of private rooms and elegant seats would be set up, what decorations would be in the room, what names should be chosen, what couplets should be pasted up, and the menu and price codes needed to be ordered.

At the end of the talk, Wuyou was so hungry after hearing what his father said about the menu, he rubbed his stomach and said, "Daddy, I'm hungry!"

Zhuang Fan picked him up, stretched out his hand and took out a box of hot egg pancakes, and said, "It was so noisy last night, I can't get up this morning, I haven't eaten a few bites of breakfast, so I'm hungry, let's take a few bites first, and wait for noon Let's eat after a while."

Wu You took it over, took two pieces of cake and stuffed them into his mouth, and distributed them to Ba Jie's three senior brothers. The three saw that there were still a lot in the box, and Wu You couldn't finish it all, so they took each of them, and also put Mouth stuffed full, chewing slowly.

Zhuang Fan baked the cakes very small, one bite at a time, to prevent them from eating them on the road, which would be inconvenient for them to chew on.

Wukong remembered what his master and his brothers had mentioned the day before yesterday when he went out for a walk by himself, so he asked, "Master, where are you taking us after we get the scriptures?"

Zhuang Fan was stunned by Wukong's words, but he didn't answer for a long time.

Now even Wu Wang was worried, and they looked at Zhuang Fan together, even if they didn't even care about the horse, and fortunately, Caramel Cake was intelligent and could watch the road, otherwise the car would have to overturn.

Zhuang Fan thought for a while, and said hesitantly: "After the scriptures are collected, Master intends to go somewhere, but he doesn't know how to get there, and he doesn't know how long he will go, so he probably won't be able to take you with him..."

Wukong and the others all showed disappointment on their faces, and fell silent.

Zhuang Fan was bitter in his heart, and he didn't know what he would be like after learning the scriptures. Avalokitesvara said that he could go home at that time, but he hadn't recovered Jin Chan's memory at that time, so he didn't know what he said. It was Avalokitesvara who said What came to comfort him was what the Buddha had promised to Guanyin.

He didn't come to ask Guanyin about this matter before, he was always afraid that talking about going home would make Guanyin unhappy, Zhuang Fan thought to himself, next time Guanyin comes, no matter what, he has to talk about it up...

Moreover, after learning the scriptures, will he resume his identity as Jin Chanzi?Or is it like Tang Sanzang at the beginning, what kind of Zhantan Gongde Buddha was conferred?

Zhuang Fan sneered in his heart, this name is really ridiculous, but he explained clearly the reason why Tang Seng went west to learn scriptures: merit.

This kind of merit is now like money in the modern world. It is a good thing that all the gods and Buddhas in the sky are fighting for.

Zhuang Fan let out a long sigh, and said back, it is easy to come, but difficult to go!

Seeing that his master was unhappy, Wukong hurriedly said, "Master, but the place you went to is dangerous?"

Zhuang Fan smiled wryly: "Although the place Master went to is not very good, it is a unique place for Master. It is not dangerous there, but dangerous is the way to go there."

Wukong and his juniors looked at each other, and the monkey said again, "Is it more dangerous than going to the West Paradise?"

Zhuang Fan laughed, and said: "Let's go west, the enemy can see, touch, and beat him to death, but the path that Master wants to walk, the enemy he is fighting against, cannot be touched, invisible, or grasped."

Traveling through time and space, what he is fighting against is time and space. As a person with modern education, he can think whatever he wants, so he is not sure.

I don't know how the Buddha and the others hooked their own souls from that other world.

That earth, although similar to the four major continents of today, is completely different. At least after passing through the two boundary mountains and leaving the small town of Xifanhami, all the geographical environment and cultural landscape are the same as the place he was in back then. Time and space, there is no similarity.

Wuyou was very worried when he heard that, sat up, put his arms around Zhuang Fan's neck, and said, "Daddy, since it's so difficult to go, you better not go."

Zhuang Fan nodded his little nose and said with a smile, "Master has to walk this road once."

He sighed, "There are always many things in the world, and there are always reasons to do what you know you can't do."

Wu You said: "Daddy, I don't understand, what is your reason?"

Zhuang Fan laughed and said, "If one day Daddy is trapped in a barrier, will you go through the barrier to see Daddy?"

Wuyou nodded and said, "Yes!"

Zhuang Fan wept silently, and said in a low voice, "Daddy's father and mother are on the other side of the road, so Daddy must go this way."

Wuyou seemed to understand, but stretched out his hand to wipe Zhuang Fan's tears.

Wukong said: "Master, don't be sad. When we finish learning the scriptures, my juniors and I will go with you, okay?"

The other three are in harmony.

Zhuang Fan laughed, and didn't continue to explain, just said: "I know you are all sloppy!"

Wuyou put her small face closer, and said delicately, "You're still young..."

Bajie also said: "Master, I'm still young, from the perspective of goblins, we are still cubs!"

Wu Wang nodded again and again: "Yes, yes, master, don't think that we have lived for hundreds of years, in fact, we are not adults! Right, big brother!"

Wukong cleared his throat, and said: "Yes, yes, it is normal for gods and ghosts to live ten thousand years, so those of us who are hundreds of years old are all infancy!"

Zhuang Fan didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and thought that he really brought a kindergarten class to Xitian?

The author has something to say: Zhuang Fan is in a period of apprehension, and he is about to go to the West Paradise.

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Before Zhuang Fan beat the red-scaled boa constrictor, I want to talk about bravery

He can't always rely on his disciples, Guanyin, he has to face the difficulties in this world by himself

Wait until the lesson is over before you can go home safely

King Zhu Ziguo and Jin Shenggong, like the Bull Demon King, both want to talk about the righteousness of husband and wife

The hundred-eyed demon scorpion spirit and spider spirit, just to mention, honesty

Just sloppy, not very successful

The last two stories are not really over, plus the previous goblins

There are about a few I will write special episodes

Ah, if there are too many episodes, I will have to write many chapters

Play dead

Don't poke me, bury me please...