Tang Seng is a cook

Wukong has always been what his master says about such trivial matters, he agreed and went out, pushed open the gate of the courtyard, saw the three princes still kneeling on the ground with their buttocks sticking out and their heads on the ground, and said: "Get up, I will Master is calling you!"

The three princes were overjoyed, and stood up quickly. Wukong cupped his fists and said, "Thank you!" He was supported by two brothers.

The monkey giggled, took out the golden cudgel, held it around in his hand, passed it forward, and said, "Pull this, one by one, come in!"

Only then did the three brothers follow Wukong into the yard smoothly, and Zhuang Fan came out with his disciples. They met each other two times. Without saying a word, the three brothers threw up their robes and knelt down. They bowed to Zhuang Fan and said: crime."

When Zhuang Fan looked at it, he felt something was wrong, not to mention the matter of going forward, but after careful investigation, it was nothing at all, even if he apologized, as a prince, he didn't have to put his attitude down so low.

How did Zuo Zhuan say it?

"If you ask for something from others, you should do it first."

How did the old saying come from?

"When you bow down to people, you must ask for something."

The three princes used to be in this city, aloof, but now they put on such a posture for the monk who came from afar, it seems that the visitor is not kind.

Zhuang Fan was terrified in his heart, but his face remained calm, he waved his hand to signal Wu Kong, and said in his mouth: "Your Highness, why are you so polite, it's not a big deal at all, and those who don't know are innocent."

When the monkey saw the master waving at him, he understood what it meant, so he blew over and lifted the three princes up from the ground.

The three of them wanted to kneel all the time and directly begged the holy monk to accept them as disciples, but they were pulled up by an invisible force, and they couldn't help being surprised. After all, they were still young, so there was something on their faces.

Seeing that they got up, Zhuang Fan said very politely: "Three princes, don't worry about trivial matters, it's getting late, please go back!"

It was getting dark, and after such a toss in the afternoon, the master and apprentice didn't have time to go out for a walk.

When the three princes saw the holy monk chasing people away, they panicked and wanted to kneel, but the monkey was standing behind them. Now that they were on guard, how could they easily tell them to kneel?

This wanted to worship the teacher, but couldn't kneel down, the three of them blushed with anxiety, and they still felt somewhat guilty when they were asked to stand and talk to the holy monk like this.

Seeing that the three princes showed no intention of saying goodbye, Zhuang Fan felt a little headache and thought to himself, why don't he just stop trimming and sneak away in the middle of the night?

It's just that in the territory of Tianzhu Kingdom, it's not good to offend the clan too much, so Zhuang Fan could only say: "I don't know what else is going on with the three Highnesses? If you have something to say, don't be polite. As the saying goes, a man has gold under his knees, how can he bend his waist so easily?"

The eldest prince saw that although Zhuang Fan had a beard and looked rude and vicious, but he spoke in a very polite and gentle way, he was heartbroken and clasped his fists together and said, "Holy monk, my three brothers want to worship the saint." The monk is the teacher, I hope the holy monk will be perfect!"

Zhuang Fan was taken aback when he heard this, and thought that this was different from the original script, didn't he want to worship his three apprentices as teachers?

Wukong and the juniors were also stunned, my God, three people came out to snatch the master!The four brothers and sisters looked at Zhuang Fan nervously, for fear that he would agree if his heart softened for a moment!

Zhuang Fan didn't even think about it, and said: "Your Highness, this poor monk is going to the Western Paradise to learn scriptures. One is to follow the order of the Tang Emperor, and the other is to honor the Buddha's decree. I came to the poor monk's side to protect the poor monk. To be honest, the poor monk himself is incapable and incompetent, and now he has no right or qualification to accept disciples privately. The poor monk used to be in Chang'an, and he could only read scriptures. What can I teach you? Chanting scriptures? The poor monk is going to get the scriptures, and the poor monks can’t recite the scriptures. So, three highnesses, please go back, let’s just pretend that this didn’t happen, okay? ?”

After finishing all these words in one go, without waiting for the reaction of the three princes, Zhuang Fan said to Wukong: "Wukong, send the three princes back again, and tell King Yuhua to keep an eye on the children, don't tell them to come again!" !"

After finishing speaking, he turned around and went back to the house, Wu Wang and others quickly followed closely.

When they arrived at the house, Zhuang Fan sat down, heaved a sigh of relief, wiped the sweat on his forehead with his sleeve, and saw the children following in, he whispered, "Can we go?"

Wu You was the last to come in, and looked back, seeing that there was no one in the courtyard, he turned around and said, "Eldest brother has already taken them away!"

After Wuyou finished speaking, she walked over, leaned on Zhuang Fan's knee, looked up at him, and said, "Daddy, why are you sweating so much?"

Zhuang Fan sighed and said, "I'm so scared!"

Wu Wang and the others all laughed, and said, "Master, what are you afraid of? He is here to apprentice, not a monster."

Zhuang Fan sighed, and said: "Oh, I don't like to deal with people from the royal family. These people have been flattered since childhood, and they don't understand other people's rejection at all, or they don't accept people's rejection at all! They Once you make up your mind and the other party disagrees, then there is something to watch."

Bajie said: "Master, are you saying that these three princes will come back?"

Zhuang Fan sighed and said, "Who knows, it all depends on what kind of person that King Yuhua is."

After thinking for a while, he said: "Master is not confident, so we won't rest here to fix it. When your senior brother comes back, we will set off overnight."

He asked again: "Are the three of you trapped? Can you hold on?"

Wu Wang shook his head and said: "Master, when you and senior brother went to the palace, the three of us slept at home for a while, and now we have rested, but you and senior brother have not stopped all day long. Hurry up, okay?"

Zhuang Fan said: "Master is alright, your senior brother is a bit tired, so, it's still early, master will cook right away, when your senior brother comes back, let's eat first, after eating, sleep until late at night, then get up and hurry!"

Seeing that Zhuang Fan had no intention of accepting the three princes as apprentices at all, the children couldn't help being very happy. They all said hello and went to help the master.

The four masters and apprentices were busy, and the meal was almost ready before Wukong came back.

When Zhuang Fan saw the monkey coming in, he asked, "Why have you been here for so long? Things are going well? Is King Yuhua pestering you?"

The monkey grinned and said, "No, when I arrived at the palace, I called King Yuhua out and threw the three princes on top of King Yuhua. The three of them, father and son, sat down in a ball, terrified. Originally, I wanted to I came back, but I wanted to see what their father and son were up to, so I hid myself under the window and listened to the gossip."

Zhuang Fan smiled while cooking: "How? What did you hear? Are they giving up?"

The monkey couldn't help laughing, and said: "They are complaining about Master! They say that Master is obviously capable, but he insists on degrading himself. I'm afraid they are looking down on the three brothers."

Zhuang Fan shook his head, sighed again, and said, "Let them say it!"

The monkey said again: "Master, I think they still don't give up. They said they still want to come to ask Master. The King Yuhua refused to let him go, so the three brothers planned to kneel down in the street to worship Master when our master and apprentice were going out. Wanting to borrow the mouth of the local people forced the master to agree."

Wu Wang was stunned and said: "My god, Master still has a vision!"

The monkey said: "Huh? What did Master say?"

Bajie said: "Master said, this royal family never understands the meaning of rejection from others, and told us to eat and sleep for a while, and sneak away in the middle of the night!"

The monkey scratched his head and said, "Master, we are out of vegetables and tofu. I still want to buy some fresh fruits. If I leave in the middle of the night, I won't buy any of these things?"

Zhuang Fan took out the dishes, put them on the table, took off his scarf to wipe his hands, and said: "Eat first, after dinner, you rest at home, I will go shopping with Bajie."

While dividing the chopsticks, Wukong said: "Master, it's fine even if I don't sleep, tell Bajie to stay at home, I'll go with you!"

Zhuang Fan said: "Today you have to make a fuss!"

The monkey grinned and said: "What's the matter? Before I started learning art, I spent all night drinking and having fun in Huaguo Mountain. I didn't sleep for several days and nights. My apprentice was also very energetic."

Zhuang Fan rubbed the monkey's head and said, "Okay then, you go with Master."

Holding his job bowl, Bajie groaned and said: "I want to go too! Master, I have already found out where the market is. If I don't go, who will show you the way!"

Zhuang Fan replied: "Okay, take Pangpang, Master will buy you delicious food!"

After hearing this, Bajie shook his head with joy, very happy.

Seeing his father looking over, Wuyou quickly hugged Wuwang's arm, and said, "Dad, I don't want to go, it's hot and stuffy outside, you can leave the second senior brother to me, I want to take a bath!" Summer is here, Wuyou This little lotus root man can't wait to be soaked in the pool water all day long.

Zhuang Fan smiled and said: "Okay, I'll leave it to you! I want to soak in warm water, and I want to soak in cold water, but there is one thing. I'm sick. Be careful, I'll fix you."

Wuyou smiled and said, "No, no! I'm in good health!"

After all, Zhuang Fan still asked Wuyou not to turn the water temperature too low for Wuyou.

After a few gossips, Wukong said again: "Master, let me see, the father and son of King Yuhua are very ambitious. It is impossible to say that this Tianzhu country will have civil strife in a few years?"

Zhuang Fan was taken aback, and said, "How can you see that?"

The monkey said: "The King Yuhua said that if the master is really determined and refuses to accept the three brothers, he will tell them to take the next best thing and become a registered disciple. If he still refuses, then he will take another step back and tell them Three, worship me and my junior as teachers, in a word, learn some skills from our master and apprentice."

Bajie wondered: "Senior brother, it's not a bad thing to be eager to learn and make progress. Why are you so ambitious?"

The monkey laughed and said: "The people of the royal family are eager to learn and make progress, where can they go? The meaning of the words of King Yuhua and his son is that they are both smart and capable, but five generations in a row have all shrunk in this small county. Land, wisdom and ambition cannot be stretched, and I have long since felt angry, I look at them, and I am thinking about the entire kingdom of Tianzhu."

Bajie heard this, clicked his tongue twice, and said: "So that's how it is." He has been in the Heavenly Court for many years, the Jade Emperor is lazy, and there are few changes in his position in the Heavenly Court. , so I haven't experienced this kind of thing much, and I was very emotional for a while.

Wu Wang was from the Dragon Clan of the West Sea, and Wu You was the son of King Li Tian. He was used to such power struggles, so he wasn't too surprised.

Zhuang Fan said: "So what did the master say, when you return to Chang'an, you must stay away from the sons of Tang Emperor Li Shimin, remember? Dragon sons and grandsons, it's not easy."

Wukong raised his eyebrows and said: "Master, don't worry, I will watch over the juniors for you!"

The other three little ones heard it, and immediately chirped to distinguish it for themselves, and confessed in front of the master that they were not the ones who caused trouble, making Zhuang Fan laugh.

After dinner, Zhuang Fan took Wukong and Bajie and did not go through the main entrance, fearing that someone would watch him, so he just disappeared, flew out of the courtyard, and headed straight for the market.

It’s just that they arrived late after all, and many places were closed, like the fresh fruits and vegetables, which are sold only when you get up early. After shopping around, they basically didn’t buy anything. Wukong scratched his ears and said: " Master, what should we do?"

Zhuang Fan said: "What's the matter, go back to sleep, get up early tomorrow morning, buy fruits and vegetables before leaving! Since our master and apprentice already know what their father and son are up to, let's see what they do, we can't call this Yuhua The king forced us to not even have a good meal!"

Bajie snorted and said: "These people really don't understand human speech, if not, let's rest for a few days, why bother?"

Zhuang Fan patted Ba Xiaodai on the shoulder, and said, "Don't be angry, it's okay, after all, this is their territory, and we are just passers-by from outside! Don't try to be so aggressive with them."

After shopping around again, buying some unexpected sundries, Zhuang Fan took his disciples back to bed after shopping.

Early the next morning, as expected, Zhuang Fan took Bajie and Wukong out to the morning market and bought a lot of fresh vegetables and fruits.

Just like watermelon, Zhuang Fan bought a whole carload, and Monkey was very satisfied.

The three masters and apprentices returned with a full load and returned to the inn. Wu Wang and Wu You had already got up, and the two brothers and sisters also cleaned up the house, steamed buns and custard, and cooked rice porridge.

After dinner, Zhuang Fan said: "Let's not delay any longer, let's go!"

Wukong said: "Master, will King Yuhua and his son stop him on the road?"

Zhuang Fan laughed and said, "Let him stop, let's fly away!"

The monkeys clapped their hands and couldn't help laughing. Zhuang Fan took out a green leaf given to him by Red Leaf, stood in the middle of the courtyard, and blew on the fairy air. The green leaf became bigger and turned into a boat. Zhuang Fan said: "Where is the caramel cake? This It is its mount!"

Wu You had already brought the horse over. Hearing what his father said, he patted the caramel cake and said, "See if you can get it, you have your own mount!"

Caramel Cake let out a triumphant grunt, and walked leisurely onto the green leaf boat. It has ridden on this thing several times, and it is no longer afraid of it.

Zhuang Fan put on the brocade cassock, and with a wave of his arm, he covered his disciples and horses, activated his mana, soared into the sky, passed through Yuhua County, and flew straight to the west.

Wukong looked down, stretched out his hand and said, "Master, look!"

Zhuang Fan lowered his head and saw that Yuhua Wang and his son each led a team of troops, distributed at the four intersections around the inn, pacing, thinking that they wanted to have a "coincidence" or "chance encounter" up.

Zhuang Fan smiled slightly, and said: "Oh, Master was still thinking about giving you three senior brothers and taking one apprentice each, but who knows that he came after Master, Master has nothing to do, so he can only run away with you !"

Wukong was looking at the father and son of Yuhua King, and was amused by their pretentious appearance. After hearing Zhuang Fan's words, he choked with fright and said strangely: "Master, no wonder you asked me what to do when we entered the city." Don't accept apprentices, so you mean the three of them?"

Zhuang Fan said: "That's not it!" It's a pity that this time the three brothers have no chance with Wukong and the others, let alone borrowed the weapons of Wukong's brothers to imitate them.

Bajie was surprised and said: "Master, not to mention me and senior brother, a Lingming stone monkey and a pig demon are the second senior brother, he belongs to the dragon clan, and his spells are completely different from human beings, how can he bring out an apprentice of a mortal? "

Zhuang Fan was taken aback when he heard that, but he forgot about Wuwang. At that time, it was Wukong Bajie and Sha Wujing, there was no such thing as Xiaobailong, but he remembered another thing. At this time, when we left the city, the master and apprentice fell to the ground in a remote place, Zhuang Fan turned his head and asked Wu Wang: "Hey, Master has been looking at you, and you have never had a weapon. Do you have anyone who can take advantage of you?" ?”

Wu Wangxin said that Master's thinking really diverges very quickly as the elder brother said, and said: "Master, we dragons have always fought without weapons. Once we fight, we are all phantoms. Competing for mana, what? Magical treasures, spiritual weapons, and weapons are useless."

After hearing this, Zhuang Fan remembered the scene when Wuwang and Dapeng were fighting, nodded and said, "I see."

But he thought about it, and said: "You may not know when it will be used. Later, Master will get you a handy one, and you can keep it."

Wu Wang listened, dumbfounded, had to agree.

The master and apprentice were about to go on their way, but Wukong fell to the ground, set up an arbor with his hands, and looked north, his eyebrows furrowed tightly. Zhuang Fan immediately remembered that this land seventy miles north of Yuhua County, there is still There is a tiger's mouth cave on Leopard Head Mountain, and there is a yellow lion spirit living in it, and said: "Wukong, but you look like a monster?"

The monkey nodded and said: "Master, it looks like it has a demonic aura, but it looks rather weak, I don't know why."

Bajie said: "Maybe there are few goblins there, so they are weak?"

The monkey shook his head and said, "It's not that weak method!" The monster energy seemed to exist intermittently, it was really weird.

Zhuang Fan became curious and said, "Wukong, it's not far away anyway, let's go and have a look."

The monkey was very helpless, and said: "Master, it is said that a gentleman does not take risks, why do you want to join in the fun!"

Zhuang Fan laughed and said: "It's okay, Master has to deal with things, so I can't ask you to protect him all the time."

The monkey was told by the master that he couldn't help it, so he had to stay and wait for the three of them, and followed Zhuang Fan to set up a cloud and go straight to the north.

Zhuang Fan couldn't observe Qi at this time, and Wu Kong was also afraid that his master might make a mistake, so he flew ahead, and Zhuang Fan didn't stop him. It was only seventy miles away, and he arrived in the blink of an eye.

Wukong stopped the cloud head in mid-air, pointed down, and said: "Master, look, this is here!"

Zhuang Fan followed the monkey's finger and looked down, only to see the dense forest, full of greenery, which was tightly blocked, and he couldn't see anything, so he said, "Let's go down and have a look!"

Monkey knew that he couldn't stop him, so he kept quiet and protected Zhuang Fan again. The two master and apprentice found an empty place to land, and searched around. After walking a few steps, Wukong pointed to the front and said in a low voice: " Master, that's where it is!"

Zhuang Fan pushed aside the branches, watched intently, and couldn't help laughing.

In front of a meadow, a little yellow-haired lion, who is only a few months old and whose lanugo has not yet faded, is rolling around on the grass, biting its own tail and playing.

Zhuang Fan turned around to look at his apprentice, and said, "This is what Wukong said, evil spirit?"

The monkey also looked at the little lion, clicked his tongue, and said, "How can such a small thing become a spirit?"

No wonder he felt that the evil spirit sometimes disappeared, but it turned out that the lion was too small to take shape.

Zhuang Fan saw that the little lion was so cute, he couldn't help but walked over, squatted down, clapped his hands, and said, "Here?"

Seeing Zhuang Fan, the little lion was not afraid, dropped its tail, and rushed towards Zhuang Fan with a grumbling grunt. Zhuang Fan tried to touch it, but it grabbed his fingers and sucked non-stop.

Zhuang Fan picked up the little hair ball very skillfully, stretched out his hand to touch his belly, and it was deflated, so he took out a can of milk, handed it to Wukong, and said: "Heat the master, don't be too hot, just warm it up." , and then turn into a pacifier and a bottle."

Wukong was helpless, so he had to follow the master's instructions. He made a pacifier out of beef tendon, heated the milk, put it in a long and thin crystal bottle, closed the pacifier, and handed it to the master.

Zhuang Fan made the pacifier for Nao Nao when she was born, and Wu Kong is also very familiar with it.

The little yellow-haired lion was really hungry, Zhuang Fan wanted to put a drop of milk on the back of his hand to test the temperature, but he didn't pay attention and told the little lion to hold on to the pacifier in one mouthful, gulping and gurgling Hurry up, hold the bottle with two front paws, and don't let go.

Wukong also looked at the fun, squatted down, stretched out his hand to flick the little lion's ears, and said: "Master, I see that this little thing has a lot of food, one bottle is not enough!"

Zhuang Fan said: "It's okay, the milk master bought a lot, enough for it to eat!"

The monkey looked around just now, and there was no trace of the mother beast living here, so he leaned on his chin and said to Zhuang Fan: "Master, this little lion has stepped out of the ranks of monsters just by looking at it. Maybe it is because of the loss of the mother beast. I wanted to live again, and I was full of energy, so I got the opportunity to transform into a form, but I didn't succeed because I was hungry and cold."

Zhuang Fan said: "Then what's the matter, let's leave later, leave him here, may he live?"

Wukong said: "It's really not possible, Master, you can take it with you!" He stretched out his hand to rub the two small ears of the little lion, and said, "Master, let's keep it as a pet."

Zhuang Fan didn't know whether to laugh or cry, at this time, the little lion had already drank a bottle of milk, and was still sucking on the pacifier unwillingly, so Zhuang Fan said to Wukong: "Bring another bottle to Master!"

Wukong reached out to pick up the bottle, but out of thin air, an old voice approached from far and near, shouting angrily: "Put down the old man's grandson! What are you going to do to him!!"