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Chapter 614: Jia Gong Marries His Daughter
The butler brought four cups of tea, and Jia Gong instructed the butler again, "Go and prepare some vegetarian food. Make more. I think the four elders should be hungry too."

"Yes, sir."

The housekeeper left, and Jia Gong raised his hand: "The four elders, please have some tea."

Tang Seng clasped his hands together and said, "Thank you, Mr. Jia."

The three disciples followed his movements and drank the tea silently. Wukong licked his lips and smacked his lips, Bajie took a big sip and chewed the tea leaves together, and Sha Seng took small sips slowly.

Putting down the tea bowl, Tang Seng smiled and said, "Master Jia, I wonder where this place is?"

Jia Gongdao said: "This is the land of the west. I did business in my early years and accumulated a fortune. I have thousands of acres of fertile land and three daughters. Unfortunately, my wife died of illness at an early age, and I lost the desire to strive. So I returned here to build a house and live a carefree life with my daughters."

Tang Monk chanted the Buddha's name softly.

Jia Gong looked at the four people again and said, "My three daughters are beautiful. They just stay here with me for a long time and don't see outsiders. I think you should not go to the west. I just want to sit in the mountain and recruit a son-in-law. You have come at the right time."

Hearing this, Tang Seng was immediately shocked and quickly declined: "No, no, I am a monk and cannot get married."

"So what if you become a monk? Can't you return to secular life anyway?"

Tang Seng still refused, but he did not dare to offend Jia Gong, so he looked quite cautious.

Jia Gong snorted and said, "I have more than 300 hectares of paddy fields, more than 300 hectares of dry fields, more than 300 hectares of mountain orchards, more than 1,000 yellow buffaloes, not to mention herds of mules and horses, and countless pigs and sheep. There are 60 to 70 pastures in the east, west, south, and north. I have more rice and grain than I need for eight or nine years, more silk and satin than I need for ten years, and more gold and silver than I need for a lifetime. If you and your disciples are willing to change your mind and marry a son-in-law, you can enjoy wealth and splendor here and live a carefree life. Why do you need to go to the West to get those useless scriptures?"

Seeing that Jia Gong was slightly angry, Tang Seng dared not say anything for a moment. He could only lower his head in silence, like a fool.

Jia Gong seemed not to notice and continued to talk to himself: "My eldest daughter is named Zhenzhen, she is twenty years old this year; my second daughter is named Aiai, she is eighteen years old this year; and my third youngest daughter is named Lianlian, she is sixteen years old this year. None of them have been betrothed.

These three women of mine all resemble me, and are of some beauty, and are proficient in needlework. Since I have no sons, I raise them as my sons, and taught them to read Confucian books when they were young, and they all know how to recite poems and compose couplets.

Although I live in a mountain villa, I am not a very vulgar person. I think I am worthy of any of you!
If you are willing to return to secular life, let your hair grow long, and wear silk and brocade, why do you need a clay bowl, black robe, snow-covered shoes, and cloud-covered hat? ! "

Tang Seng closed his eyes, moved his lips slightly, and chanted silently.

On the other hand, Zhu Bajie, upon hearing about the wealth and beauty, was so excited that he twisted his body in his chair as if a needle had poked his butt. After a moment, he could no longer bear it and stood up, walked to Tang Seng, pulled his arm and shook him, saying, "Master, the master is asking you a question, why don't you say anything? Can you answer it?"

Tang Seng opened his eyes, pulled his arm away and glared at Bajie: "You evil beast! We are monks, how can we be tempted by wealth and fame, or pay attention to beauty!"

Hearing this, Jia Gong shook his head and laughed: "Tsk tsk, what's so good about being a monk? He can't eat meat or touch beautiful women. What's the point of this person living like this?"

Tang Seng calmed down his anger and turned to Jia Gong: "Jia Gong, I wonder what benefits you, a layman, can get?"

"Benefits?" Jia Gong asked, then shook his sleeves and said with a smile, "I can do what monks can do, and I can also do what monks cannot do. I don't mind meat or beauty, so what benefits do I need to talk about?"

Tang Monk shook his head: "At home, people enjoy splendor, wealth, clothes, food, and children reunited. It is indeed good. But I don't know that people like me who become monks also have some benefits. How do you know? There is a poem to prove it. The poem says: Becoming a monk is not a special ambition, tearing down the previous love and affection. No idle gossip about external things, there is good yin and yang in the body. After completing the work and going to the golden palace, I will see the nature and clear my mind and return to my hometown. It is better than being greedy for blood and food at home, and falling into a smelly skin bag in old age."

Hearing this, Jia Gong was not angry at all. He just smiled and said, "You became a monk with ambition, and I am enjoying life at home. I did not say that you abandoned your father and mother, but you said that I was degrading myself at home. What is the reason for this?"

Tang Seng's face turned pale instantly. When he was about to apologize, Sun Wukong stood up first and bowed to Jia Gong: "My master is used to talking nonsense. I was not careful at the time. I am sorry for the offense. I hope Jia Gong will forgive me."

Mr. Jia looked at him with a smile and sized him up and down.

Sun Wukong was not angry. Instead, he moved his body in front of him with a smile and turned around.

"Hahaha, you're a cute monkey, and you're pretty handsome too."

"Hehe, Mr. Jia, you don't know that although I was born like a monkey, I have no father or mother."

"Nonsense, how can there be a person without a father or a mother? Then where did you come from?"

Sun Wukong put his hands on his waist and said, "I jumped out of a stone!"

"Oh? Really?"

"Of course!"

Jia Gong nodded slightly and said, "If that is the case, then the sky is your father and the earth is your mother. You were born by nature and raised by the earth. How can you say that you have no father or mother? Furthermore, if you really came out of a stone, then the stone that gave birth to you must also be extraordinary. Whoever the stone came from must be your parents."

Hearing this, Wukong couldn't help but blink his eyes, then scratched his head and thought for a while, then couldn't help but bowed and said, "Mr. Jia is right. I have never thought about these things before. I really shouldn't have. But I don't know who left the stone, and I'm afraid I can't find where it came from. I just think it was born from heaven and raised by the earth. From now on, I will worship the sky as my father and the earth as my mother. Thank you for your advice, Mr. Jia!"

Jia Gong waved his hand and said with a smile, "No need to thank me. Your background is quite extraordinary. Although you are a little hairy, maybe one of my daughters will like your style. Why don't you stay?"

Wukong couldn't help laughing: "Hahaha, thank you Lord Jia for your appreciation, but I have been a stone monkey since I was born, and I don't know those things." As he said that, he stretched out his hand and grabbed Zhu Bajie's big ears, saying: "If Lord Jia doesn't mind, how about asking my second junior brother to stay?"

If it were a normal day, if Bajie had his ears pulled, he would inevitably curse him, saying "dead monkey" or "Bimawen".

But this time, Bajie was deeply moved and burst into tears of gratitude.

"Good brother, you are really my good brother! You can still remember me for such a good thing. I, Old Pig, will never scold you again!"

Sun Wukong couldn't help laughing with his back turned.

Bajie said again: "But this good thing can't be restricted to me alone. Jia Gong has three daughters. Since Master doesn't want to, then we three brothers can just divide them up, right?"

Sha Monk quickly stood up and waved his hand: "Second Brother, we have received the precepts, worshipped the master, and entered the Buddhist sect. How can we covet wealth and beauty and abandon our great wish to obtain the scriptures?"

"Go! Go! Go! If you don't want to, then continue to carry your load!" Bajie shook his sleeves and ignored him. He said to Wukong, "Big Brother, Junior Brother Sha doesn't want to, then we can split it up. You can take one and I can take two, or you can take two and I can take one. It's fine!"

Sun Wukong was both angry and amused, "You idiot! I just said that I don't know these things! If you are willing, all three are yours!"

Bajie's eyes suddenly brightened up: "Okay, okay, thank you, Monkey Brother! Don't worry, if you have any troubles on the road in the future, just come to me. If you are short of money, just come and ask for it. I will definitely not be stingy!"

Tang Seng's face turned red as he listened, and he couldn't help but start to scold.

Sun Wukong flashed to his side, grabbed his arm and said, "Master, there is a saying: If it rains, it will rain, and if it rains, it will get married. Since Bajie is determined to get married here, why should we persuade him so hard? Don't let us fail in the end and hurt our relationship for nothing. Even if we let him stay here, with Junior Brother Sha and I accompanying him, we can definitely escort Master to Lingshan safely and obtain the true scriptures."

That was true, but Xuanzang, who had changed a lot since he first left Chang'an, always felt something was wrong.

However, just as he was about to speak, he felt Wukong pulling his hand with a little force. Xuanzang looked at him and saw Wukong blinking again, with shrewdness in his eyes.

Thinking about the appearance of this disciple in the past, Tang Seng decided to trust him once, so he sighed and said, "Since you are willing, then you can stay!"

Upon hearing this, Bajie was overjoyed and immediately knelt down to kowtow to Tang Seng, thanking his master for his help. Then he moved his knees towards Jia Gong and kowtowed as well.

When he stood up, he called out loudly, "Dad!"

This cry made Tang Seng and Sha Seng cover their faces, and Sun Wukong also covered his mouth and laughed.

The man sitting at the top, Jia Gong, that is, Hong Chen himself, almost couldn't help but lose his temper. This pig was really stupid, but his stupidity was mixed with some cleverness, which really made people laugh and cry.

At this time, the housekeeper came into the hall and said, "Master, the vegetarian meal is ready."

Jia Gong stood up and glanced at Bajie with a smile, "Don't worry, you have been traveling for a day, so you should go and have some vegetarian food first. After you are full, if anyone is willing to marry into my family, just come and find me."

"Dad! Don't worry, I, the old pig, will come after I'm full. You have to wait for me!" With that, Bajie got up and followed the housekeeper to eat.

After they left, Hong Chen finally laughed out loud.

Guanyin, Manjusri and Samantabhadra, who had been hiding on the side, also walked out.

Guanyin Bodhisattva shook her head helplessly: "This Zhu Bajie is really a man of uncertain character. I think he will be misled by beauty along the way."

Manjusri Bodhisattva also said: "He was originally expelled from heaven by the Jade Emperor and sent to reincarnate because he molested Chang'e while drunk, knocked over the Douniu Palace, and ate the Queen Mother's Lingzhi vegetables. Now that he has reincarnated, he still has not changed. It is really wrong."

Samantabhadra Bodhisattva: "I think he will be the only one coming later. I wonder how to punish him?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the three people's eyes fell on Hong Chen.

Hong Chen took a sip from the teacup and thought, "There is a saying in the world: sex is a knife that scrapes bones. If that's the case, then after washing him, let him taste the taste of the hell of knives."

Manjusri and Samantabhadra were surprised and felt that the punishment was quite severe, but they did not dare to object and could only look at Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva.

Guanyin Bodhisattva thought for a moment, then nodded and said, "Then let the Emperor arrange it."

After hearing her say this, Manjusri and Samantabhadra immediately gave up the idea.

Anyway, it's not them who are going to suffer in the hell of swords, so why should they offend Hong Chen?
On the other side, the four masters and apprentices were seated as arranged by the housekeeper. The table was filled with the aroma of delicious food, but Bajie, who was the most greedy in the past, had no interest in the food at all. He just wolfed down the food, chewing and swallowing it quickly like a whirlwind.

Tang Seng sighed repeatedly as he watched this, and Sha Seng seemed to be hesitant to speak.

Sun Wukong laughed and said, "Bajie, even if you are busy getting married, you don't have to rush. Are you afraid that Jia Gong will run away with his three daughters?"

Zhu Bajie was so busy eating that he was too busy to reply.

Soon, Tang Seng, Wukong and Sha Seng had just finished half a bowl of food when Zhu Bajie had finished three large bowls, put down his bowl and chopsticks and stood up.

"Master, Brother Monkey, Junior Brother Sha, I, the old pig, am going to pay a visit to my father first. Don't rush to leave tomorrow. It won't be too late to set off again after you have attended my wedding banquet and drank the wedding wine!" After saying that, he took a step and ran to the front hall.

Tang Seng watched his back disappear quickly, then turned back and said to Wukong with a worried look, "Wukong, Bajie's character is so difficult to determine, do you really want to keep him as your wife-in-law again?"

Wukong laughed and said, "Hehe, Master, don't worry, let's eat first and see what he says tomorrow!"

Zhu Bajie rushed into the main room in a hurry and knelt down in front of Hong Chen smoothly.

"Dad, my name is Zhu Ganglie, you can also call me Zhu Bajie. I really want to marry into your family. Don't worry, I will treat your daughter well. Besides, I have plenty of strength and magical powers, and I can definitely inherit your family business! If I have sons in the future, they will also have the surname Jia like you, and they will have children for you and carry on your family line!" As he said this, Zhu Bajie kowtowed to the ground again, his voice was loud and his attitude was sincere.

Hong Chen curled his lips and said, "You are the only one, so I can only marry one of my daughters to you. As for who you marry, it depends on who is destined to be with you."

"This... I can do all three of them together!"

"Ok?"

"Okay, okay, just one, any one will do!"

Hong Chen nodded, turned around and called out, "Zhenzhen, Lianlian, Aiai, all of you come out!"

Immediately, three delicate voices rang out: "Yes, Daddy!"

Then three daughters, dressed in silk and satin, with pretty faces and graceful figures, lined up in a row and filed out.

Zhu Bajie couldn't help but look up, and was stunned at the first sight.

Hong Chen's three good daughters were shy and timid, laughing together.

Jia Gong: "Are my three daughters all right?"

Bajie stared at it intently and nodded repeatedly: "Okay, okay! Dad, there's nothing better than this!"

"To be honest, I love all three of my daughters equally. I'd be sad to marry any of them to you, but I'd also be worried that they'd think too much if someone else didn't marry first. So just cover your head, and I'll marry whoever you catch later, how about that?"

"No problem, Dad, I'll do whatever you say!"

Jia Gong waved his hand, and a thick black cloth immediately fell on Bajie's head.

"Dad, can we catch him now?"

"Okay."

Zhu Bajie suddenly stood up and rushed towards the girl's laughter, but unexpectedly he found nothing.

The laughter suddenly appeared beside him, and he rushed to the side again...

It goes back and forth like this, over and over again.

Zhu Bajie was panting with exhaustion, but he couldn't catch anyone. He could only hear teasing sounds around him.

"Dad, your three daughters are too flexible."

"My dear son, if you can't catch it, don't blame your father for not giving you a chance." Hong Chen drank his tea leisurely without even raising his eyelids.

Zhu Bajie suddenly regained his strength, turned around and pounced out.

After a long time, Zhu Bajie was exhausted and sweating all over, but still got nothing.

He was also afraid that he would not get any benefit, and for a moment he could not help but practice and rushed towards the nearest laughter.

The next moment, Zhu Bajie felt as if he was holding a group of sharp knives. The sharp edges cut his body and soul so hard that he felt unbearable pain. For a moment, he couldn't help but raise his head and let out a pig's cry that pierced the night sky.

Tang Seng, who was preparing to go to sleep, heard the sound and asked, "Wukong, is this the sound of a pig squealing?"

Wukong suppressed his laughter and said, "It's okay, Master, don't be alarmed. Maybe Jia Gong's family is preparing for tomorrow's wedding banquet and is busy slaughtering pigs now!"

(End of this chapter)