Now, Wukong had beaten a man to death and claimed it was a watermelon.
Bajie might have been lazy, but he was no fool. Naturally, he could see through it.
Just then, Tang Sanzang and Sha Wujing arrived.
Sha Wujing said, "Second Brother, Eldest Brother, you're both here? Did you catch those two thieves?"
Bajie said, "We caught them. Those two on the ground are the ones."
Hearing this, Sha Wujing looked at the two thieves kneeling on the ground.
At the sight of Sha Wujing, the two thieves hastily begged for mercy.
Sha Wujing took a hemp rope and bound them.
Tang Sanzang looked at Wukong and asked, "Wukong, why are you here?"
Wukong said, "Master, I couldn't sleep, so I came out for a walk."
Tang Sanzang noticed the pit behind Wukong and asked in puzzlement, "Wukong, what's that behind you?"
Wukong said, "Nothing, nothing."
Bajie helped cover for Wukong. "Master, never mind anything else. Let's first see whether anything's missing."
Tang Sanzang thought that was sensible, so he had Sha Wujing interrogate the two thieves and ask what they had come to steal.
Neither thief had any backbone. Under Sha Wujing's questioning, they soon told him the whole story from beginning to end, leaving out no detail.
This included how they had abandoned goodness for evil, as well as the plan Yang Meng had discussed with them.
Just then, Yang Meng's parents arrived at the noise and asked, "Holy Monk, venerable elders, what has happened?"
Tang Sanzang explained what had happened.
Learning of Yang Meng's plan with the thieves, the elderly couple grew deeply worried. Seeing their daughter-in-law there too, they hurriedly asked where Yang Meng was.
Yang Meng's wife did not know how to answer.
Seeing this, Wukong knew the truth could no longer be concealed.