Robbery

"Don't panic, is my white horse still here?!"

Upon hearing this, one of the servants quickly replied to Sun Wukong, "The white horse is still here; it's eating hay in the backyard right now."

After speaking, Sun Wukong immediately said, "Quickly bring my horse over, and also bring the fodder over, and tie it right next to my cabinet."

At this moment, Sun Wukong entered and said to the old woman, "Grandma, quickly close the wardrobe lid, lock it, and keep an eye on it for us. If there's any light inside, cover it with paper and open it again tomorrow morning."

The old woman was speechless upon hearing this, muttering softly, "Sir, you're being far too cautious."

After speaking, everyone went back to sleep. When Sun Wukong and his companions arrived at the cabinet, they found themselves stuffy and unable to breathe due to the hot weather. They took off their clothes, but since they had no fans, they could only use their hats to fan themselves.

By midnight, everyone else was asleep, but I couldn't sleep because of Sun Wukong, so I reached out and pinched Zhu Bajie's leg Zhu Bajie immediately grunted and said:

"Go to sleep already. We're working so hard right now, how can you still have the energy to play around?"

Sun Wukong completely ignored him; he only heard Sun Wukong Zhu Bajie say the following:

"We already have a lot of money. Selling this horse will also bring us some money, so we won't lose money at all."

Zhu Bajie was about to sleep, so he didn't pay any attention to what Sun Wukong was saying and just kept agreeing with Sun Wukong.

However, they had no idea that all the servants in the inn were in cahoots with the bandits. When they heard Sun Wukong say that there was a lot of money, they secretly slipped in and gathered more than twenty people to rob the horse traders.

The old woman and her daughter rushed into the room and nervously closed the door, completely ignoring the robbers.

But the thieves ignored the clutter in the shop and only looked for customers. Finding no one upstairs, they took torches and looked around.

In the courtyard, there was a large cabinet, and next to it was a white horse. However, there were some locks on it, but they wouldn't budge no matter how hard you tried.

The thieves looked at each other, and after a short while, they said:

"People in the martial arts world are all a bit cunning. This cabinet must be heavy; they must have locked all the money inside. After we steal the horse out, we can carry this cabinet outside the city and divide it among ourselves."

After he finished speaking, everyone agreed. So the thieves found some ropes, carried the cabinet, and started walking away, swaying back and forth. After a short while, Zhu Bajie woke up, patted Zhu Bajie Sun Wukong, and said to Sun Wukong:

"Brother Monkey, are you asleep? What are you doing wandering around there?"

However, after thinking seriously for a long time, Sun Wukong said to Zhu Bajie, "What nonsense are you talking about? I didn't lie at all!"

Just then, Tang Xuanzang and Sha Wujing suddenly awoke and exclaimed, "It sounds like someone is carrying us!"

Upon hearing this, Sun Wukong scoffed, "We mustn't bluff and let him talk. That way, we won't have to walk anymore once we reach the Western Heaven."

After the thieves got their hands on the goods, they didn't Western Heaven. Instead, they went to the east side of the city gate, killed the soldiers there, and opened the city gate. By then, the local officials and soldiers had already been alerted and sent men to catch the thieves.

Upon seeing this, the thieves, who were in a large and imposing force, dared not resist at all. They put down the wardrobe, abandoned the White Dragon Horse, and scattered and fled.

The soldiers couldn't catch the thieves at all; they only seized the cabinet and captured the White Dragon Horse, returning victorious. Under the lamplight, the soldiers saw that the horse was indeed a fine steed, and suddenly felt that their own horse was quite ordinary.

The officer in charge of the government troops refused to ride his own horse and insisted on riding this White Dragon Horse. He then led his soldiers into the city, placed the cabinet in his courtyard, and planned to let the king make a decision the next day.

At the same time, Tang Xuanzang was complaining about Sun Wukong while in control of his mind. Tang Xuanzang said to Sun Wukong:

"You monkey have really screwed me over! If we were caught outside, we could at least try to explain ourselves. But now we're locked in this cabinet, and if a thief steals it, and then we run into the soldiers, and tomorrow we meet the king, we're all doomed."

However, Sun Wukong comforted Tang Xuanzang, saying:

"Master, there are still people outside. They'll tie us up as soon as they open the cabinet. Let's be patient for now. I'll deal with that tyrant when we see him tomorrow. You can sleep peacefully."

At three o'clock, Sun Wukong used a little trick. He took out his Ruyi Jingu Bang), blew a breath of immortal energy, and it turned into a drill. He drilled a small hole in the cabinet and slipped out instantly.

Sun Wukong arrived in the sky, revealed his true form, and then slowly walked forward to the palace. Seeing that the king was sleeping, he used his monkey hair to turn into a razor and shaved the hair of all the officials in the palace, high and low.

After finishing these tasks, Sun Wukong went back into the cabinet without mentioning to Tang Xuanzang what had just happened.

The officials in the palace got up before dawn to wash and groom themselves, and none of them had any hair. Even the young eunuchs who were dressed in their robes had no hair. They all came outside the palace and wept.

Just then, the queen woke up and discovered that her hair had also disappeared. When she looked at her bed, she suddenly found a monk sleeping there. The queen couldn't help but scream loudly, which startled the king awake.

The king rubbed his sleepy eyes and looked at the queen. The bald man quickly got up and said to the queen, "How did you end up like this?"

However, the queen pointed to the king's head and said, "Don't worry about me; you yourself have become like me."

After speaking, the king touched his head, then was terrified and exclaimed, "How did I become like this? What should I do now?"

Just as the king was in a panic, all the servants rushed up, knelt on the ground with their heads shaved, and said, "Your Majesty, we have all become monks now."

Upon seeing this, the king burst into tears and said, "It seems that I wanted to kill the monk, which is why things have turned out this way."

After saying this, he immediately added, "None of you should talk about these things or put on a bad name. Let's see what they really are like when the civil and military officials arrive."

Meanwhile, officials of all ranks had to come to see the king before dawn, because they had all lost their hair in the middle of the night, and each of them wanted to tell the king about this matter.