Journey to the West: Man in heaven, working nine to five

#2090 - The identity of the thieves

Seeing that sneaky shadow flash by, Tang Sanzang and the others immediately became alert.

"Could that be a spy sent by Guanyin to monitor and follow us?" Tang Sanzang speculated to the group.

"Very likely. With Guanyin's insidious nature, it wouldn't be surprising," Sun Wukong agreed with Tang Sanzang's assessment.

"I, Old Pig, will go and capture him for interrogation," Upon hearing that it was very likely a spy sent by Guanyin, Pigsy's temper flared up.

He immediately hurried after the shadow. Tang Sanzang and the others, seeing Pigsy's actions, could only let him chase after it.

Just as Tang Sanzang and the others returned to their residence, Pigsy came back, carrying a person in his hand.

"This kid tried to escape, but I, Old Pig, knocked him unconscious," After entering the room, Pigsy directly threw the guy he was carrying onto the ground and said to Tang Sanzang and the others.

"Indeed, he doesn't look like a spy. Look, he even has injuries on his body," Sha Seng also noticed something, there were many flesh wounds on the guy's body, and he looked somewhat weak.

"Who exactly are you?" Tang Sanzang asked the guy.

The guy seemed very flustered and fearful upon hearing Tang Sanzang's question, but he didn't open his mouth to answer.

"Master, I think this person looks familiar, as if I've seen him somewhere before," Sun Wukong said, touching his head as if trying to remember.

"That's right, he does look somewhat familiar to me too," Tang Sanzang also seemed to have this feeling, but he couldn't remember clearly.

"They are those thieves who were paraded in the square," At this time, Pigsy seemed to remember something and clapped his hands, saying to the others.

"That's right, it's those thieves, he's one of them," Sun Wukong finally remembered.

Tang Sanzang and the others had seen those thieves in the square, and wanted to get closer to see clearly and ask for clarification, but they were stopped by the guarding soldiers.

Those thieves were paraded in the square, and the recent demon attack must have caused a chaotic situation, the guarding soldiers were unable to attend to everything, allowing them to escape.

"So, he's a thief. Then we should hand him over to the officials," Pigsy immediately lost interest when he saw that he had only caught a fleeing petty thief.

"I'm not a thief, I'm just a commoner. Please, esteemed elders, don't hand me over to the officials, or I'll lose my life," Hearing that he was going to be handed over to the officials, the thief immediately kowtowed to Tang Sanzang and the others, begging.

"You're not a thief? Then why were you arrested and paraded in the square?" Tang Sanzang asked the thief.

"Esteemed elders, please be discerning. I'm really just an ordinary commoner. The governor sent people to arrest my son and locked us up.

He wanted to protect his reputation and prevent us from speaking the truth, so he put the label of thieves on us.

If you hand me over to the officials, the governor will definitely kill me to silence me," The guy pleaded to Tang Sanzang and the others, weeping as he spoke, as if he had a great injustice.

This person's miserable appearance and expression touched Tang Sanzang and the others, convincing them that what he said was not false.

Moreover, they had seen a large number of children in the governor's mansion. Although the governor stated at the time that they were all adopted orphans, there were questionable aspects to it.

"Could it be that the governor is really a hypocritical and vicious official?" Tang Sanzang couldn't help but wonder.

"Although the governor tries his best to appear fair and just, conscientious and devoted to his duties, and benefiting the people, his performance does seem somewhat contrived," Sun Wukong had long suspected the governor. After all, performing too much makes it seem less genuine.

"Oldest, what do you think?" Pigsy asked Chu Hao, whose judgment was always the most accurate.

"I said, regarding the matter of Jinping Prefecture, we lack a breakthrough point, and this governor is the key to breaking through the problem," Chu Hao said to the others after thinking for a moment.

In front of Tang Sanzang and the others, Jinping Prefecture was like a veil of prosperity. Although Tang Sanzang and the others felt that Jinping Prefecture was very strange, they couldn't see the essence.

The person who put this veil on Jinping Prefecture was naturally the Western Paradise, and the people who maintained this veil were those monks and the governor.

If they could uncover the true face of this governor, the false veil of Jinping Prefecture would be equivalent to creating a loophole, and the essence would slowly be revealed.

"How should we expose the governor's true face?" Tang Sanzang asked Chu Hao.

The Western Paradise's control over Jinping Prefecture exceeded any place Tang Sanzang and the others had seen before.

Here, the Western Paradise's spies were everywhere, and the people were also trying their best to protect the Western Paradise. Tang Sanzang and the others' every move couldn't escape the Western Paradise's surveillance, not to mention Guanyin was also stationed here.

"This opportunity still needs the demons to create for us," Chu Hao said to Tang Sanzang and the others with a smile, as if he had thought of a way.

"What Immortal Chu Hao said is very true, the demons are indeed a great help to us," After Chu Hao's reminder, Tang Sanzang already understood.

Now, the demons haven't left, but are camping outside the city, preparing to attack Jinping Prefecture again.

Although the demons' previous attack didn't succeed, their strength wasn't weak.

Once the war starts again, Jinping Prefecture will have to use all its strength to fight against the demons. Who will have time to monitor Tang Sanzang and the others at that time?

"I just don't know when the demons will launch their second attack," Pigsy said, touching his head, and asked Chu Hao.

"This still requires us to go to the demons to investigate before we can know," There was another reason why Chu Hao wanted to investigate the demons. The demons suddenly came to attack Jinping Prefecture, and this matter also seemed very strange.

"We'll go to investigate, let Master and the others rest first," Sun Wukong said to Chu Hao.

"Okay, then let's go and take a look at the demons," It wasn't difficult for Chu Hao and Sun Wukong to investigate the demons.

They came to the demon camp outside the city, transformed into two ordinary demon soldiers, and swaggered into the demon camp.

Inside the demon camp, the three leading demon generals, Wolf Head, Unicorn, and Blue Face, were drinking and venting their frustrated emotions.