I have a seal of two worlds

Chapter 290 Daozuo Encounter and Lunch Together

The convoy consisted of three cars, the first one was filled with people, and the last two were piled with dozens of boxes, large and small.

A middle-aged couple and a beautiful girl sat in the first car, and they were getting off the car with the help of servants.

In addition to the driver of the three carriages and two servants, a man and a woman, the convoy also had four guards with knives on their waists, but they hadn't cultivated the blood of martial arts, so they weren't considered martial arts.

Lu Zheng saw the other party, and of course the other party also saw Lu Zheng.

The hands of the four guards were all on the handle of the knife.

In the barren mountains and wild mountains, a scholar has no package on his body, and he is still walking alone, either a foreign object or a strange person.

Lu Zheng raised his eyebrows, just glanced at them, and then he didn't care, just prepared to pass them and continue on his way.

"It's not easy for this young man to travel alone. We are destined to meet each other. Now that it's almost noon, I don't lack food here. Why don't you go on your way after lunch together?"

Seeing that Lu Zheng was about to pass the convoy, the middle-aged man who had just got off the car suddenly said, "The trails in the mountains are not easy to walk, and there are still more than ten miles to the country inn in front, so we can go on the road after we have enough food."

"Master!" A guard reminded in a low voice, "This person is not simple."

The middle-aged man nodded and smiled, but he waved his hands, "Don't worry, I'll save you, old man."

The guards don't know how to observe. Although the middle-aged man is kind-hearted, he is not a fool. He only spoke when Lu Zheng just glanced at them, then ignored them at all, and was about to pass the convoy.

This shows that Lu Zheng has no covetous heart for them, and he is worried that they will misunderstand, and he even doesn't even look at them afterwards.

Since he is not a bad person, and obviously has some willingness to take care of other people's emotions, the middle-aged man is naturally willing to reciprocate and invite Lu Zheng to have a meal.

Lu Zheng stamped his feet and turned his head to look at the crowd.

The middle-aged man's face was kind, but there was a touch of majesty. His wife was graceful and elegant, with a gentle temperament, and the young girl had bright eyes and bright teeth, and she also looked at Lu Zheng generously.

Handsome and elegant, with star-like eyes, what a handsome and handsome scholar.

Lu Zheng smiled slightly, shook his head and said, "Thank you for your kindness, sir, but there's no need, I'm going very fast. It's still early at this time, and it's not too late to rest at the inn."

The middle-aged man shook his head and said, "My lord, you don't have to be polite, and don't worry about my inconvenience. When you go out, it is the right thing to help each other."

The middle-aged man arched his hands, and stretched out his hand sideways to make a gesture of please.

"It's windy in the forest. My guards just found a dilapidated temple, and they happened to light a fire and cook in it, and they also had a rest."

Lu Zheng smiled, thinking that this middle-aged man is a warm-hearted man.

"Okay, then thank you sir." Lu Zheng nodded and agreed.

……

The coachman and his servants took the cooking utensils and food from the carriage behind, while the four guards tied the horse to a tree by the roadside, and then, together with the middle-aged man's family and Lu Zheng, walked into this place not far from the roadside. dilapidated temples.

This temple is obviously just a small rural temple. Among the half-collapsed walls, only the front hall is still intact, and there are a few houses in the back with broken walls and overgrown weeds. I don't know how long it has been abandoned.

In the front hall, the god statue on the altar has only half of its body left, and it is not even possible to tell which god it is.

However, a mural painted on the wall of the hall is quite complete.

The guards cleaned a corner of the front hall, and found a few chairs from the back yard and the beams that fell from the back house as seats, and invited the middle-aged couple to sit down.

However, only the middle-aged man pulled Lu Zheng to sit down together, while his wife and daughter helped the two servants handle the food.

"I don't pay so much attention when I'm out of the house." The middle-aged man smiled, "I don't know what to call the young master?"

Lu Zheng glanced at the prepared food, and there were vegetables and meat, and then he heard the middle-aged man question, and said with cupped hands, "I'm going to Lu Zheng, from Tonglin County, Yizhou Prefecture."

"Yizhou?" The middle-aged man couldn't help being taken aback, "Yizhou Mansion in Lingbei Road? Are you not a Taoist from Yinan?"

"No." Lu Zheng shook his head.

"Then I think you are heading east." The middle-aged man asked again.

Lu Zheng said, "Exactly, I'm going to Huizhou to do something."

"Yizhou and Huizhou are separated by thousands of miles, and you just walked all the way?" The middle-aged man looked Lu Zheng up and down, and then he reacted, cupping his hands and said, "The old man's surname is Du, and he went up to Yu and down to Confucianism."

"Mr. Du!" Lu Zheng cupped his hands and said with a smile, "There is no rush, and I will enjoy traveling around the mountains and rivers all the way, and I will be happy and carefree."

Is this a matter of traveling in mountains and rivers?

Du Yuru's eyes flickered, knowing that the scholar in front of him might really be a stranger.

"Does the young master have a reputation?"

Lu Zheng shook his head, "No."

"Master, the food is ready, let's have dinner together." Mrs. Du came forward and said.

"Oh, good, Mr. Lu, please!"

Lu Zheng said, "Thank you, Mr. Du, then I will not be polite."

The food was very simple. Du Yuru and his party brought dried vegetables and meat. At this time, they boiled a pot of soup and served it with pancakes and steamed buns for lunch.

"Does Mr. Lu drink alcohol?" asked the leading guard holding a water bag.

"No, thank you." Lu Zheng shook his head and refused.

"I just heard Mr. Lu say that he is from Tonglin County, Yizhou?" Mrs. Du asked.

"Exactly."

Mrs. Du continued to ask, "I don't know if Mr. Lu has been to Yizhou Mansion? How are the people's customs? To tell you the truth, our trip is to settle in Yizhou Mansion."

"Are you going to Yizhou Prefecture?" Lu Zheng blinked, thinking that it's no wonder Du Yuru was surprised for a moment when he heard that he was from Yizhou Prefecture, so he said, "Very good, Yizhou is known as the most prosperous Lingbei Road, and the folk customs are simple , the market is lively, whether it is life or business, it is quite suitable."

"Is there nothing wrong with it?" Du Yuru interrupted and asked.

"I've actually only been there two or three times, so I don't know much about it." Lu Zheng could only spread his hands and said, "At least it's good to just look at the surface."

"What about ruling the county?" Du Yuru continued to ask.

"I've been to Pingtan County before. The place is relatively remote and the development is not smooth. Tonglin County is located in the middle of Yizhou and Yaozhou next door. It's quite good." Then Lu Zheng continued, "But I'm only in the county seat I don't know what life is like in the villages and towns."

Du Yuru nodded and said with a smile, "I'm sorry, thank you, young master."

Lu Zheng said, "Mr. Du is polite, I just understand the surface, the kind that everyone can see."

Mrs. Du and her daughter just laughed, thinking that Mr. Lu is sincere.

……

Lu Zheng and Du Yuru chatted casually. Mrs. Du and her daughter had a small appetite, so they ate their meals early, handed over the bowls and chopsticks to the servants, and then walked around hand in hand, and soon came to the mural on the side wall of the front hall .

　Thanks to Fellow Daoist Qi Fengyun, Fellow Daoist 08a, and Fellow Daoist whose nickname is Hanging Corpse for their rewards
　
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