Great Sui Guoshi

As he spoke, he grabbed the saber at the corner of the table, turned around and yelled at the dozen or so subordinates brought outside the courtyard: "You stay here to protect Lord Shangshu, I will go back to the capital to find out the truth myself!"

"Zuo Qianwei can't do it!"

The old man stopped him, and the latter grabbed his saber and strode out. While stroking the cloak, the voice came from the gate of the courtyard.

"If it is as Lord Shangshu said, Zuo should relieve His Majesty's worries and kill evildoers, but it is not what His Excellency said, Zuo will come back to arrest you and bring you to His Majesty to deal with!"

The moment Zuo Zhengyang walked down the stone steps and stepped onto the horse led by others, Zuo Zhengyang's words suddenly stopped, he raised his hand to tell his deputy not to speak, his ears trembled slightly.

What I heard was a slight rustling sound.

He suddenly looked at one side of the courtyard wall and shouted: "Who is it?!"

The long knife at the waist was unsheathed with a clang, and the servants of the imperial city's arrest department pulled out their weapons. Qianwei on the horseback stepped on the saddle, and the whole person jumped up like a big bird.

At this time, Min Changwen in the courtyard was standing close to the courtyard gate, and heard Zuo Qianwei shouting outside, and the mossy old trees not far away were shaking their branches and leaves.

The old man looked up, and the sunlight above twisted through the air, as if something was falling from the top of his head.

"Min Shangshu be careful—"

There was a loud sound through the air, and a thin knife was thrown, almost touching the old man's forehead, and collided with something a few inches away in front, sparks jumped in the air.

Zuo Zhengyang snatched the old man, lifted the hem of his robe, kicked the air in front of him with a bang, but the kick missed, turned around and pushed Min Changwen to the side of the eight guards not far away with his palm.

"Protect your lord!"

Pulling out a broken knife behind his backhand, two circles of knife shadows were drawn in an instant, compressing the space of the courtyard to a very small area. In the eyes of everyone inside and outside, it was full of sunlight reflecting the cold metal glow from the knife surface .

bang——

The rotating blade slashed on the mossy old tree, and half of it was embedded forcibly, the debris exploded and splashed, and with the crackling sound, it dragged the dense branches and leaves and smashed to the courtyard wall.

boom.

The decayed mud brick wall was pressed down for a while, and the leaves were scattered one after another. In the interlacing, a few leaves streaked across the air. The original trajectory seemed to touch something, and almost quietly deflected and fell to one side at the same time.

'Got you. '

Zuo Zhengyang narrowed his eyes, and swiped a long knife up into the sky with his backhand. In the bright sunlight, the broken knife in his other hand slashed angrily.

Ding--

The ripples of metal and iron swayed in the surrounding air suddenly, and Zuo Zhengyang, who swooped over, pressed the handle of the knife and pulled out a semicircle. In the originally empty air, something twisted in the light, as if flying upside down , crashed into the low wall of the courtyard gate, stirring up countless dust.

hum....

In the sky, a long knife fell back, and Zuo Zhengyang, who slashed out from below, kicked out with his back swing while closing the knife.

Point the toes on the back of the knife.

The weapon that fell vertically turned sideways abruptly, deflected its direction, and drew a black shadow in the sunlight, nailed to the earth wall with a bang, and the blade protruded from the other side of the courtyard wall.

Tap.....Tap.....Tap...

A bright red color appeared in the smoke and dust, and formed blood droplets along the blade, falling continuously.

The dilapidated small courtyard fell silent, and Min Changwen was guarded by the guards in the middle of the lingering fear. When the dust fell, he saw a woman in a purple black cassock nailed to the wall with a knife.

"How could it be a woman?"

However, the next moment, Zuo Zhengyang pulled out the long knife, and the corpse fell to the ground. The clothes on his body were loose and skewed, and the corpse inside was like a paper man, revealing a gap in the back of the neck. There were no internal organs, muscles and bones.

"It really is a monster."

Zuo Zhengyang stared at the corpse and squeezed out a low voice, took the weapon handed back by his subordinates, inserted it back, turned around and walked out, waving his hands: "You must not take your eyes off Lord Shangshu, when I go back, I will report this matter to His Majesty and the Fa Husband!"

"The protector of the country is an evildoer!" Min Changwen said standing in the courtyard.

The figure who got on the horse was stunned for a moment, turned back and looked at the old man with wide eyes, unable to say a word for a while, if the mana protector of the country with powerful magic power is a monster, then His Majesty...

Thinking of the end, Zuo Zhengyang reined in the reins, turned the horse's head around and was about to leave, Min Changwen chased him out from the courtyard: "Zuo Qianwei, don't be reckless, all the civil and military officials in the capital are probably like this skin bag, don't go back and throw it away Life, I have sent my daughter to Qixia Mountain to look for Lu Liangsheng, maybe he has a solution."

"Zuo can't wait."

Zuo Zhengyang cupped his hands on the horse, "No matter what Lu Liangsheng can do or not, I will protect His Majesty, this is my duty, Lord Shangshu, farewell!"

Cracking the whip, and yelling "Drive!", he rushed away along the way he came.

Chapter 185 The Complicated Taoist Toad

Da da da......

The sound of horseshoes was getting farther and farther away. Inside and outside this dilapidated small courtyard, everyone looked at me and I looked at you, and finally looked at the old man.

"Shang Shu, what happened just now is so offending, what should I do now?"

"That's right, if the protector of the country is a monster, then isn't His Majesty in danger?!" "Shall we go back too?"

"Wouldn't it be the death of my family's Shangshu if we go back?"

While the guards were talking to the officers and soldiers of the Imperial City Police Department, the old man sat on the stone bench in silence for a long time, raised his white head, looked at the white clouds, and occasionally a bird or two flew past his sight.

It would be unwise to follow Zuo Zhengyang back to the capital in a hurry, the old man is not demented to that extent.

"Let's go, to Qixia Mountain!"

Soon, a group of people hurriedly packed up, got on their horses and returned to the east, recalling the road in memory, and headed towards Hegu County.

"Go!"

"Drive!" "Quick, keep up!"

In the sound of galloping forward, the horseshoes churned and rolled up long smoke between the roads. The road under their feet stretched to the east, and the same team was going around River Valley County.

On the way, they met a funeral procession, and they were returning to the city after the burial. Sun Yingxian and Min Yuerou had to retreat to the side, waiting for them to pass, and stopped by the roadside to rest.

"Daozhang Sun, how high is Mr. Lu's Taoism cultivation? Can he defeat the protector of the country in the capital?"

Along the way, Min Yuerou was probably familiar with this Taoist, and she spoke relatively casually.

Beside him, watching white flags fluttering and paper money flying all over the sky, Sun Yingxian raised his hand and brushed away a flying yellow paper, then grabbed it back and stuffed it into his waist pocket.

"Can't beat...shouldn't beat..."

Immediately, a smile appeared on the face of the sharp-mouthed monkey, wiped his mustache with his fingertips, and turned his head to look at the woman: "But this way is different. This way is dedicated to subduing demons and exorcising demons, just like ordinary mountain spirits and wild monsters. As easy as drinking water."

"Naaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa no... Just like now, if this Dao didn't take care of you, I would have gone to the ends of the world with a evasion technique, how could I walk with you slowly like now."

Halfway through the funeral procession on the road, amidst the fluttering white flags, the Taoist faintly saw a familiar woman, wearing sackcloth and filial piety, walking in the middle with a child in her arms, sobbing softly.

The bragging words stopped, he frowned, and then looked at the profile of the woman who was about to pass, and he understood.

'Isn't this the fox demon Rouge... It seems that Zhang Liancheng is still dead. '

"Daoist?"

At this time, Min Yuerou's voice sounded from one side, "It's almost time to rest, should we go?"

The Taoist came back and nodded quickly. Whether Zhang Liancheng died or not, it has nothing to do with him. There are still important things to do right now. When everyone is ready and looks back, the funeral procession has already left.

A group of people started on the road again, heading towards Fulinzhou, non-stop all the way, because some Taoists stamped their horses with magic amulets from time to time, they went much faster than when they came here before.

While galloping fast, Min Yuerou saw a familiar place, pointed to the front and shouted to the Taoist:

"Ahead is the intersection where my father and I parted!"

Along the front of this road, the mountains meander. On one side of the forest, a horse team is resting there. The nine people who came from this side suddenly slowed down and approached vigilantly. A smile suddenly melted on Min Yuerou's face, and she hurried over.

"father!"

Over there, the old man naturally also saw the woman galloping on horseback, pushed aside the people in front and went up to him: "Yuerou, did you feel wronged on the way?"

"No."

Min Yuerou wiped the corners of her eyes, seeing that her father was fine, she was naturally happy in her heart, "Why is Dad here, and why are there so many people?"

She looked behind the old man, and saw more than ten people, all in official uniforms.

"Father has just arrived here not long ago, and they are from Zuo Zhengyang."

Zuo Zhengyang?

On the ground, the soil broke open suddenly, and a head popped out, startling the surrounding guards and people from the Imperial City Police Department. Seeing that it was Sun Yingxian, the old man quickly waved his hands to tell them not to panic.

"Where is Zuo Zhengyang?" The Taoist wiped off the dirt on his face, and glanced at the crowd in front of him, "Why isn't he there?"

The old man took out a silk handkerchief and handed it over: "He's back to the capital first, long time no see on the trail, right, what about Liangsheng?"

"In the future, his pace is slow, but it is estimated that he will go directly to the capital."

Hearing what the Taoist said, Min Changwen nodded: "People who practice Taoism really do things like this."

On the side, Min Yuerou told the whole story, combined with the matter of the old man, it made the three of them a little troublesome. Originally, Sun Yingxian came to save Min Changwen, but now that he is here, his work is done. Going back, Lu Liangsheng might already be on his way to the capital at this time.

.....Then should I go or not?

Will the father and daughter go again?

"I am the Minister of the Ministry of Officials... If you don't go, you will be ashamed of this official robe."

The sun poured down and fell on the old man. He got on the horse, turned around, and faced north. His long white beard was caressing in the wind. Then, he looked at the Taoist and his daughter with a smile on his face.

"Mr. Shuhua is not afraid of death, and neither is this old man. Let's go!"

Clamping the horse's belly, the horse started to run, and the people behind also got on the horse and raised their whips one by one, and followed behind with Min Yuerou.

"Hey, I really don't know how to live or die!"

The Taoist stomped his feet, gritted his teeth and sacrificed his escapism, and burrowed into the ground, pushing up a small ball of soil and spreading rapidly.

……

Fulin Prefecture is much more prosperous than Hegu County. Business travelers can be seen coming and going on the official roads, and there are also small groups of nearby farmers who are slack in the countryside coming to the city to find some manual labor to earn some money for expenses in the second half of the year.

On the road leading to Tianzhi in the north in the distance, when a group of fast horses galloped, Lu Liangsheng chose the mountain with relatively few people because the speed of the old donkey was too frightening.

The mountain road was rugged, but fortunately, the speed did not decrease much.

"Woo..."

After passing Fulinzhou, the sky slanted down. Lu Liangsheng looked at the sun slanting to the west, stopped the old donkey, and let it wander nearby to eat some tender grass. The scholar walked under a tree and brushed his hand on the ground , attracting a gust of wind to blow away the leaves and dust.

Only then did he sit down, took out dry food from his sleeve pocket, broke it open, and looked at the bookshelf on the ground.

"Master, it's time to eat."

The small door of the compartment opened with a creak, Taoist Toad came out, stretched, smacked his lips and dragged a small pipe to sit next to the apprentice, took the dry food and hugged it in his arms, and yawned.

Looking at the scholar's handsome side face, chewing dry food while flipping through the book, Toad blinked, recalled some things in the past, threw the Moon Misty Sword hanging on the bookshelf, fell silent for a moment, and let out a heavy sigh.

"Master, what's the matter, this dry food is not to your taste, then I will set up a small pot to cook for you."

Seeing Lu Liangsheng get up, Taoist Toad suddenly stretched out his web and put it on his apprentice's knee.

"Liangsheng... I think it's better for you not to go to the capital."

Chapter 186 The Old Monk Township

"Not going to the capital?"

The evening wind rustled, the sound of leaves swaying, the picture scroll on the bookshelf, Hong Lian poked out half of her face to look at the master and apprentice over there, and quickly retracted.

The old donkey flicked its tail and chewed the grass not far away, looking back. The scholar who was standing with a biscuit in his hand suddenly smiled and sat down casually beside him.

"Master, why did you suddenly mention this?"

After passing Fulin Prefecture, and going a hundred miles further, the capital is not far away. At this time, when Taoist Ha said this, he hesitated for many days.

He braced his knees and slowly got up from the ground.

"I want to tell you, Master Protector, even if you have the magic weapon to restrain his life-threatening Sanskrit, the chances of winning are too small. The path of cultivation he took is not comparable to ordinary monsters. With your current cultivation, if you want to force him to It is almost impossible for him to show his original shape and disturb the City God and other monks!"

On the side, Lu Liangsheng was stunned, pursed his lips, and nodded his head: "Indeed, but Master, Chen Chao and I have ended our fate, but thousands of people in the city are still there. If he ignores it, even if he transforms into a dragon and ascends to heaven, he will be a villain." Dragon, another big monster in the world...if we don't get rid of it today, it will be even harder in the future."

The scholar broke the biscuit in half and took a bite.

"I also know that this matter is too difficult, so I just try my best. If you only do it for your relatives and friends, you can't count it as cultivating Dao, and if you only do it for the people of the world, you can't count it as cultivating Dao. What the generation should do, not to mention how the protector of the country is, and you can only know if you can deal with it if you try it in the past."

Taoist Ha shook his head: "You can't deal with it, I don't want you to die in vain, Master."