Great Sui Guoshi

After the bookshelf was placed, Lu Liangsheng waved his hand towards the sky, then took the rein and led the old donkey to the gate of the courtyard. On the Qixia mountainside in the distance, a sword shadow flew towards him.

It was inserted straight into the bookshelf, and there was a murmur of "Ah...".

"Wait for the teacher, the soup... the soup is not finished yet!!"

In the courtyard, there was the sound of frog webs running across the ground. Taoist Toad held a small steaming pot, spread his webbed and flew out the door. The gray hen spread its wings and chased along the fence wall.

Toad held up the small pot, panting and shouting:

"Liangsheng, I haven't been on a donkey yet for my teacher!!"

Running, passing through the sun dam, and running out of the village...

Chapter 2 One Twelve One Grave, One Toad

The early autumn has passed, and the autumn atmosphere in the mountains is getting stronger. In the setting sun, patches of withered yellow are swaying in the mountains, drifting down one after another.

As if walking through a rain curtain, the old donkey flicked its bald tail and stretched out its tongue to lick the fallen dead leaves. The moment its hooves fell, it was already a few feet away. On the slightly undulating back of the donkey, Lu Liangsheng, who was sitting horizontally, was reading a book , took the fruit picked by Hong Lian, took a bite, the juice was sweet and the meat was crispy.

"Master, do you want to have a bite?"

Out of the corner of my eye, the muffled voice of a toad came from the shaking bookshelf.

"Don't eat!"

Lu Liangsheng patted the donkey's head to slow it down, closed the book casually, jumped off the donkey's back, opened the small door of the bookshelf compartment, and passed the fruit in his hand.

Inside, Daoist Toad sat on the gourd with his two short legs slumped, and a bandage twitched on his white belly, which was scalded by the small pot.

"Still angry, Master, I've said it wrong."

Lu Liangsheng squatted down and passed some fruit in: "Eat some fruit to calm down, it's sweet, and there's more water."

"Hmph!" Taoist Toad turned in one direction, "Let me give you a try?"

Glancing at the bright red fruit in the apprentice's hand, he smacked his lips and moved aside: "Put the fruit down."

Immediately, the web stretched and pulled the small compartment door shut with a 'snap'.

Lu Liangsheng withdrew his hand with a smile, got up and sat back on the donkey's back again, looked at the map, and let the old donkey continue to move forward. Since the battle of Pudu Cihang, Master has become more and more like a child, making troubles from time to time. Some little tempers.

Although the journey to Qishan Cave Mansion is far away, it can be regarded as a well-known route, and there is no delay on the way. With Lu Liangsheng's shrinking land to an inch and the speed of an old donkey, it can be reached in about one or two days and nights.

After coming out of Qixia Mountain, I passed Hegu County all the way to the north, then turned to Fulinzhou along the official road, stayed in the capital for half an hour, went to meet Min Changwen's father and daughter, gave them the invisibility talisman, and taught them how to use it.

He also told Min Yuerou that if nothing could be violated, let her take Min Changwen away forcibly. With the personality of an old man, he would probably live and die with the city, and the woman probably knew this.

Afterwards, I also inquired about Zuo Zhengyang's situation, but unfortunately, a few days ago, after healed his wound, he left without saying goodbye. Even Min Changwen didn't know where he went.

'The broken arm dealt a great blow to him, and if he survived, perhaps he might have embarked on the road of cultivation at this moment. '

To bid farewell to the father and daughter, Lu Liangsheng didn't go to Chenghuang Yu's place, but only met once and had a few conversations. He didn't have much friendship with the other party, and it was a bit abrupt to visit.

Leaving the capital, crossing the river all the way to the north, it was already a day later, picking up the foothills with fewer pedestrians, as the distance from Qishan got closer, the surrounding mountains and fields became desolate.

The forest swayed, and among the barren hills and dead trees, birds fluttered in the woods in shock, a long smoke spread, and stopped under a lone front amidst the faint sound of 'wow'.

The old donkey kicked his hooves out of breath, and the shaking bookshelf compartment, Taoist Toad pushed open the small door to look at the surrounding scenery, and yawned.

Then, he slid down the rope, stepped on the uneven ground with his flippers, and turned his head and said to the apprentice over there.

"Dongfu, you also know how to open it, so go up by yourself, I have something to do as a teacher, so you don't need to follow."

After finishing his speech, he lifted his fins and stuck them to his buttocks, shook them, and headed towards the dry forest and dwarf mountains to the west.

Hong Lian got out of the scroll, came to the side of the scholar and asked in a low voice, "Young Master, what's wrong with Master Toad? He seems to have something on his mind."

The Moon Misty Sword vibrated a few times, then withdrew a little from the sheath.

"Toad has something on his mind, he must be thinking of a goose..."

Snapped!

Lu Liangsheng patted on the scabbard, "Shut up!" Then he took the old donkey and Hong Lian up the mountain together. This time, he came here to choose a suitable practice method for the two disciples Yu Wentuo and Qu Yuanfeng.

'Master has collected so many, he should be able to pick them out. '

Entering Master's cave, the bright galaxy lit up in the sky, as if walking surrounded by stars, not far away, the magic weapons, secret codes, and elixirs that fell from another hidden space that day were still piled up there.

Uh……

Looking at a pile of magic treasures and medicine books that were taller than him, he covered his forehead, and now he found some, no wonder the master didn't come up.

Lu Liangsheng sat down in front of the 'hill', picked up a secret book of the method, and yelled at the back.

"Hong Lian, hurry up and help me, I should let Master come up first..."

The murmuring sound spread outside the cave, the light of the autumn evening fell on the hilltop in the west, the rustling... the sound of shrubs squeezing apart, the toad Taoist carrying a gourd walked halfway up the mountain along the rugged mountain.

The soft sunset is rolling in the dust, and in front of the line of sight, there are many rocks everywhere. Under the huge protruding rocks of the bare mountain wall, there is a lonely soil bag, and there is a birch tree that he planted by himself back then, and now it has the waist of a person. so stout.

Taoist Toad walked over with his flippers on his back, raised his toad's face, and stretched out his frog webs to caress it. The engraved characters were severely eroded by the wind and have long been blurred.

The webbed head re-carved the words on it along the traces carved in the past. After a while, he sat down with the gourd dish on his back and smiled at the tombstone.

Said softly.

"I am back."

Staring at the tombstone for a long time, Taoist Toad suddenly laughed out loud as he pressed his webbed knees.

"I haven't been here for a long time. The old man went outside during this time. It was a powerful situation. Several big sects united to encircle me, and some low-end people also came, haha... What kind of person is the old man, how can they let them succeed? ?

However, the old man is also very busy recently, and he even took in an apprentice, who is very smart. From the beginning, the old man didn’t think about taking him in, and it made me reveal my true colors, and almost exploded the demon core. Get over it, don't worry, you see, I'm not just sitting here and talking to you...

Last time, the old man met your father, an old bald donkey, who is nagging, and wants to be an old man, if it is not for your sake, he would not be a good fruit, hahaha—”

As the setting sun shone, a toad smiled vigorously at a small grave.

"The time is too fast... In fact, the old man knows that you may have been reincarnated. It doesn't matter. When I recover my cultivation, I must go to the city god to ask where you are. If I can't find out, the old man smashed the city god's temple, and then went to Taishan to sneak into the underworld. , find out the book of life and death!"

The babbling words went on for a while, and there was no lack of bragging. After a while, Taoist Toad patted his butt and got up from the ground.

"The old man has to go to see the apprentice, don't worry, I will come back to see you when I have time."

Only then did he leave this side, and after talking a lot, he felt quite happy, and walked briskly, occasionally jumping up and down and returning along the way he came.

Chapter 2 Thirteen A Wisp of Breeze Enters the Sui Palace, Persuading the Emperor at Night

There was only one peak in Qishan, and the setting sun shone into the entrance of the cave. The 'small mountain' was divided into two piles. Sitting in the middle, Lu Liangsheng had already piled up a few useful Buddhist scriptures and a few bottles of healing elixir.

Every spell book needs to be looked through, and only after confirming the contents are they sorted out, flipping through one by one, no matter how patient he is, he still feels very boring.

"These books should be enough!"

Lu Liangsheng stretched his waist, looked at Hong Lian who was still rummaging over there, told her not to look any further, gathered the books beside her, got up and looked outside the cave, the setting sun was shining in.

"Master has been away for so long, why hasn't he come back?"

"You won't be trampled on by wolves, tigers and leopards, right?" Hong Lian couldn't help but joked when she remembered that Shangjin was kicked out by Taoist Toad.

After Lu Liangsheng came out, when the bottles of pills he helped him put into the shelf under the bookshelf together with the books, the Moon Misty Sword screamed in its sheath.

"The old toad is back!"

On the dirt road coming up over there, a short figure with a gourd on his back appeared, staggering towards this side.

Lu Liangsheng patted the head of the sword, closed the compartment where the books were placed, sealed off the spell, looked back at the approaching master, and asked:

"Master, I've found almost everything here, should I go?"

Hearing his apprentice's voice, Taoist Toad swayed his frog webs, walked into the cave alone, and said as he walked, "Wait outside as a teacher. The seasonings brought out last time are almost used up. Take a few bottles back."

There was a sound of rummaging for a while, Taoist Ha came out holding three small porcelain bottles, and asked Lu Liangsheng to stuff them into the compartment where he lived, before he climbed up and tied the ropes.

He said lightly, "Let's go."

He knocked on the small door of the compartment with a bang, as if no one would disturb him, and the outside became quiet, making Lu Liangsheng and Hong Lian look at each other, wondering what happened to Master Toad.

"Let's go, before it's dark, go to Chang'an."

Hong Lian hummed, waved his sleeves, turned around, and went to the painting scroll. Lu Liangsheng took the reins and sat on the old donkey's back, lightly tapped his heels, and the old donkey shook its neck bell, and slowly started hoofing. When walking to the bend below, The last hoof fell, and the mud and rocks were split and splashed in an instant.

uh ang-

Excited neighing, whoosh turned into a cloud of smoke and dust rolled up the winding mountain road, and went straight down the mountain. Inside the swaying bookshelf, Taoist Toad sat there cross-legged with his webbed arms around his chest. The porcelain bottles on both sides hit his head with a bang, and his body remained motionless. , Toad's eyes narrowed into a slit, and the mountains stretching outside the compartment flashed quickly from the bottom of his eyes.

It was getting dark, and Lu Liangsheng came to the vicinity of Chang'an on his old donkey. Standing in the gazebo of the boy he met in the past, he looked into the distance like a huge city full of stars. If he wanted to see Yang Jian, it was obviously impossible to go directly to the palace, let alone The other party is already the emperor, and his identity is different from that of the prime minister back then, passing by suddenly will only make people wary.

Thinking of a way, Lu Liangsheng raised his cuff, pinched a finger, and pressed it between his eyebrows. The moment his magic power was released, the treetops stroking in the wind and the insects humming in the grass all fell silent at this moment.

Things that ordinary people can't see overflow from the scholar standing outside the gazebo, fly to the city with thousands of lights in the distance, and cross the noisy night market, like a silk thread, connecting to the imperial city.

In the new Sui Dynasty, the soldiers of the imperial city with new clothes and armor went their own way in an orderly manner. They patrolled the city walls with torches, and there were also palace guards with bows and knives between the palace roads. The palaces extending past were brightly lit at this time, waiting to be summoned The palace maids and eunuchs are quietly waiting outside the palace gate.

Inside, the emperor was reviewing the memorial and talking to several courtiers who had been recruited.

"In this Southern Expedition, I intend to wipe out the Chen Dynasty in one fell swoop, leaving no room for respite for the other party. The matter of food and fodder needs to be paid close attention to. Otherwise, the three armies will go out and the food and grass will not be moved. I will take people to sacrifice the flag."

The lights were flickering, and on the dragon case, after reviewing a memorial, Yang Jian took it in his hand and patted it lightly, then raised his face, now that he is the emperor, his body is getting stronger.

The thick beard trembled slightly, and he opened his mouth and said: "The three routes of soldiers and horses move together, it is not a child's play, and the Great Sui Dynasty is not the same as the Northern Zhou Dynasty..."

The few ministers below are all former ministers of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and they are quite capable. They were summoned in the study room late at night, which seemed to be a beating. However, when he said, "It is not compared with the Northern Zhou Dynasty in the past", the lights on the desk flickered suddenly. .

The candlelight glowed blue, and the whole hall seemed to be immersed in a deep blue.

On the opposite side, the five ministers standing there also kept their heads bowed and remained motionless at this moment. Yang Jian frowned thickly, put down the imperial brush, and got up from the dragon chair.

Lu Liangsheng, a younger brother of his clan who knew spells and had also seen Linlin Beast, had a certain understanding of Taoism and immortality. He brushed aside his dragon sleeves and strode down the imperial steps with a powerful voice.

"Where is the master, come to the Great Hall to cast spells?!"

The surroundings were quiet, and even the voices of the court ladies and eunuchs did not respond. At this moment, the closed palace door dazzled him, and a vague figure walked in, raised his wide sleeves and saluted him.

"Lu Liangsheng in Qixia Mountain, met the Emperor of the Sui Dynasty."

In front of the imperial steps, Yang Jian's thick eyebrows stretched out, seeing the vague figure gradually showing a familiar outline, dressed in a green robe, with a calm demeanor, a smile appeared on his face, he laughed loudly, and stretched his arms to meet him.

"Mr. Lu wants to see me, so why waste mana, you can let someone tell you."

"Your Majesty is not the prime minister of the past, how can Liang Sheng be rude."

Lu Liangsheng's spell is actually similar to the technique of entrusting a dream. At first glance, he thought it was as if the primordial spirit had come out of his body, and his movements and expressions were like a real person bowing his hands to the emperor.

It is necessary to be polite when meeting an old friend, not to mention that this time, there is something to be asked of others.

"Haha, what did you say sir, if it wasn't for what you said in Shili Pavilion back then, I might not have made up my mind!"

Yang Jian has a good impression of Lu Liangsheng in front of him, not only because of his status as a monk, but also because he knows etiquette and treats people gently, making people feel like a spring breeze, not the arrogant and old-fashioned ones that his clan brothers said. As a profound disciple of the sect's immortal family.

"I just don't know, what's the matter for you to cast a spell like this?"

Casting spells from such a distance consumes a lot of mana, and Lu Liangsheng didn't want to go around in circles, so the two of them saluted and talked about their intentions.

"I heard that His Majesty has just ascended to the Great Treasure, and intends to do something to unify the Kyushu. I am here for this purpose."

"Sir, do you not want a war between the north and the south?" Yang Jian was the emperor after all, his smile was restrained, and his brows were slightly frowned.

"Your Majesty has lost his mind."

The light in the hall was relatively dim, and the flame remained motionless on the wick. Lu Liangsheng walked into the range of the light, kept a smile on his face, and thought about it for a while.

Reorganize the language.

"The unification of the north and the south is actually what I would like to see. Your majesty is a man of great talent and greatness. He has the virtue of sages and enlightenment. It is also a blessing for the people to rule the world. However, all the lives in the south will be ruined. This time I came to see your majesty, just to say a word for the people of the Southern Dynasty. "

Having said that, Lu Liangsheng took half a step back, raised his sleeves, folded his hands, and bowed to Yang Jian.

"When your majesty goes south, please restrain the tigers and wolves more, and don't commit more crimes. Lu Liangsheng, the next generation of southern people, will thank you in advance."

"Why do you have to do this, sir!"

Yang Jian quickly stepped forward to hold Lu Liangsheng's hands up, and he was relieved. If he came to persuade him to stop fighting, it would be really difficult for him to talk to the other party.

It is rare that there is such a person who understands me, Emperor Nanchen... such a person is abandoned like chaff.

"What Mr. said is also what I think!"

Yang Jian pursed his lips tightly and nodded solemnly: "Afterwards, I will send an order to all the troops that during the Southern Expedition, do not disturb the people and treat the soldiers of the Chen Dynasty who surrendered kindly!"