Great Sui Guoshi

Bah!

The black smoke that flew into the air suddenly deflected and was nailed to the lacquered pillars of the pavilion. Yan Chixia got up from the stone bench and looked to the side, "Fellow Daoist Lu, what is the meaning of this?"

Lu Liangsheng lowered his wide sleeves, put the purple gold gourd on the table, lowered his wide sleeves and got up.

"Fellow Daoist, don't be impatient, this monster has something to do with me."

Faguang had scanned the opponent before, and finally understood why he and this fox demon had an inexplicable sense of familiarity. When he was in Heliangzhou, the demon pill that Master used belonged to this demon.

He told Yan Chixia the hidden story frankly, and the latter stretched his thick eyebrows, and sat back on the stone bench again, "If you die outside without knowing it, then that's all. Now that Fellow Daoist Lu knows about it, he will indirectly accept her feelings, which will damage the way of heaven cause and effect."

Lu Liangsheng didn't answer, but just nodded. After a while, he got up and walked outside the pavilion, and stretched out his hand to caress the top of the red fox who was lying on the ground and dared not move.

"I also owe you a life-saving grace. However, you and your sister cultivated into monsters. They are addicted to human life and have committed too many crimes. I can't just let you go like this. I will punish you to work here for a hundred years. After a hundred years, the demon nature If you change it, concentrate on cultivating the Tao, and let you go, would you accept it?"

How could the red fox demon be unwilling, her sister was sucked into the gourd, most likely her life would be in danger, if she didn't accept it, she would naturally end up like that, so she hastily kowtowed a few more times.

"Sir, you are very kind and virtuous, and this servant accepts it."

Over there, Lu Liangsheng took out a brush and drew out of thin air, and the magic light appeared, and four white ropes were circled around the red fox's limbs.

"The white rope is a shackle, you can't drop it for a day, and you can't get out of Qixia Mountain for a day. You will work here for the villagers, guide the lost travelers in the mountains, and rescue the mountain people who stumbled and encountered wild animals. This is your bad debt. .”

The surrounding environment gradually faded away, the bright moon and starry sky, the lonely cliff gazebo turned into spots of light and dissipated, and the rays of the sun came in. When Yan Chixia's eyes gathered again, she was already standing in the previous dam, surrounded by old men with grizzled hair and young men holding leaves in their mouths. , The old donkey wagging its tail are still there one by one.

It's just that of the two original fox demons, only the red one is still there, with white ropes tied to its four claws.

"Friend Lu..."

Suddenly, like a dream, Yan Chixia turned around hastily, and saw Lu Liangsheng holding the scroll, as if he had just come from outside the village, the scholar cupped his hands, and waved his robe sleeves at the fox demon in front of the old donkey's hooves.

"Go ahead."

squeak... squeak...

The red fox groaned, bowed and kowtowed a few times like in an illusion, then dragged its long fluffy tail and walked back to the entrance of the village after a few steps.

Everyone watched for a while, and Lu Liangsheng called Li Suian, who quickly vomited the blade of grass, held the green sword that his master gave him, and stood there respectfully.

"Master."

"Go and call Yu Wentuo and Qu Yuanfeng back. We are going to go on a long journey. You will go out with your teacher and experience some experience along the way."

Lu Liangsheng gave an order, and invited Yan Chixia who was beside him to walk to the small fenced courtyard in the village.

"Please!"

Over there, after listening to the master's instructions, Li Suian waited for the two of them to leave, grinning and showing his teeth, and stomped a few times excitedly on the spot. Wang Banyan, who was behind the stall, looked at the setting sun, stroked his beard and said softly: "Junior Brother Hurry up, senior brother has bad eyesight, so don't go."

Li Suian gestured to him, spread his legs, and flew out of the village. With a little footsteps, he drew a trail in the sunlight, and floated to the rocks on the broken wall of the mountain road.

"Second Senior Brother, Fourth Senior Brother, Master is out!!"

With mana shouting, it reverberated in the mountains, startled a group of birds and rushed out of the forest, hovering in the darkness in the sun.

Amidst the sound of chirping birds, fallen leaves in the forest fluttered across the shoulders of the person sitting cross-legged on the blue rock, and the moment they touched the fabric, a flame ignited, and the dead leaves quickly burned and turned into a pool of ashes. Through the forest, diffuse into the air.

Yu Wentuo opened his eyes, and there was lightning flashing in his brown and blue eyes. Hearing the shouts echoing outside, he stood up from the rock, and the circle he sat cross-legged was full of ashes after burning dead branches and fallen leaves.

"...Master, you want to take us on a long journey..."

The voice reverberated, walked through the forest, came to the edge of the cliff, looked at Lujia Village in the sun, his robes were rustling in the wind, Yu Wentuo clenched his fists tightly, after three years, he could finally go outside to have a look .

The magic power circulated, and several afterimages of his figure sprang up in the sky, and they flew high in an arc, falling towards the direction of the village.

At the same time, in another mountain full of wolves, Qu Yuanfeng, carrying firewood on his back, held a few small flags and confronted several wolves while walking. The wind flag waved, and his feet were like the wind, and he passed the wolves blocking the way in the blink of an eye. , The head wolf turned his head, his arched body bared his fangs, and he rushed forward, biting the burly woodcutter with one bite.

The ground flag in Qu Yuanfeng's hand spread out, and the bitten fangs clamped his wrist, but they couldn't even pierce the flesh, and the wolf was dragged several feet away forcefully.

"Today, I won't play with you guys. The third senior brother said that the master is leaving the customs and has to go to see him."

With a flick of his wrist, he flicked the wolf far away, turned around and took a step, and it was two or three feet away to the entrance of the village. Yu Wentuo and Li Suian were already waiting for him there, greeted each other, and rushed to Small fenced yard at home.

......

Li Jinhua came out from the backyard with a broom in the attic of the small courtyard with traces of wind and rain, and kicked the clucking old hen.

"I've raised it for so many years, the more I raise it, the less I can lay eggs. It's not as solid as the toad opposite you. At least it can help catch insects in the vegetable garden, and I will stew you tomorrow!"

Taoist Toad, who was lying on the side of the vegetable garden, looked at the cursing woman, and the corners of his mouth twitched.

"Old man, thank you for your praise..."

Under the old tree in the small courtyard, Yan Chixia was sitting at the stone table, holding tea a little awkwardly. When Lu Liangsheng came out from the house with the bookshelf, he quickly put down his teacup, stood up and cupped his hands.

"Fellow Daoist Lu, we don't want to eat anymore, let's hurry up and get on the road."

"Okay, but wait for a while."

Lu Liangsheng put the bookshelf in the yard, whistled, and the old donkey ran up to the master excitedly with the rein in his mouth, jumping and neighing, which caused Li Jinhua to slap it on the forehead with his expert hand.

"What are you jumping for? The floor tiles are just laid. If it breaks, I will beat you!"

The woman hung a bundle on the donkey's neck, glanced at the toad on the ground, and told her son beside her.

"Save some food on the way."

"Understood, mother go to work." Lu Liangsheng put the bookshelf on the back of the old donkey, picked up the master on the ground, and put it on the old donkey's head, "Go to the side of the mountain road with this fellow Taoist Yan and wait for me."

Find the joss stick, and tell the three disciples who came back to bring back Sun Yingxian, who went to practice in the mountains, waved his robe sleeves, and walked to the field outside the village in the sunshine, walking on the mossy stone brick path, rustling with fallen leaves In the voice, I went to the temple with "Red Pity God" written on it, lit the incense candles, and plugged in the incense burner.

The setting sun casts the last touch of red on the top of the mountain.

Lu Liangsheng walked into the temple and looked quietly at the altar, where the painted sculptures with long sleeves were sprinkled.

"I'm going to take a long trip to Lanruo Temple, maybe I'll be back in a few days, maybe...it won't be too long anyway, you're good at cultivation here, don't worry."

Inside the painted clay statue, there was a faint female voice.

"Lu Lang, don't worry, Hong Lian already has some supernatural powers to protect Lujia Village."

The two talked softly, and soon, the setting sun set on the top of the mountain, and the darkness pushed the edge of light to sweep over. Lu Liangsheng got up to say goodbye, walked out of the temple gate, and came to the mountain road.

The old donkey chewed the grass and sneezed. In the shaking bookshelf, Taoist Toad held a cigarette stick in his mouth and tied himself a rope skillfully. Yan Chixia sat on the roadside stone and wiped the wooden box in her arms. The three apprentices whispered excitedly among each other, and when they saw the master coming, they stood up straight.

They shouted in unison: "Master!"

"Did you call Daozhang Sun?"

"He said he'd be right there."

"Well, let's go first then."

Lu Liangsheng took the reins, and the old donkey followed behind. The rattle bell under his neck jingled in the mountain path.

Chapter 242 Anecdotes on the Way

The heat is steaming on the winding official road, the old trees next to the tea shed, the cicadas on the branches are singing long, the merchants resting, and the sweaty guys who are busy taking off the rag to wipe the sweat on their foreheads, at the end of the road, the sound of neck bells is heard Come.

The dust stirred up under the donkey's hooves, and the scholar in a green shirt and a white robe led the old donkey, chatting and laughing with the bearded man carrying a wooden box next to him, pointing to the outline of the city in front of him.

"That's Hegu County over there, did Fellow Daoist Yan go there when he came?"

"That's not true. I was only on my way on the way here. How can I be in such a mood at this moment." Yan Chixia put down the water bag and wiped the water stains on her beard. Under the scorching sun, her mouth was dry and she spoke. Also feel powerless.

Behind the two, Yu Wentuo's light blue robe was clean and tidy, and he didn't seem to care about the scorching sun above his head. A red and blue long sword with a dragon's head and a golden handle hung on his waist, and it swayed slightly as he walked. On the other hand, after Li Suian passed through Fushui County, he lost his energy when going out and was listless all the way.

Qu Yuanfeng, who followed the two, was carrying a big bag. He was tall, with two or three bags hanging on his arms, which did not affect his walking at all. The distance of more than a hundred miles was nothing to his foot strength.

As soon as they arrived at the city, Lu Liangsheng invited Yan Chixia to go in together: "There is a senior in the city who has not visited for many years. Friends Yan, why don't you go there together?"

Outside the city gate, Yan Chixia looked at the business travelers, pedestrians, and soldiers who came in and out, not wanting to trouble her, so she waved her hand and walked to the base of the wall.

"No, no, Yan is waiting outside the city. I hope Fellow Daoist Lu can hurry up. I'm afraid Zuo Zhengyang won't be able to hold on."

"Over there, don't worry."

Lu Liangsheng comforted him, turned to look at the three apprentices behind him, and gave some copper coins.

"Go in for a while for the teacher, and you go shopping for odds and ends to eat."

"Yes, Master!"

The three of them took a few copper coins, saw the figure of the old donkey led by the master gradually blurred, and walked straight into the city gate, Li Suian threw a dozen or so copper coins in his hands, squeezed again, and grabbed the palm of his hand in mid-air.

"Walk, when I came over there, I saw some good things for sale..."

As she spoke, she encouraged Yu Wentuo and Qu Yuanfeng to go to the roadside stall not far from the city. Yan Chixia pressed her knees and sat on the wooden box with a big horse and golden knife. She looked up from time to time to see the sky, and shook her head and sighed.

In the city, Lu Liangsheng led the old donkey through the bustling long street, the jingling copper bells rang outside the green brick courtyard wall, and a few dense pine branches fell on the street with mottled spots, and walked to the tall mansion gate ahead , let go of the reins, and passed through the moss-covered stone lions on both sides.

Standing at the door, he reached out and knocked on the brass button on the lacquered red door.

In the soft creaking sound, the door leaf moved a small crack, and the old concierge leaned out his eyes to look at the scholar outside the door, and felt that he looked familiar.

"Young master, are you looking for my master?"

"Under Lu Liangsheng, old man, do you still remember?"

The old man inside the door opened his mouth slightly and let out a long "oh" sound. Once reminded, he immediately remembered the scholar who almost became the son-in-law of the mansion.

He hastily opened the door and welcomed Lu Liangsheng in. The latter thanked him with his hands. He looked at the old potted trees all over the courtyard, which were as green and lush as before, and many places were still elegant.

"How is Master Zhou's health in recent years?" Lu Liangsheng asked casually as the porter descended the stone steps under the eaves.

"It's okay, it's okay, but the master has been feeling ill recently."

Lu Liangsheng was familiar with the path in the mansion, and he didn't need the concierge to lead the way. He found it all the way by himself. On the way, he also ran into maids and servants who were familiar with the mansion, and they ran away in surprise and joy.

"Hey, come and see, who has come to the mansion." "Oh, isn't this Mr. Lu?!"

"I'm afraid I can't call you son..."

"What's that called?" "I don't know, don't talk, Mr. Lu is here."

"Aren't you still called son?!"

.....

In the small voices of the maids and servants who gathered together, they looked at the elegant scholar passing by under the eaves of the corridor in the distance, asked a few words with others, turned around, and walked to the study.

Lu Liangsheng knocked on the door, and a familiar voice came from inside: "Come in."

creak.

The door was pushed open. The old man in his clothes and coughing raised his face from the desk. His beard and hair had been almost white for a few years. When he saw the figure entering the door, his cloudy eyes lit up. He put down the brush in his hand and pulled the hair on his shoulder Unlined clothes, quickly walk out of the desk.

"Why is Liangsheng here?! Sit down quickly."

The scholar and him can be regarded as a teacher-student friendship, invited the other party to sit down, took the teapot, and poured tea: "It's been a few years, I haven't seen Liang Sheng, and now I'm doing well."

"The words of greeting should be asked by the younger generation."

Lu Liangsheng took the teapot from him, filled a cup, and presented it to the old man respectfully.

Zhou Zhen tapped his fingers a few times, took the cup with a smile, and took a sip.

"Stop talking about such pedantic etiquette, sit down quickly, don't stand up and talk."

An old man and a young man sat down together. Lu Liangsheng sat opposite the old man and looked carefully. In the past few years since the death of his mentor, the old man in front of him has aged a lot, and his eyes are not as majestic as they used to be.

This time, I came here to meet him and chat about some homework. After the two talked for a while, Lu Liangsheng got up and squatted in front of Zhou Zhen, asking him to stretch out his arms and rest his fingertips on his pulse.

"Master Zhou is probably overworked these days, and his anger is on the rise. In addition, he is old and weak, and he caught the wind and cold after staying up late."

On the brown lacquered wooden chair, Zhou Zhen smiled and waved his hands: "The country is destroyed and the dynasty is destroyed. I am also worried that the new dynasty will be unkind to the people of the old dynasty, so I often write articles, calling on people who study, to run more and avenge the injustice of the people. Who would have thought that the bones of the body would not be able to withstand tossing."

Suddenly, a warm air spread from the wrist. The old man stopped talking, and looked at the scholar in front of him with wide eyes. He felt the warmth spread all over his arm, and the feeling of dizziness and dizziness subsided immediately.

"Master Zhou will take good care of his life in the future, and the people here will not make mistakes."

Lu Liangsheng withdrew his hand, put down the old man's cuffs and stood up, returned to his seat and took a sip of tea: "Unification of the world will only benefit the people, and Master Zhou is famous, so let those big families in the south of the Yangtze River be more open-minded and accept the newcomers more." towards."

"This is difficult."

Zhou Zhen shook his head, "It's hard to say that it's complicated. In addition, Emperor Chen is not dead yet, lobbying everywhere, it will inevitably make some big clans waver."

The old man's words are not unreasonable. This kind of mortal matter is sometimes more complicated and difficult than cultivating Taoism. Lu Liangsheng smiled and stopped talking with Zhou Zhen.

After sitting in the study for half an hour, he offered to leave. After all, there were still important things to do, so Lu Liangsheng didn't stay any longer. The old man sent him out of the house, returned to the study, sat quietly on the chair, and looked at the two sides of the table. A cup of green tea is wafting with residual heat, thinking of the old friend who passed away.

'Mr. Shu Hua, you have a good student. '

There are also lonely words whispered. Since the daughter re-elected her husband's family and got married, she seldom comes back. Only the old wife is left with her, and the house always feels empty.