Great Sui Guoshi

A carriage was at the intersection, and in the carriage, a gray-headed figure came down, raised his face, a pair of pale eyes were quiet in the well, and his hands were behind his back, as if his feet had eyes, uneven, and the dirt road with some stones was flat walk by.

Those with sharp eyes recognized who he was.

"Isn't this Wang Banyan?" "Yes, why are you back?"

"I must have heard that Liangsheng is back."

"That's right, Liang Sheng is his master after all, and he should come back to see him."

The acquaintances went up to greet him, and there were also women who wanted to take advantage of it. The old man asked the old man to watch his fortune and calculate his fortune. .

As if he knew where Lu Liangsheng was, he stood on the side of the road and bowed to the ridge below.

"Disciple Wang Cheng'en, pay homage to Master."

At this time, the three people here were also preparing to leave. Seeing the old man bowing, Lu Laoshi took the hoe in his son's hand, and said: "Come back for dinner earlier."

The Taoist didn't want to listen to the conversation between their master and apprentice, so he followed the future father-in-law back to the village and walked on the road outside the village. Lu Liangsheng stretched out his hand to support the old man.

"Get up."

Wang Chengen responded, lowered his hands, and followed the master half a step with his eyes open, "The stone lock that Lu Pan ordered in the city has been delivered back, and the disciple also came back to see the master."

"Be careful, although we are masters and apprentices, but after all, you are older, so you don't have to make such a fuss."

Lu Liangsheng looked back and saw that his hair was much more gray than in previous years. In terms of age, he was about the same age as his mentor. Usually, such an old man couldn't stand it.

"It's okay, it's okay, as long as you can talk to Master, being tired on the way is nothing!"

"Oh, that's up to you."

Lu Liangsheng couldn't persuade him any more, the teacher's etiquette is so important in this year, he said a few more words, and suddenly a smile appeared on the scholar's face, at the entrance of the village, Hong Lian was already waiting there.

"My lord, let's go home for dinner."

Seeing the old man following closely behind, she also smiled, she naturally recognized it.

"Cheng En is back?"

Hearing the voice, the old man quickly reached out his cuff to take out the small wooden box and held it in the palm of his hand: "Master, Cheng Entuo bought this from the best rouge shop in the city. It has a light fragrance and is not greasy. It smells really good."

"If you are interested, come home and have dinner with us."

Hong Lian looked at Lu Liangsheng, and the latter naturally had no objection. It is only natural for an apprentice to respect his teacher's wife, so he invited half-blind to go back together.

After entering the small courtyard, the old man followed the master into the room. Originally, he wanted to pay a visit to the master. As soon as he entered the room, he felt that the room seemed... as if there was an extra demonic aura.

His whole body trembled suddenly, and a female voice said in his ears: "Old Yao, who is this old man?"

goo~

Wang Banyan swallowed his saliva, turned his head to face the direction of the master, and whispered.

"Master, what should the disciple call this...?"

Xiyou sat on the head of the bed, shaking her toes under her long skirt.

"Call grandma."

"Hey, good grandma..."

Wang Banyan's smile froze, and he was a little confused when he opened his fingers, grandma?This relationship let the old man figure it out first, why does it feel a bit messy.

"Don't listen to her, nonsense."

Lu Liangsheng, who had changed his clothes at the closet, came over, patted the old man on the shoulder, and led him out to the kitchen.

"Let's go, eat first."

The round table in the kitchen was packed to the brim, serving steaming meals and dishes, it seemed even more crowded with the presence of Wang Banyan, but it was still lively.

Lu Liangsheng picked up the bowl and took a bite, subconsciously picked up the vegetables and put them in the small bowl beside the table, "Master, you eat..."

Behind the small bowl of the red rooster, there is no figure of Taoist Toad.

Immediately, he slapped his forehead, and then remembered that he forgot about Master when he left.

After the sun covered the clouds, far away in the fields outside the village, a coiled toad smacked its lips, turned over lazily, and slowly woke up with a rumbling sound from its round belly.

Sitting up slowly, he yawned.

"Liangsheng, it's time to go back to eat..."

Toad blinked twice, the fields and roads were empty, not even a single person could be seen.

What about his mother's.....people?

I looked around quickly with my head, stood up, took two frog webs, and ran towards the village without calling me to eat! ! !

Chapter 3 and Four: Finding the Truth

'Let's serve dinner before I wait, save some for me...'

In the mountain village where the smoke was rising, a few children were playing and eating in the dam with bowls in their hands. The children saw a toad figure standing up, panting, running in from the entrance of the village, and ran to the fenced courtyard.

"It seems to belong to Brother Liangsheng's house."

"Hee hee, he is still carrying a big gourd, why didn't he recite it today."

"Maybe there's something delicious in it."

"Hey, it's gone."

In the voices of several children talking, they ran along the fence wall and entered the courtyard gate, and saw Li Jinhua fetching water by the water tank, subconsciously jumped into the vegetable garden, and waited until the woman entered the kitchen with the wooden basin. There was the sound of washing dishes.

'It's over, the old man didn't catch up. '

Stretching out his head to take a look, the gray old hen walked by the donkey shed, spread her flippers and rushed to the opposite eaves. At this time, Wang Banjian's voice slowly sounded in the room.

"Hehe...the old man is very famous in Fushui County. People give him the title of 'Wang Banxian'. Many noble people in the city come to me to ask about their future, and I also let them go to the temple of the teacher to worship and offer incense."

In the room, Lu Xiaoxian was a little curious about the outside world, while the Taoist who was with him yawned. Now he understands a little bit about this kind of observation, but he is not as good as Wang Banyan. That's all.

"I want to go to the city, so I'll take the Japanese road to accompany you." The Taoist curled his lips, seeing Taoist Toad rushing into the eaves and reaching the door, he didn't care, and waved his hands generously.

"Buy whatever you want, and pay for it."

Probably in such words, the girl was coaxed to be happy, and they went out together. Over there, Lu Liangsheng, who was standing at the desk writing and drawing, looked at the portraits of Hong Lian and Qi You on the scroll, embellishing some details , After the Taoist and his sister went out, he asked about other things.

"You are in the city, well-informed, but have you heard of other things?"

He was referring to news from the north.

The old man couldn't understand what it meant, stroked his gray beard on his chin and thought for a while, then stood up with the arm of the chair.

"Disciple heard the rich people in the city talk about selling grain to the north. The court seems to be harvesting a large amount of grain. Could it be that..."

The pen tip embellished on the paper stopped, and Lu Liangsheng handed the brush to Xi You who was beside him, looked up at the old tree outside the window, and frowned slightly.

"It should be a war. At the end of last autumn, I also heard about the Turkic raids on the way back. Such a large-scale grain harvest, besides fighting, I really can't think of anything else."

Speaking of fighting, I couldn't help but think of the two apprentices far away in Chang'an. Yu Wentuo belonged to the former royal family and would not go to the front line, but the youngest apprentice, who wanted to be a general, might volunteer to volunteer.

'Forget it. '

Lu Liangsheng shook his head and put this thought aside. Since he had decided to let go that day and let the three apprentices go out on their own and walk out of the way, then they shouldn't interfere.

Qu Yuanfeng received his 'Fenglin Huoshan' formation, and he could be considered a bully if he went up, so there should be no danger.

He looked at "The Boundless Mountains and Seas" on a few books, not to mention that he had other important things to do, wars in the world are the affairs of the imperial court, as long as they don't enter the country and make the people suffer, it is rare to pay attention to it .

After chatting with the oldest apprentice in front of me for a while, he dismissed him. In his thoughts, he turned around and saw the toad sitting cross-legged on the edge of the bed with his flippers in his arms.

"Uh... When did Master come back?"

"Just remember being a teacher?" Taoist Toad hugged his fins and snorted coldly, then turned to another direction.

"I was talking to Wang Cheng'en for a while, but I forgot. I still have the master's meal."

Lu Liangsheng took the exquisite small bowl placed beside the book, and uncovered the saucer on it. It was a bit cold, and he put it in his palm to heat it with magic power. In a short while, steam rose and the fragrance came out.

After blowing on the floating hot air, the scholar sat on the edge of the bed and handed it to Taoist Ha.

"Master calm down, look, the food is here."

Toad turned his face slightly, snorted coldly and turned away, only to hear the apprentice continue talking behind him.

"The braised pork cooked by my mother, picked the best meat and put it in the master's bowl. It was fat but not greasy, and it rotted in the mouth. There was also fish. Hong Lian even picked out all the fish bones inside, and some were wrapped in spicy meat. The sauce..."

goo~

The toad swallowed a mouthful of saliva, turned its face sideways, glanced at the bowl, stretched out its frog webs and carried the small bowl to its bosom, blew on the hot air from the fat, and rolled its tongue into its mouth , The oil juice overflowed the corners of the mouth.

It was probably a gourmet entrance, so I calmed down, nodded in satisfaction, smacked my lips, and thought about it for a while.

"Your mother's craftsmanship has improved again, which is really rare."

Seeing that the master had passed his anger, Lu Liangsheng showed a slight smile, and chatted with him for a few words. Seeing his expression, Taoist Toad thought he couldn't stand the temptation of delicious food, so he snorted.

"As a teacher, this is to taste the quality of the food. After all, you also know that the old man is an expert in food."

"Yes, Master is right."

Smiling and complimenting, Lu Liangsheng focused on "The Boundless Mountains and Seas", and said: "Then, master, eat slowly." Then he returned to the desk, unfolded the long pages of the book, and on it was a picture of slightly shiny normal lines, It has been extended to the formed Sichuan and Shu paintings, but it has reached the mountains near several intertwined waters, no longer moving forward, and no signs appear.

'Um? , which is stuck? '

"What's the use of just thinking about it here, why don't you let the primordial spirit go in and have a look." Daoist Toad stood on the small bedside cabinet, rolled the rice grains over his mouth with his flippers on his back, the old god yawned and sat down.

Lu Liangsheng thought for a while, and felt that he might be able to see something when he went in and took a look. He turned his head and called the tree demon who was scribbling on a piece of paper with a brush to help protect the dharma. Immediately, he pressed his sword fingers away Between eyebrows.

"Get out of your body!"

The silhouette of the figure rushes out of the body, and the sunlight that shines through the window sills, and then enters the painting in the blink of an eye. The endless darkness recedes in the field of vision. In the light of the painting, Lu Liangsheng overlooks several big rivers below, and a stretching river. Behind the mountains, at a seemingly not far distance, the dharma light is shining like a giant dragon across the sky hanging among the clouds.

But it does not continue to walk, or falls down.

The two parties watched for a long time, and Lu Liangsheng probably guessed two possibilities, maybe there is no altar in the mountains or in the water, or the original altar may have been destroyed.

Not long after, the picture scroll came out, and the primordial spirit returned to the physical body, and told Toad what he had guessed.

The latter hiccupped, with two short bi-fins on his buttocks, walked back and forth, and nodded.

"Maybe it's what you think. This thing is connected to this piece of heaven and earth, so you must go to Sichuan and Shu to see how it is."

"I thought so too."

Cultivating Taoism and immortality, traveling far away, or fleeing to the mountains and forests is common. Lu Laoshi and Li Jinhua can be regarded as open, but it is a pity that they did not hug their grandson.

The news of Lu Liangsheng's trip was not spread in the village. Wang Banxia didn't know where to hear the news, so he waited in the courtyard early, and when he saw the scholar who came out of arranging some clothes, he hesitated for a while. The old donkey came out, put the bookshelf in place, and hurried forward.

"Master..."

"what's up?"

Lu Liang fixed the rein, hung the donkey's head off, stroked the mane on the back of the old donkey's neck, looked sideways at him, the latter suddenly reached out and took the rein hanging under the donkey's mouth into his hand.

"Cheng En wants to go out with Master and go for a walk..."

Afraid of being rejected, he hastily added: "Although Cheng'en can't see it, the technique of observing Qi can enter the hall and enter the room, and it will never slow down Master's progress."

"I thought what was the matter. You have indeed stayed in Fushui County for many years. Since you want to go out with me, then go. It just so happens that some people don't come with you."

Lu Liangsheng still held the rein with Wang Banxia, ​​and he glanced at the Taoist under the eaves. Over there, Lu Xiaoxian raised his foot and kicked it, and turned his head to look at the old tree's Sun Yingxian.

"Hiss~~This is the back of the town, you don't understand."

The Taoist jumped on the spot with his ankles in his arms, tears of pain overflowed his eyes, he jumped to sit on a stool, and waved his hands shamelessly.

"Go back early."

Lu Xiaoxian was so angry that she grabbed the broom next to the wall and chased him to beat him, causing the yard to jump around.

In the courtyard, Lu Liangsheng asked half-blind to lead the old donkey to wait outside first, said some words to his parents, and after saying goodbye, he went to the village to say goodbye to Lu Pan, the eight big men who came to see him off.

"I'm going to go to Shu, and Lao Sun is a clueless person. All the folks in the village still rely on your uncles."

"Liangsheng, don't worry, just go."

"That's right, there are eight of us waiting, all the little monsters have been dismissed by you, no matter how bad it is, there is still the Taoist leader."

"Oh, when, we can also go outside with you to see the world and shake our prestige. I heard that Chang'an is very big."

"Yes, maybe in the future, Liang Sheng will have to rely on eight uncles to support the situation."