Great Sui Guoshi

Lu Liangsheng looked at the old man's haunting and ominous face, just smiled and turned around, "Mr. Yue was joking, but now is not the time to reminisce about the old days."

The general meaning of the words, how can the old man not understand, nodded and took the dharma sword back to the side again, Yang Guang saw it in his eyes, and the corner of his mouth curled up. Sure enough, as soon as the national teacher came back, there was a check and balance, and the Duke of Yue restrained himself a little .

Seeing the emperor's expression, Lu Liangsheng opened his mouth to pull his thoughts back, and said softly: "Your Majesty, the envoys of the four countries are still waiting. The matter here is over for the time being, and I will go back to the Longevity Temple first."

"Okay, the national teacher will return to Guanli to settle down first, and I will deal with government affairs, and then invite the national teacher to a banquet."

The battle of tactics was settled, so Yang Guang brought Wenwu back to the Daxing Hall, summoned the envoys of the four countries to say some words of encouragement, and discussed some people's livelihood and trade among the four countries. them.

.......

"Rouge gouache... a favorite of orchids in the Western Regions, secret made by the Wang family!"

"...Dyeing cloth, the best colored silk, you can touch it even if you don't buy it."

Lu Liangsheng led the old donkey out of the south gate of the imperial city. The East Market was bustling with people coming and going. The small door of the bookshelf was slightly opened, revealing half of Toad's face. He sucked his nostrils and let out a comfortable breath while leaning on the purple gold gourd. .

"...The world is still prosperous and comfortable, little ghost girl, it's not that this old man is talking big, just by smelling it, this old man will know which dishes are delicious and which ones use less seasoning."

On the other side of the bookshelf, Hong Lian's voice sounded from several scrolls.

"Master Toad, you have been in Chang'an for so long, is this the only thing you know?"

"You...you little ghost girl, can you talk?" Daoist Toad, with a bright white belly, was reclining on the small bed, looking at the street scene passing through the crack of the door, and hummed: "Don't tell me you met the old man. You've never heard of it. It's just that you like it the most. If you don't believe the old man, you can ask Liang Sheng."

Hong Lian also hummed in the words, but didn't ask any questions. After waiting for a long time, the toad knocked on the wall with its webs.

"Are you asking?!"

"Don't ask, I won't make things difficult for the young master."

Lu Liangsheng smiled and listened to what Master and Hong Lian said to you and me in the bookshelf, he reached out his hand and patted his back, and was about to raise his head and stick out his tongue to lick the candied haws next to him. Many, followed the owner through the long street all the way to Quchifang.

The more than a hundred soldiers guarding here immediately stood upright and said in unison: "Greetings to the national teacher!"

There were also waves on the lake in the distance, as if saying hello to a scholar whom he had not seen for two years. Lu Liangsheng clapped his hands together with a smile, walked to the mountain gate, and walked back to the Longevity Temple along the straight stone steps.

Pushing open the door, putting the bookshelf away, brushing away the sleeves of the robe, the dust particles accumulated on the furniture, porcelain vases, and screens were swept up in the air by the breeze and flew outside.

"Young master, I'll help you!"

Hong Lian floated out of the painting, and blew a breath towards the window lattice, the four windows opened one by one, and when she went to fold the bedding, Qi You also floated out of the bookshelf and turned into a human form, looking at Hong Lian holding up the book, she stared He closed his eyes, took the inkstone and went to the desk.

"I want to help too, you make way!"

Taoist Toad, who walked out of the small door of the bookshelf, saw the two girls huddled together, staring at each other, pursed his lips, and looked back at the gourd and the wardrobe.

"There's no arguing about setting up a few books, let alone helping the old man."

"Master, let me do it."

Lu Liangsheng smiled and squatted down, took the small wardrobe and the purple gold gourd from the master, put them on the edge of the bed, then went between the two women, snatched the books, and stacked them neatly on the desk, only to see that the two were still standing there Staring at each other, they seemed to see bluish-white arcs flashing out in the air that separated them.

Just got back right?

At Qixia Mountain, it was fine...Lu Liangsheng saw the two of them fighting, and his scalp was a little numb. It's better not to mix it up. He went around, took the copper basin, unscrewed the water bag, and poured only a little water. Clear water, after a while, the water level rose to about half a basin.

When the two girls over there snorted to each other, each folded their arms and turned to the same direction. At this time, Lu Liangsheng had finished washing and walked behind the screen. While changing the unicorn cloak on his body, he said through the screen:

"Master, you may have to enter the palace later, are you going?"

Taoist Toad sorted out the new clothes he brought out from Lu's Village, compared them on his body, threw them aside, and picked up another one.

"I won't go as a teacher, you just bring some back. The food in the palace, as a teacher, don't pick."

"Well."

Lu Liangsheng changed into his usual clothes, turned around and walked out of the screen with a Lun scarf on, and saw two heads overlapping up and down, looking in. When he saw the scholar approaching, Hong Lian and Qi You quickly dispersed, one with a long sleeve It floated to the corner and babbled and sang a little song, without even looking at this side, another twig that appeared out of nowhere poked at the short figure lying on the small closet with its buttocks up.

Taoist Toad swung his webbed to open the twigs, his veins swelled with anger, and his eyes glowed red.

Lu Liangsheng looked at them, and didn't know what to say. It was still early, so he casually picked up a book on the table, took advantage of the sunlight shining through the window, lay down on the bed and read it, and calmed down his mind.

Hours passed by, the sun outside the window gradually slanted, and moved to the other side of the building. Outside the mountain gate, several palace guards rode over to Furong Pond on horseback guarding a carriage, and arched their hands at the soldiers on duty at the mountain gate.

"Please inform the national teacher, Your Majesty is hosting a banquet in the palace, let me wait to greet you."

At this time, Lu Liangsheng, who was flipping through the books in the attic, turned his face sideways, looked in the direction of the mountain gate outside the window, closed the books, and put them on the table.

"Hong Lian, Qi You, I'll go to the palace, you..."

Hong Lian, who was dancing with long sleeves over there, quickly stopped her dancing posture, floated in front of the scholar, and gave a blessing.

"Young master, just go, come back earlier..."

"Old demon, I'm going!"

Xiyou lost the twig, jumped over, raised her hand and shouted excitedly, Hong Lian, who was about to finish the word "... come back" next to her, changed the topic.

"Young master, I want to go too!"

Uh......

Lu Liangsheng stretched out his hand to press down on Xiyou's hand, and picked up what he hadn't finished saying: "You guys, wait in the room for me to come back!"

Only then did he open the door and go out. The old donkey came up to him, but he pushed them back with one hand. He met the soldiers who came to summon him, and went straight down the mountain gate, and walked into the parked carriage.

"drive!"

The guard driving the car cracked his whip, drove the three big horses in front who were staring at the lake uneasy, and slowly drove away from this side.

In the Longevity Temple, which gradually faded away from the view, on the attic, Hong Lian and Qi You stared at each other and ran outside. In the empty room, Taoist Toad opened his clothes, stood on the window sill, and looked at the scenery outside with his flippers on his back. And the distant city wall bathed in dusk.

Behind the bookshelf, a wisp of green smoke floated to the ground, and Gongsun Liaolong walked over, reaching out to wipe away the flowery clothes spread out on the edge of the bed.

"Don't touch it!" Taoist Toad turned toad's face sideways, his voice majestic.

Gongsun Liao resentfully withdrew his hand, simply sat down on a nearby round stool, pressed his hands on his knees, and looked at the short figure standing on the window lattice.

"This king finally understands why you don't want to leave. If it were me, I wouldn't want to leave either."

"Didn't the old man say it before?"

The evening wind carried the sound from the window lattice, floating in the residual red of the setting sun.

Chapter 568 The Banquet

Taoist Toad stood by the open window, watching the dusk over the woods, the birds chirping on the branches, and occasionally the old donkey humming leisurely in the woods.

With a short body and frog webs on his back, he turned around slowly with his clothes open, jumped to the desk below, sat down on Moyan and looked at the wolf demon opposite.

"The old man can leave whenever he wants, but the outside is too boring. The old man has seen everything he should see and experienced everything he needs to experience. It's better to stay here comfortably and be a good master."

"Have you repaired your demon core?"

Over there, Gongsun Liao put down the tea set he was playing with, looked at the toad sitting on the table with the inkstone, slightly frowned his thick eyebrows, stretched out a finger, and extended a ray of demonic power into the toad's body.

The slightly frowned eyebrows suddenly spread out, and the pupils shrank a little: "Old Toad, how did you repair the demon core?" The words stopped suddenly, and he lowered his voice when he thought of something.

"Demon star?"

Taoist Toad nodded, got up and walked slowly with his flippers on the table.

"The old man sucked the demon star and helped me repair the demon core."

Flippers took a few steps and stopped, his bean-sized toad eyes looked out the window at the birds that occasionally passed by at dusk, the open clothes were stroked by the wind on both sides of his belly, he hummed twice.

"...It has already returned to the peak of the year, and even faintly felt that it touched the realm of the demon king, so you should go back to the northwest, there is no need to help here, and there is no need to think about letting the old man go back."

For the old toad's answer, Gongsun Liao probably expected it. He was silent for a moment, stood up with his knees pressed down, took two steps, and turned his face slightly.

"Old toad, beware of the evil star's erosion. Your apprentice has a righteous heart, is unbiased, and possesses a mighty aura that can be suppressed. You don't have it. It's best to get rid of it as soon as possible."

"I know, I know."

Hearing Toad's indifferent tone, Gongsun Liao pursed his lips, cupped his hands towards him, opened the door, turned into green smoke and flew out of the building along the corridor, and disappeared in the northwest of Chang'an in the blink of an eye.

As the night gradually darkened, Taoist Toad stretched his head to look out the window, feeling the old demon's aura going away, half-closed his majestic toad eyes, and suddenly stared round.

'It can be regarded as gone. '

With a mutter, she let go of her flippers and quickly climbed down from the desk, ran to the bookshelf, took out a small pot, and set up a candle.

"Phew... Finally, there is no one else, and the old man just wanted to make some soup, so he was sneaking around."

Cut the seasoning brought from Qixia Mountain into slices and throw it into the pot. When the heat rose, Taoist Toad hummed a little song, stood on tiptoe and sniffed it in, found a soup spoon, took a spoonful and drank it into his mouth, feeling the taste , smacking the toad's mouth: "The soup tastes good... I just don't know how the food Liangsheng brought back from the palace is."

The sky outside the window was completely dark, and the houses and buildings spread out row after row were lit up with dense lights. In the majestic imperial city, the lights were brilliant.

The night wind ran across the eaves of the palace, and the red lanterns swayed. Within the range of light, a slim court lady dragged a long skirt and came from the end of the eaves with a wooden tray. The eunuch waiting outside hurriedly opened the door a little, Xinhuang The torches shone from inside, and the emperor's voice laughed loudly.

"The national teacher returned to the court, and I was very happy in my heart, haha... The national teacher did not see the faces of those court envoys today. After the fight, they became more humble than each other. It is thanks to the national teacher that he came back in time."

"Your Majesty's reputation is too high. Even if I don't arrive in time, the Duke of Yue is still there. When I come back to Chang'an, I saw many cultivators wandering around the city. I think they must be there waiting to make a move."

The court lady who was holding the wooden tray gently put the dishes on the table, her lowered eyes peeked at the scholar who was talking over there, her cheeks blushed, and the eunuch outside the door urged her to leave the side hall with the other sisters.

The door was gently closed, Lu Liangsheng put down the wine glass, took the jug and filled it, responding to the emperor's words, and also filled the wine for Yang Su, Duke of Yue who was beside him.

"Duke Yue, you and I have a drink."

"Haha, how can the old man not drink the national teacher's wine!" The old man also changed into his regular clothes, his gray hair was combed neatly, he picked up the wine glass and lightly touched the wine handed by the scholar, raised his head and drank it, wiping his beard The hanging wine stains yelled comfortably: "Happy!"

"Duke Yue, don't obey the old man."

In the first place, Yang Guang's face was flushed. I don't know if it was because of today's fight that made him excited, or because the Duke of Yue was by his side. When the banquet started, he pulled Lu Liangsheng to drink several cups one after another.

"In the future... I will still rely a lot on the Duke of Yue, yes, and the National Teacher... In the coming year, I will take the Silk Road back into my hands... I want to The imperial conquest... I want to learn from the late emperor..."

He was in a hurry to drink several cups in succession, Yang Guang was a little drunk, holding the cup, a little bit of wine spilled out, Lu Liangsheng reached out to take the cup for him and put it on the table, the emperor waved his hand, and took the scholar's arm along the way.

"National Teacher... You have been away from the court for two years, so leisurely, I am very distressed..."

After a pause in the intermittent drinking conversation, Yang Guang raised his face, and looked at the old man opposite him with drunken eyes: "Mr. Yue, I will personally conquer in the next year...don't stop me from learning from the late emperor. …”

"Your Majesty, you are a little drunk."

Yang Su put down his chopsticks, glanced at Lu Liangsheng over there, raised his hand to pat twice, and called the guards and eunuchs waiting outside to come in.

"Your Majesty is drunk, please help your Majesty go back to rest."

"Yes."

The leading eunuch responded in a low voice, and led the guards to help Yang Guang back to the back hall. As soon as he walked out of the hall, the cool night breeze spread on his flushed face. Yang Guang opened his eyes and pushed the two guards who were supporting him away. , waved for them to go down, but the eunuch who accompanied them still stepped forward to support them, piled up flattering smiles, and the powder smeared was falling down.

"Your Majesty...you are not drunk, you scared the slaves to death."

"How can I get drunk so easily? It's just that the Duke of Yue is here, so I don't like it."

Yang Guang let out a breath, and was supported by the eunuch to walk from the corridor to the garden path, and reached out to pluck a few flower buds, "By the way, I would like to hint to the national teacher that Duke Yue has been arrogant for the past two years, but I don't know if the national teacher can tell. "

It seemed to be whispering to the eunuch beside him, and it seemed to be talking to himself.

"... You should be able to hear it."

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In the side hall of the Daxing Palace, Lu Liangsheng had no interest in continuing the banquet at this time. The emperor left, and it was inconvenient for him to stay in the palace for a long time as a courtier. The bronze lamp post flickered, and the old man at the round table ate the last bite of food with a smile .

"Unexpectedly, Your Majesty's drinking capacity is so light, and the old man is not yet fully entertained. Fellow Daoist Lu, why don't you follow me to the mansion to drink again? It is also the old man who is going back to Chang'an for fellow Taoist to meet the wind."

Lu Liangsheng followed the old man out of the side hall, and nodded with a smile, "It just so happens that I have something to talk to the Duke of Yue, so I will talk about it while drinking."

"Oh?"

The old man walking in front was stunned, looked at the scholar in front of him for a while, then stroked his beard and laughed out loud, stretching out his hand: "Master, please!"

Lu Liangsheng stretched out his hand.

"Please, Duke Yue."

Chapter 569 I'm Not Here

bang bang~~~

The night cloud reveals a half-round cold moon, and the sound of ethereal clappers comes from the distant streets. Lu Liangsheng and Yang Su did not take the carriage. They left the imperial city and walked side by side through the long street. It was already late at night and there were few pedestrians. , The vendors who had been busy for a day packed up the tables and chairs, pushed up the carts and prepared to leave.

In the bustling night of Chang'an, there are still warm yellow lights cast on the long street, the brothels with red lanterns hanging high, and there are kooks plucking strings and singing. From time to time, there are benefactors coming out of the door in twos and threes, waving hands with the women who are sending them off. say goodbye.

"You two guests outside, come in and sit down, drink some wine, listen to some soothing songs, and pass the long night..."