Great Sui Guoshi

"Bookworm, pull it out if you tell me!"

Lu Liangsheng saw that his chin was raised, so he had to stretch out his hand from among the messy hair, followed the sign of the monkey head to find the position, pulled hard, and heard a "hiss" gasp, and then he burst open the mouth scold.

"You nerd, I told you to pull it out, but I didn't tell you to pull it out. It hurts me to death, so hurry up! Seeing you, my grandson will get angry."

Over there, Lu Liangsheng looked at the tuft of golden and soft monkey hair in his hand, dumbfounded. The tufts of hair were all stuck together, and he couldn't help it if he pulled it out.

"Then... I will take my leave."

Seeing that the monkey head was chasing people away, and it was getting dark, and he had to go to a nearby town to settle down, Lu Liangsheng cupped his hands towards the monkey head, lightly lifted his robe and swung it back to the mountain road when he came back. At this time, Monkey King's voice sounded far behind him. .

"We've known each other for so long, my old grandson still doesn't know your name!!"

The setting sun was red, like a rosy robe draped over a distant figure. In the rosy light, Lu Liangsheng stopped and looked back at the lonely monkey head on the cliff in the distance. He arched his hands and bowed down.

"Qixia Mountain, Lu Liangsheng!"

The scholar cleared his mind and straightened up, walked down the mountain, met the eight people surrounded by Lu Pan, and Hong Lian, who floated out of the scroll, and turned to the nearest town.

Ha ha ha ha--

At the foot of the mountain behind, there was a desolate laugh, Lu Liangsheng led the old donkey, turned his head sideways, and the birds flew around in the surrounding forest, Hong Lian stood aside, blinking his eyes curiously.

"Young master, who is that?"

"A monkey crushed under a mountain."

Lu Liangsheng said softly, far away, among the mountains stretching across the five peaks in that direction, laughter suddenly turned into words resounding.

"I am Huaguo Mountain, Monkey King."

The voice came from afar, as if reacquainting with the scholar.

Chapter 579 The Strange Story of Jishi Town

"What's so good about that monkey, why don't you care about what to eat tonight!"

"...I remember the last time I came to Jishi Town, your fellow villager's house held a banquet, and there were big pieces of mutton. Now that I think about it, I want to eat it."

"By the way, you eight juniors may not know that the roasted meat is charred on the outside and tender on the inside, the oil is very fragrant, and the mutton is just right."

Inside the open bookshelf, Taoist Toad drooped his legs and gesticulated with his frog webs, telling Lu Pan and eight people outside about Northwest cuisine, and he babbled non-stop on the way from downhill to Jishi Town.

Made Qingfeng cover his ears, and muttered in his small mouth: "If you don't listen, don't listen, toad recites the scriptures."

The copper bell in front jingled.

The orange-red glow spread into the distance, and the outline of a small town could be vaguely seen. Lu Liangsheng looked at the map engraved paper in his hand. It should be Jishi Town in front of him. He came here once two years ago. As he approached the town, there were more and more pedestrians. The voice turns back.

"Master, don't talk for now, so as not to scare others, we are going to town soon, stay at the inn later, let's have dinner first."

Over there, the babbling was interrupted, Taoist Ha got up and stretched his head to look in front of him, then he consciously closed the small door with a bang, and a muffled voice came from inside: "I'll call you teacher again when it's time to eat! "

Hearing the meal, Lu Pan and the eight of them had already screamed in their stomachs, and excitedly followed his nephew into the intersection of the town. The air was dry and smelly, there were few pedestrians on the long street, and flies and insects were buzzing everywhere. Flying around, walking through the streets, most of the common people I encountered by chance looked in a hurry, and some vendors were laying boards and preparing to close their doors.

"Liangsheng, there is an inn over there!" Lu Pan saw the blue flag with white characters floating in front of him, and pulled the knife at his waist, "Hey, why is it closed!"

Under the fluttering flag, the barbarian man wrapped in a white scarf saw a group of people coming from the street, and quickly moved the wooden planks to the store door. The last piece was about to be embedded in the threshold, and a big hand was pressed on it. "Ouch!" cried out, and pushed the wooden planks to the ground, falling all over the place.

There were still guests staying in the store eating, and they frowned when they heard the commotion, but when they stood up, they saw a few thick and big men squeezed into the store, each with their chests and stomachs exposed, with weapons on their shoulders. The companion continued to talk and sat back.

"Uncle Pan, what's going on?"

Lu Liangsheng's words came from outside, and Lu Pan hurriedly shouted: "It's okay, this guy's feet are not stable, he fell down."

Fearing that his nephew would blame him, he hurriedly stepped forward and lifted the guy on the ground with one hand, put him on the ground again, and patted his clothes.

"I said what kind of door are you closing? It's like seeing a ghost. We came to stay in a hotel, and it's not like gangsters entering the city."

"Yes Yes Yes."

The clerk glanced at the chests of several big men who came in, saw the chest muscles beating from side to side, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, nodded repeatedly, invited them in, and didn't say a word about the abnormality just now.

"It's a small blind person. Please don't be angry, guest officers. Please, please."

Lu Liangsheng also came in, gave the guy two copper coins, and asked the guy to help him lead the old donkey to the backyard to feed some fodder. The hall can see the highest dome at a glance.

Lu Pan and the eight people who were sitting at a table over there had already called other waiters to order. Lu Liangsheng led Qingfeng to sit at the next table. Then he sat down on the bench with a pair of little feet hanging and whispered: "Master, this town is a bit weird."

"Ah."

Lu Liangsheng didn't have many other expressions on his face, he just sat there quietly with his hands on his knees. When he came here two years ago, the long street was noisy and bustling. Even at night, there were many pedestrians. Is it like this?

After ordering the names of the dishes, the inn became quiet, and there were diners whispering softly around. After entering the psychic state, the scholar's senses were extremely keen. There were many merchants on the first floor of the inn eating and talking about things, and the other party's slight voice was not at all Can't escape Lu Liangsheng's ears.

"...this town is weird."

"It wasn't like this when I passed by this place last month."

"I heard that there were monsters in the town. I came this morning. If I had to delay for a day or two, I got off the couch and wandered outside. I heard from people nearby that two families had already died. Suck it clean."

"How long has it been?"

"In just two or three days, the squires in the town have sent people to report to the officials in Hezhou. I don't know if they have returned."

"I think it's mysterious... Tomorrow morning, it's better to leave as soon as possible. Making money is the most important thing."

Sitting there, Lu Liangsheng listened to the news from the vendors around him, and pieced together a general idea. Two families died in two days, which was almost six people. If they got sick, they wouldn't die so violently. It may be a monster.

Between these two days... Could it be related to Gongsun Liao summoning a group of demons?

"The demon king summons a group of demons, and it is inevitable that some monsters who like to eat people will follow." In the scholar's sleeve, there is a pile of Taoist toad, half-closed his eyes, not paying attention to what happened in this town, "You want Just take care of it, it's useless to persuade the teacher anyway."

"Since passing by, it's natural to take care of it... Well, Master, can you also hear those diners talking?"

The shop guy planned to bring dishes and put them on the table. Lu Liangsheng tore a piece of roasted lamb chops with chopsticks, handed it to his sleeve and shook it lightly. A long scarlet tongue rolled over the diced meat and dragged it into his mouth. Taoist Toad changed his posture and lit up. Lying on his back with Bai Huahua's belly, he chewed and said, "Master, the demon pill has been repaired."

"Master is serious, what exactly is Gongsun Liao going to do when he summons a group of monsters?"

Lu Liangsheng held his chopsticks and stared at the dishes on the table without moving. The chopsticks were hanging in his hands, and he casually picked up a mouthful of food and ate it. The toad in his sleeve snorted.

"How do you know as a teacher... Oh no, when did you stop being serious as a teacher? You really repaired the demon pill, why don't you all believe it?"

As if he didn't hear Toad's words, Lu Liangsheng suddenly slapped his chopsticks off the table, and was so frightened that he almost stood up on the bench with Qingfeng gnawing on a lamb rib.

Lu Pan and the eight people at the table behind also stopped shouting and persuading them to drink, and looked at them together.

"Liangsheng, what's the matter?"

"I'll go out for a while. After the eight uncles have finished eating, they can take a few rooms to rest first, so you don't have to wait for me." Lu Liangsheng looked at Qingfeng, "You too."

After finishing speaking, he took a sheep bone, got up and pushed the door out, the sky had already darkened, Lu Liangsheng handed the sheep bone to the master who climbed on his shoulder, and walked along this long street, the road was paved with bluestone slabs, dead silent In the town, the sound of "tapping" when the hard-sole footsteps stepped on it was a little weird.

woof woof~~

In the night, there were dogs barking from time to time.

5 Chapter Eighty

woof woof woof~~~

The sound of a dog can be heard from a distance. This town is not big. When you leave this street, you can see a pair of paper lanterns hanging under the eaves of the rather simple courtyard gate with dim lights.

That was the place where the town's trivial matters were being dealt with, and if two families died, the bodies would naturally be placed here, waiting for the county government to send someone down to deal with them.

Lu Liangsheng restrained his cultivation and cast a wall-penetrating technique to cover his whole body. He and his master, who was eating mutton on his shoulders, got into the wall together. , followed the dead breath and came to a remote room, there was no light inside, and went in through the door, and I couldn't see my fingers.

"Fayan, Tong!"

Mana gathered to the bottom of his eyes, and in the faint blue light, he could 'see' several wooden beds placed side by side, covered with a layer of white cloth, protruding the outline of people.

Night insects hummed in the corner of the wall.

In the silence, Lu Liangsheng lightly held the corner of the white cloth and slowly opened it, revealing the face of a child with wide-eyed eyes, about five or six years old, with bloodless lips. fear.

Lu Liangsheng closed his eyes, his cheeks bulged, and he touched the forehead of the corpse with his finger. In an instant, a puff of black smoke came out along the child's seven orifices, and then it was dispersed by the blowing palm.

'A demon. '

The scholar gritted his teeth, brushed his hand across the child's face, closed his wide-open eyes, covered him with a white cloth again, turned around and walked back to the street through the courtyard wall, his footsteps were extremely fast, and his figure flashed. At the edge of the town, after crossing a stone bridge, there is a little light in front of it. It is a Zhuangzi formed by a dozen families living together.

woof woof woof...

In the night, dogs barking up and down, occasionally mixed with babies crying at night, Lu Liangsheng came to a house with faded lanterns, pressed the iron ring on it and knocked on the courtyard door in front of him. After a while, there was a woman's voice Cautiously sounded inside the door.

"Damn, are you back?"

"He is Lu Liangsheng, a fellow of Liu Gun."

Hearing the gentle words, there was no sound inside, as if he was thinking of the name 'Lu Liangsheng'. Soon, the courtyard door creaked and slowly opened a gap, revealing half of the woman's face. Through the gap, carefully Looking at the other person's face, it took a long time to recognize that it was the scholar who came to the house for a wedding two years ago.

"It's you......"

The woman took the wooden bolt from the back of the door and half opened the courtyard door: "Mr. Lu, come in quickly, it's getting dark, don't stay outside."

After inviting the scholar to come in, the woman looked outside for a few moments, then quickly closed the courtyard door, and then inserted the wooden peg back, a smile appeared on her face, she stroked her hair, and walked to the front to lead the way.

"Sir, come in and sit down."

It was a bit messy under the eaves, and the woman was probably a little embarrassed, so she tidied it up and pulled out two stools from it: "Don't be disgusted, sir, there are children at home, and they can make a mess anytime."

Behind the woman, there was a child with pigtails, poking his head out from behind his mother, looking timidly at the figure walking under the eaves.

"Bochin, call sir quickly."

The woman patted the child on the head, and the little man looked at the mother beside him, and opened his mouth timidly: "Mr....Mr...."

"good."

Lu Liangsheng smiled, stretched out his hand, spread his fingers, and put a grain of sucrose into the child's hand. When he touched his head, his eyes subconsciously fell to Liu Boqin's neck. It was a talisman strung together with a red string. It was given to the other party at the full moon of that year.

It's just that the talisman on it is faintly blackened.

The scholar squeezed the corners of his eyes, half-closed his eyes, and turned his head to look at the woman sitting on the side who opened the distance.

"Is Liu Gun not at home?"

"No, something happened in this town..." The woman hesitated for a moment, but still said: "A lot of people died. Liu Gun took two brothers to report to the Hezhou government office. It’s time to go, and it’s almost time to come back.”

While talking, a series of footsteps sounded outside, followed by a sudden slap on the courtyard door, the woman was startled, hurried out of the eaves, ran to the door, and asked in a low voice through the courtyard door: "Who?"

"You man!"

Hearing the familiar tone, the woman nodded towards the scholar under the eaves, and swiftly opened the courtyard door to let him in.

"Azhi, pour some water quickly, my three brothers, this trip will break my legs..."

Among the three people who came in, the leader of the man stopped talking, and when he saw the handsome scholar standing up under the eaves, a smile appeared on his dark and rough face, and he pulled the brothers on both sides over.

"Mr. Lu, why are you here?!"

Immediately afterwards, Liu Gun shouted to his wife who squatted over to the stove shed: "Raise the fire quickly, cook some side dishes for the husband, and then take out the wine hidden in the room."

Don't forget to invite the two brothers around you to come together. Lu Liangsheng has also met these two people. It was the first time he went to Liangjie Mountain that day and didn't know the way. It was Liu Gun and these two people who led them there.

"Meet Mr. Lu!"

Both of them were military households, and they respected scholars, so they clasped their hands together and saluted, and Lu Liangsheng also raised his hands to return the salute, saying, "No cooking, I've already eaten at the inn, and I heard someone say that someone died here, Come and have a look."

But isn't it true that these words are beautiful, Liu Gun is quite moved, after all he knows that Lu Liangsheng is a cultivator who knows the magic of the gods, so he can come here in person, who else is not enthusiastic?

His wife came out with a can of wine, Liu Gun patted the mud seal on it, poured it into a large bowl, raised it above his head respectfully, and bowed to Lu Liangsheng, the two men who were following him looked at each other and followed suit. He poured his drink over his head.

On the side, Liu Boqin, who was biting his finger, looked curiously at his father and two uncles holding drinks like that. He got up in his childish innocence, trotted back to the room, took the small bowl he hadn't finished eating, imitated his father and uncle, and put his hands together. Put it on top of your head.

At this time, Liu Gun over there took a deep breath, exhaled heavily, looked at Mr. Lu on the opposite side and said:

"Please, sir, be the master for the people in this town."

"Yes, sir, please make the decision for us." The two of them also echoed. A group of old men and soldiers. Naturally, they are not afraid of death, but they are rooted here. They are afraid that something will happen to their relatives. There were almost tears on her big face, and the woman watching from the stove shed quietly wiped the corners of her eyes.

"I'm here for this."

Lu Liangsheng took the drink, raised his other hand, and helped the three big men up with his magic power. The little man next to him couldn't close his mouth from ear to ear. He pointed at the father and uncle who rose out of thin air, wow Barking.

Ignoring the little man's jumping and shouting, Lu Liangsheng put the drink aside, put his hands gently on his lap, and looked at the three of them.

"Right now, please tell me the ins and outs of the deaths in the town."