Great Sui Guoshi

Lu Liangsheng let everyone go first, and with a flick of his sleeves, he carried them behind his back.

"Who are you, a soldier who dares to run wildly in the middle of the night?"

Chapter 599 The Scholar Inside the Window and the Crescent Moon Outside the Window

Late at night on the long street, there was a sudden movement. The waiter who looked out of the restaurant saw the torches stretching on the street, and quickly retracted his face. Drunk guests were pulled back when they went out.

"Go elsewhere!"

The door slammed shut with a bang.

Horseshoes trod lightly on the long street, torches swayed in the whistling wind, and in the dim light, figures of cavalrymen dismounted from their horses and stood with their heads bowed, pressing down on the handles of their knives.

In the distance, the sound of a watchman and a dog barking could be heard vaguely.

"Reporting to the National Teacher, the final will belong to the Imperial City Division."

The general kneeling on the ground paused for a moment, and quickly added: "Yu Wenhuaji is the father of the last general, and the national teacher has seen it."

He lowered his face and didn't dare to breathe. The national teacher on the opposite side was wearing a Confucian robe, tall and thin, and looked a little weak, but Yu Wencheng had seen it before, the more he was like this, the less he dared to speak casually.

Moreover, my father often reminded me that Lu Guoshi is modest and should not be treated like others, and people who are mysterious cannot be deduced by common sense. Besides, my father often walks around His Majesty, so he should be aware of such an expert. Don't be ashamed.

Yuwenhua and...

The scholar on the opposite side knew this name, and had seen it twice before. Then he looked at the respectful half-kneeling general in front of him. His father was a very different figure.

"Your father and I did have a double-sided relationship, so get up and talk."

Lu Liangsheng raised his hand, but this time he didn't use any magic power. Yu Wencheng over there responded: "Yes!" He dragged his armor leaf and made a soft noise, stood up and pressed the knife, standing a foot tall, standing there like a hill, However, his face was still hanging down, showing his respect for the national teacher in front of him.

"You rode out of the palace late at night, but what happened?" Lu Liangsheng waved off the smell of alcohol on his body today, and walked over to let him not be restrained, "Today, when the national teacher returned to the city, he felt a little bit of fighting spirit, is your majesty going to use force? gone?"

"The master of the country has a wonderful plan."

Yu Wencheng's face showed surprise, but he quickly calmed down, his voice was full of air, and he clasped his fists: "The last general is going out of the city to supervise military affairs according to His Majesty's order."

As he spoke, he looked around, not daring to hide from the national teacher in front of him, and lowered his voice: "Your Majesty will send troops to Tuyuhun."

The voice was extremely low, and there was a slight tremor in the words that were difficult for ordinary people to hear, obviously quite excited about the West Expedition.

"Ah."

Lu Liangsheng breathed a sigh of relief. He entered the city and felt the tense atmosphere of soldiers and horses. He thought he was going to attack Lord Yue, but when he heard that it was Tuyuhun, he probably guessed what the emperor was thinking, so he nodded to the general: "You And go to military affairs."

Although the scholar didn't seem to have any momentum, the more he was like this, the more Yu Wencheng dared not be careless, and his father's exhortations seemed to linger in his ears from time to time.

Hearing these words at this time, he cupped his hands as if he had received an amnesty, and hurriedly went back and got on his horse.

"National teacher, the last general will take a step first and say goodbye!"

Afterwards, he greeted the subordinates behind him, took back the strange long soldier, and walked slowly, and only dared to gallop on the street after passing Lu Liangsheng.

Tread, tread... The sound of horseshoes went away, and the long street became cold again. Lu Liangsheng turned around, and Master, Lu Pan, and Laozhu had long since disappeared on the street.

On the edge of the swaying lantern in the restaurant, Hong Lian stepped out of the shadows and said softly:

"Young Master, Master Toad and the others have already gone back first."

"You go back first, don't wait for me." Lu Liangsheng took her and patted the back of his slender hand: "I might go to the palace."

"The concubine will leave first."

Feeling the warmth of the man's hand, Hong Lian smiled sweetly at the scholar, walked a few steps and turned around: "I really have to go."

"Well, be careful on the road, don't scare others."

Hearing Lu Liangsheng's concern, Hong Lian was stunned for a moment, reacted and stomped her foot slightly, gave the scholar a blank look with some shame, her cheeks puffed up, and she drifted away towards Furongchi angrily.

The figure of the woman disappeared into the night and the light intersected by the lanterns. The smile on Lu Liangsheng's face gradually faded. He turned around and stepped on one side of the eaves, slamming into the darkness in the distance. Soon, at the foot of the imperial city, the soldiers guarding the city gate Seeing this, he hurried to the spare carriage, invited the national teacher to go up, and walked all the way through the long palace wall and deep courtyard.

After a while, the rotating shaft ran over the flat square floor tiles and stopped slowly under the stone steps of a hall. The soldiers driving the car jumped down and stretched out their hands to pull the curtain to one side.

"Master, here we are."

Lu Liangsheng waved his hands without his help, got out of the chariot and walked up to the Wenzhao Hall step by step, asked the eunuch on duty at night, and then went straight to the study in the side hall.

Turning around the eaves, far away, a eunuch standing outside the study saw the national teacher approaching, hurriedly went up to greet him, and bowed to salute: "Your servant pays homage to the national teacher."

"Your Majesty, can you sleep?" Lu Liangsheng just asked casually, looking at the lit window lattice, followed the eunuch to the door, and then heard a voice from inside: "Come in."

The eunuch carefully pushed the door open and turned aside: "Master, please."

The study room is brightly lit, and the bronze lampposts on both sides are flickering flames. In front of a huge screen, Yang Guang holds a pen in one hand and looks up at a huge map of the Northwest. Seeing the scholar coming in from the side, he immediately put the brush on the table, and quickly walked down to greet him.

"National teacher, you really keep your word. If you say you will return in a few days, you will return in a few days. I happen to have something to say to the national teacher."

He hurriedly called the eunuch outside to bring a chair and put it on the opposite side of the desk, Lu Liangsheng didn't refuse, looked at the map hanging over there, and sat down on the seat.

"What Your Majesty wants to tell the minister, is the Western Expedition to Tuyuhun?"

"The national teacher already knows?"

"How can you not know about the mobilization of soldiers and horses outside?"

After all, Lu Liangsheng did not tell the emperor that he got the news from Yuwen Chengdu. After all, even if he was the one who leaked the secret, it would make the emperor unhappy and ruin the future of that general.

"Your Majesty, I came back from the northwest just now. On the way, I encountered a group of envoys from Tuyuhun, but something unexpected happened."

"Okay! Hahaha——"

Yang Guang blinked, and suddenly clapped his hands and burst into laughter. He thought it was Lu Liangsheng who took the opportunity to retaliate, "The national teacher has done a good job, and these villains should be killed. How can we make them come whenever they want? The principle of going away is that if you lose the prestige of the Sui Dynasty, killing a team is really hard to relieve your hatred, I have decided to send troops to the northwest yesterday, and unite Gaochang and Yiwu to encircle Tuyuhun!"

Outside the door, the eunuch brought tea and set it up. After going out, Lu Liangsheng smiled and waved his hands.

"Your Majesty misunderstood that I have other things to do when I go to the northwest."

Immediately, he told the emperor about the group of demons in the Northwest this time, as for the Tuyuhun envoy team, he also told about it by the way, and when he heard that the Buddha Lianzun lost one arm and his strength was greatly reduced, Yang Guang repeated: " good!"

However, when Lu Liangsheng came to the palace late at night to meet him, he didn't just talk about some northwest demons.

"Your Majesty, I have only been established in the Sui Dynasty for a few years, and my foundation is still shallow. Is it well-thought-out when I am going to march west?"

Outside the hall, the eunuchs, maids, and guards instinctively stayed away from the door. Others would not dare to ask the emperor in such a tone, but Lu Liangsheng in front of him was different. He looked at Yang Guang from the teenage King Jin Until now, the king has come to the world.

The lights were flickering, and according to the emperor sitting behind the desk, there was a moment of silence, Yang Guang looked across and said, "Mr. , I am afraid that the prestige is not enough, and I cannot drive all the civil and military officials at will like the first emperor to subdue the states."

Yang Guang let out a breath, the pent-up grievances and worries in his heart opened up at this moment, and poured out in one breath.

"...Yang Su relied on his merits to suppress me. I don't care about it. I only hate myself for making great achievements and convincing the public...The late emperor's wishes for the Grand Canal, as his son, have always been Hanging on my heart, I can't sleep at night, so, sir, you can understand my difficulties."

The young emperor is very energetic, and he will inevitably want to do something big. Lu Liangsheng also has feelings about this. When he first achieved results and climbed to the Golden Palace, he wanted to persuade Chen Shubao on his own, but he was humiliated instead.

But the vigor at this time is often unstoppable. Only when he hits the south wall like himself at the beginning will he wake up. Lu Liangsheng doesn't want to persuade him too much. Dian told Yang Guang about his desire to do something big, hoping to understand the blows he might encounter.

"Don't worry sir, I'm no longer young, so I can bear it!" Yang Guang nodded after writing the case, somewhat anticipating the battle ahead.

"Your Majesty is confident."

After talking for a while, Lu Liangsheng took his leave and left, left the palace, returned to Wanshou Temple, it was already late at night, opened the door of the attic hall, and the eight of Lu Pan lay on the ground in a mess, murmuring in a daze talk.

Going up to the third floor, I saw Hong Lian and Qi You squatting in the aisle outside, the latter pouted and opened the door: "Old demon, you can see for yourself." Hong Lian on the side covered her mouth and snickered.

When Lu Liangsheng walked to the door, he couldn't help but also laughed. What came into his eyes was a big wild boar like a hill, with a pair of upturned tusks, lying on the floor and sleeping soundly, blowing bubbles.

On his back, a monkey was lying on it, grinding its teeth and twitching. Behind the red buttocks, a long tail curled around the wine jar and dangled there, while Taoist Toad was lying on the bed with his little clothes uncovered. , Tongue tilted outside the mouth, white belly heaving up and down, sleeping soundly.

Well, the three monsters showed their true colors in a drunken way.

Lu Liangsheng sighed, ignoring the pigs and monkeys on the ground, went around and put the master on the small bed, covered him with a quilt, and then sat down at the desk, spread out the paper, and rubbed the ink.

A slender hand reached out to light up the candle, Hong Lian sat lightly on the side of the table, took the inkstone from the scholar's hand and rubbed it.

"My lord, it's late at night, do you still want to write?"

"Well, the matter in the northwest has been resolved. Next, I should make some regulations for the elimination of demon stars." Lu Liangsheng responded, took a pen from the pen holder, dipped it in ink, and dropped it on the paper. Qiyou yawned, stretched, looked at a man and a woman over there boredly, turned into black smoke and went to the bookshelf.

The lights are warm and yellow, illuminating the house.

Rustle... the room was filled with the sound of the pen tip stroking the paper.

Hong Lian sat on one side, quietly looking at the side face with a focused expression, and gently kicked a pair of embroidered shoes. Outside the open window lattice, You Yun showed a sharp crescent moon.

Chapter 600 Toad's Strange Dream

The sun rises through the gaps in the clouds, and along the foothills, long rivers, and fields, pushes the city wall inch by inch, and sprinkles the sparkling water in the Hibiscus Pool, and the ducks flap their wings and make ripples.

In the Wanshou Temple, the screams of Huha sounded, and the eight shirtless men punched fiercely.

Chen Yang pushes into the open window lattice on the attic, the candle holder on the desk is hung with residual wax, and a wisp of green smoke slowly rises from the burnt wick, the creeping toad turns over, sits up rubbing his eye sockets, and looks at the empty room , Turning his gaze to the desk, the scholar is putting down the brush, stretching his muscles and bones, and stretching comfortably.

"Liangsheng, what about the old pig and the monkey grandson?" Taoist Toad stood up, twisted his waist, jumped to the desk and grabbed the edge of the table, kicked a few times with his flippers hanging outside, and climbed up, sitting on the window sill facing the sun. Into a lump, basking in the dense pimples on the back.

Light dust flying.

Lu Liangsheng yawned, picked up the paper full of handwriting a little tiredly, and blew some ink stains on it, "The old pig went back to the restaurant in the West City to continue working as a chef before dawn." , the Great Sage exhausted his mana, and turned back into hair..."

Pointing to the side of the inkstone, a golden monkey hair lay quietly in the sun.

"I didn't say hello to the old man when I left... ahhh!"

While talking, Taoist Toad yawned, stretched his frog webbing and looked at what his apprentice had written, "Liangsheng, what did you write? As a teacher, now that he has regained his morals, he might be able to help you." .”

"I signed some regulations."

Lu Liangsheng shook the piece of paper, it was all conceived in the past two years last night, regarding the matter of Jing Yaosi, the gatekeeper only looked at virtue and not whether he had the aptitude for cultivating Taoism, and the means and skills of subjugating demons and killing demons , and the knowledge is passed on, and this group of people will pass it on to more ordinary people in the future. In this way, it should be able to deal with the fragments of demon stars scattered all over Kyushu.

"Actually, it's mainly about recruiting people... together with spells, with me and Sun Yingxian, or even Yan Chixia, we can more or less sum up the spells that can be used for them."

Listening to his apprentice's narration, Taoist Hama sat up, leaning against the window frame and nodding his head: "Well, there are quite a lot of spells for masters, but the best thing is to recruit people, how about..."

"Master, it's better to leave it to the government to accept ordinary people into the Longevity Temple. It's better for you to be a master in peace." Lu Liangsheng saw that Toad was interested, and even though he was calm, he couldn't help interrupting, "Enter the Wanshou Temple It is better to be an orphan, this way, it can be regarded as solving some resettlement problems for the government, and secondly, these people can practice without distractions."

Scholars have their own considerations. There must be many orphans in Kyushu. These people are often either working for wealthy families or serving as slaves. The poorer ones may not live long enough to be buried in the mound and turned into bones. First adopt a group of Taoism techniques and living abilities, and keep some of them when they grow up, and let the rest go outside. In this way, the matter of subduing demons and eliminating demons will no longer be solved simply by cultivators.

"But in this case, the cost will be high. The emperor wants to build the Grand Canal to connect the north and the south, support the army, and stabilize the security of the states..."

Over there, the old toad looked at the apprentice holding the piece of paper and was lost in thought, sighed and lay back on his stomach, turned around to face the sun outside the window, smacked his lips comfortably, drowsy in the morning sun.

The old man recovers the demon core, but there is still nothing to do... It's really peaceful.

The cicadas were neighing under the mottled shade of the trees. In the drowsy dream, the scenery that was so galloping and disdainful seemed to come back again. The expressions of countless chasing monks were timid and did not dare to take a step in front of him. Twitch and shake a few times.

Then... the dream turned into countless fragments, and the magic weapon that covered the sky and the sun turned into a pitch-black banner, and the cultivators chasing him swarmed one by one with armor and long spears in their hands.

"Uh-"

Daoist Toad suddenly yelled, jumped up on the spot, sat down on the window sill, and instinctively wiped off Toad's face, "I'm scared to death."

From the desk over there, Lu Liangsheng's voice came: "Master, what's wrong?"

"fine."

Taoist Toad turned around, looked outside at the eight people who were still exercising under the scorching sun, stretched out their webs casually and scratched their buttocks, "Master, I was bitten by a bug, nothing happened."

He muttered something, and the drowsiness was gone, and he turned his head back, looking at the bright sunshine and the caressing forest outside, thinking about the dream just now.

...My dear, what kind of dream is this old man having?

Inside the window, Lu Liangsheng, who was sitting in front of the desk, put away the papers and folded them, and put them in a book. The thing he was thinking about just now had some clues. Seeing the master sitting on the window sill in a daze, he got up and went to the bookshelf. Take out "The Boundless Mountain and Sea", and shake the seal down.

A black figure fell to the ground with a slap, with long purple hair and two white long legs lying on the floor sideways, feeling the surrounding decorations, the woman got up from the ground at once, saw the scholar standing in front of her, and bowed her head respectfully.

"Zhu Erniang has met Mr.

"I called you out to do something, I want you to help."

"Sir please...say."

"Can you weave?" Lu Liangsheng looked her up and down. He thought of adopting orphans before, in terms of food and clothing, he should try not to increase the burden on the court. Zhu Erniang is just a spider, and weaving and weaving are probably the same. , As for the food, um, isn't the old pig the chef's material... so is the master.

"Weaving... Weaving? Are you asking me, sir?"

Zhu Erniang was a little dazed, and slowly raised her hand, pointing at herself in disbelief, thinking that the scholar in front of her wanted to let her out because of other needs, but she didn't expect it to be this, and even looked down at the chest with some doubts. Covered long legs.

Lu Liangsheng didn't think as much as she did. He estimated the time and would go to the West Market to talk to Lao Zhu about it.

"Will it or won't it? I'm going to find Zhu Ganglian later."

As soon as she heard the word 'pig', Zhu Erniang's expression changed wildly, she reached out and grabbed Lu Liangsheng's sleeve in a panic, and nodded repeatedly: "Yes, my concubine can not only weave cloth, but also spin silk... Ordinary swords are difficult The kind that is broken, just don't let the concubine come into contact with that wild boar."