Great Sui Guoshi

"Of course I'm leaving!"

Among the four, Wang Feng stopped them, frowned, and his eyes showed rare seriousness: "How can we, literati, lose our backbone and sway around like weeds on the wall? The Duke of Yue treats us well, how come I can abandon him!!"

Ma Liu, Zhang Ti, and Zhao Tang are left, you look at me, I look at you, and then look at your elder brother:

"Brother Wang, you are right, what do you say to do?!"

Wang Feng watched the helpers approaching the front yard, squinted his eyes, his cheeks puffed up, gritted his teeth and said, "I'm waiting for a scholar, why study hard in the cold window..."

He suddenly came out of the corner where he was hiding, and rushed towards the eunuchs and soldiers in the palace who were coming over there, with a flattering smile on his face, arched his hands, and bowed in obeisance.

"Elder-in-law is looking for Duke Yue, I'm Xia Wangfeng, I'll show you the way, I'm very familiar with this mansion!"

The three scholars over there staggered and almost fell when they heard the sound, followed them out, and immediately smiled with their teeth on their faces, and bowed down: "We all come to lead the way!"

The leading eunuch was stunned, and it took him a long time to react. He smiled, looked at the four of them and nodded, and raised his orchid fingers with a smile.

"Those four talented people, let's lead our family. The huge Duke's mansion will save our family from getting lost."

The four of them looked at each other, then laughed, hurriedly walked to both sides of the front, blasted away the guards and the steward who rushed over, made a letter to the eunuch, excitedly led them across the front yard, and went straight to Atrium, at this time, they knew that Duke Yue should have breakfast there and read a book for a while.

"By the way, this father-in-law, why are you looking for Duke Yue?"

The eunuch squinted at the brocade box in the hands of the guards who were following him: "Your Majesty saw that the Duke of Yue was out of the palace for a long time, so he specially asked our family to bring some supplements from the palace, and the best decoction to visit."

etc!visit?

The expressions of the four froze. It turned out that it was not what they thought. They swallowed their saliva all at once, and there was a lot of sweat in their thick robes.

Ma Liu, Zhang Ti, and Zhao Tang all looked at Wang Feng, and their eyes seemed to convey some meaning.

'Brother Wang, it's not what you think! '

The latter glanced away.

'How the hell do you know, blame me now? '

The four of them gulped down another mouthful of saliva in unison, their legs swayed, and they walked slower than anyone else trembling.

What the fuck is this called! !

Looking at the atrium that was getting closer and closer, I cried out in sorrow.

Chapter 635 The Heart of Death

The heavy snow in winter has gradually stopped, and the atrium of the Duke's mansion has been covered in silver. The branches covered with snow are shaking slightly in the wind, and occasionally there are a few "rusting" sounds of snow falling.

Opposite the slightly open window, in the study room, the old man with gray beard is holding the book and walking to the desk, he pats the dust on it with vigor, sits behind the table with a smile, takes a sip of the steaming tea, and opens the book At that time, he raised his gaze slightly, looked out of the window, and then read the content of the book again.

"...Your Majesty, you are acting resolutely."

Footsteps came from outside, the door slammed, and the words of the housekeepers stammered.

"Duke Yue... Your Majesty... sent a father-in-law over."

Standing outside the door, Wang Feng lowered his hands and listened to the movement inside, then turned his head and whispered to the smiling eunuch: "The Duke may not be here, do you want to come back next time?"

"presumptuous!"

The smiling eunuch's face suddenly changed, his smile retracted, he raised his eyebrows and glanced coldly at the door, and raised his chin slightly, "Our family came here under the imperial edict. Your Majesty heard that the Duke of Yue would not leave the mansion, and thought that I am old and sick, and I specially asked our family to bring the best tonic medicine from the palace to visit, how can I just go back with the original things like this."

These words were not meant for the four scholars who led the way, especially the words "go back to the original things", which contained a certain meaning, which made Wang Feng and Ma Liu feel terrified when they heard it. No, I can't wait to slap myself in the face.

At this time, a voice sounded from inside: "Wait, come in."

The closed door in front opened inward with a 'squeak', revealing a gap. I had seen the strange Fourth Scholar a few times, and I was particularly frightened by this scene.

The eunuchs and palace guards facing the door were also taken aback, but they had seen spells in the palace, so they dared to go in after calming down.

"Duke Yue, the slaves have come in."

The leading eunuch pleaded softly, took the imperial decree and led two guards into the room, came to the curtain door with hollow wooden carvings, looked at the old man sitting at the desk behind the curtain, bowed his hands and bowed.

"The servants in the palace have met the Duke of Yue."

The old man raised his face, and said softly: "Your Majesty asked you to come here just to visit the old man?" He continued to read the book, and obviously heard what the few people outside said.

"Or is it to see if the old man is sick, so that he can bring something back to reply to His Majesty?"

The eunuch outside the curtain rolled his eyes, spoke with a smile, was about to speak, but was interrupted by the old man, Yang Su put down the book in his hand, and suddenly chuckled.

"Bring me the medicine."

"Ah?" The eunuch was stunned for a moment, and after a moment, he quickly took the brocade box from the guard's hand, carefully uncovered the yellow silk, opened the box cover, and walked into the curtain respectfully with a bright red medicine in the box.

Amidst the rattling of the bead curtains, he put the book on the desk: "Duke Yue, this is sent by His Majesty's servants. It nourishes the body and prolongs life."

Yang Su didn't even look at the old face with foundation in front of him. He picked up the elixir from the box with his fingers and put it in front of his eyes, then chuckled, "I don't know how many elixirs I have tasted. Those imperial doctors in the palace don't know how many elixirs they have. They were all brought in by the old man, so how can you not know how many catties and how many taels, or does this little pill have other plans?"

The old man turned his gaze to the eunuch, who felt his heart skip a beat, and hurriedly knelt down on the ground. You must know that Yang Su, the Duke of Yue, is a famous general who is famous all over the world, not to mention his martial arts skills, not to mention the rumors that he knows how to practice Taoism. The teachers of the country did not give way too much.

"Duke Yue, Your Majesty has no other plans..."

"It's okay! Even if there is an old man, I will continue!"

Yang Su looked at the pill on his fingertips, and suddenly threw it into his mouth, bit it into pieces, reached out to take a sip of the tea, and swallowed it together with the powder. The eunuch looked silly.

"Duke...you..."

"Get out!"

Over there, the old man who had swallowed the elixir waved his robe, and a gust of wind blew the eunuch on the ground to the outside of the curtain door.

"Go back and tell Yang Guang that he can dig the Grand Canal if he wants to, but it will take ten years. After ten years, the old man will not hinder him!"

The old man's voice made the window sills buzz and tremble. The eunuch who rushed out of the study did not dare to stay. Not knowing what to do, after a while, someone whispered, "Shall we go too?"

The other three came closer.

"I'm afraid it's not easy to leave." "Wait a little longer, maybe Duke Yue has lost his temper and forgotten the four of us."

"...I've come here from fox demons and ghosts, what else is there to be afraid of, the big deal... Kowtow to the Duke of Yue to make amends!"

"I still want to serve tea!"

"Yes, let's show sincerity together!"

The four of them muttered outside. In the study, the angry old man had a calm face. He looked at the empty brocade box, got up from the chair, walked to the paper window and looked at the courtyard. The snow scene, sighed, the white mist drifted out from his mouth, and spread out.

"Brother... brother, you can only do so much."

On Shechang Street of the Baiguan Mansion, a group of people who stumbled and rushed out of the mansion left the mansion. The eunuch turned his head and poohed at the door plaque with the golden word "Yue Guogong" written on it, "Wait to die!"

After cursing and yelling a few words, he climbed into the carriage and hurried away from here, urging the driver to speed up and return to the imperial city, got out of the carriage, and quickly ran to Daxing Palace with the hem of his robe.

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty!"

"Inverted!"

Rushing into the study, the eunuch stumbled towards the threshold, threw himself on the ground unsteadily, took two steps on his knees in embarrassment, and yelled a few words at the figure behind the dragon case, realized that he had yelled the wrong words, and quickly slapped himself A slap, a bow and a kowtow.

"Your Majesty made atonement, but the servant was furious and urgent, so he said the wrong thing."

Yang Guang ignored him, and after reviewing a memorial, he put down his brush and asked him to speak.

"How is Duke Yue?"

"Your Majesty, he is very good!" The eunuch got up from the ground, rubbed his knees that were hurt by the fall, and pointed outside with a grin: "The servant took the medicine sent by His Majesty, and the Duke of Yue took a look. Just pop it in your mouth and swallow it without blinking."

Yang Guang suddenly grinned, the elixir was not poison, he just randomly picked one from the pharmacy, but it was just a test, if he didn't take it, he would have other thoughts, since he took it, it meant that the more The Duke is still...

"His Majesty!"

While I was still thinking about it, I was interrupted by the eunuch over there: "After taking the elixir, the Duke of Yue kicked out the slaves and kept talking."

"What else?" Yang Guang frowned.

"He also said that if His Majesty wants the Grand Canal in the future, he has to wait another ten years, and he will not hinder His Majesty, otherwise he will step on him!"

Thinking of being kicked out of the duke's mansion in embarrassment, the eunuch followed the original words and added a little bit more afterward. As soon as the words fell, there was a bang on the dragon case over there.

The emperor above looked coldly, and the writing brush in his hand was snapped off and thrown to the ground, splashing a few streaks of ink.

"Old man! I dare not kill you!!"

He gritted his teeth and squeezed out words, thinking of his clan uncle, but with Taoism in his body, and a corpse puppet as his pawn, he turned to look at this servant: "Is the national teacher in Wanshou Temple?"

"Go back to Your Majesty, you probably haven't come back yet."

"You send someone over there to have a look first, and then pass on my handbook ordering the troops stationed outside the city not to take my tokens and not to come out of the camp!"

"Yes!"

Before long, the imperial city orders riders to gallop around on the special post road, either to the outside of the city, or to the direction of Furong Pond. Walking in the street market with Sun Yingxian, buying some necessities for the New Year.

Chapter 636 Don't Regret

Passing Mingde Gate, the snow extends along the row upon row of roofs, and the orange cat jumps over the corners and climbs to the branches, overlooking the lively streets below.

The first heavy snow in winter has stopped, and the atmosphere of the New Year’s Eve is approaching. People who have been busy for a year put down their exhaustion, take their wives and children to the streets in their free time, watch the festive stalls on the street to choose New Year’s goods, or cut One or two catties of meat, choose a few pieces of silk, put it on the back of the donkey, and the child riding on it looks at the candied haws in the past.

On the hustle and bustle of the long street, the crowd was crowded, picking and choosing around the stalls, and there were also hawkers shouting loudly to attract more customers.

"Look, take a look, the freshly ordered tofu is white and tender, resistant to being poked and pinched!!"

"Write couplets...five cents for a pair."

"Bring me a pair, it's full of spring!"

"Daddy...Look, there's a monkey show over there."

......

The tinkling of copper bells mingled with the noisy long street.

Coming from Mingdemen to Tongshanfang, among pedestrians and vendors, a young scholar in clean clothes led an old donkey looking around and squeezed through the crowd.

The bookshelf creaked and swayed on the undulating donkey's back, and there were folded scrolls on it. It looked like a poor scholar selling calligraphy and paintings. Under the plain clothes, a thumb-sized scabbard around his waist looked extraordinarily small and exquisite. , Some people even asked scholars if they were willing to sell.

Not far from the scholar, there was another Taoist man with a mustache on his upper lip and a short beard on his chin. He breathed lazily, and seeing the excitement over there, he quickly flashed over, put his toes on his toes and looked in.

Lu Liangsheng led the old donkey over and looked inside through the gaps inside and outside. An old man was beating on a gong and yelling for a monkey to bow to the crowd, and then jumped to the wooden stick standing on the ground, chirping. Shouting and yelling, he took the small gun thrown by the old man and waved it, causing the people watching the theater to clap and applaud.

"When I go back, I bring Master over to watch the excitement, but I don't know if I can wake up."

After the winter, Taoist Toad wrapped himself in the quilt and shrank back to the bed, unwilling to get up. He was away from home for two consecutive months, and he didn't want to get out of the bed.

As for the First Emperor, he hasn't come out since that time, and Lu Liangsheng thinks it's pretty good.

"Old Sun, let's go."

Thinking about it, the scholar snapped his fingers at Sun Yingxian, who was watching the monkey show over there, "Go back and wash up first, change your outfit, and come out at night to visit the night market."

Over there, Sun Yingxian came up briskly and walked beside the old donkey.

"I said, what are we working so hard for? We didn't have a good meal, and we didn't have a good meal. You have to treat tonight and let the old pig cook."

"Okay, I'll treat you, as long as you can eat."

Lu Liangsheng smiled. He came back twice in the past two months. The rest of the time he was mostly in the wilderness. Occasionally, he could have a hot meal or two when he met someone in the mountains. As for why the Taoist said it was so hard, The scholar was not easy to answer. He silently looked at the bustling long street and every life that passed by. If he thought about it, he didn't need to answer.

To obtain Taoism cultivation base, one must do something to be worthy of the creatures of this world.

Passing through several lively workshops, just after returning to Furong Pond, a few fast horses happened to come over from the mountain gate. When they saw the scholar, the Taoist, and the old donkey, they immediately yelled, slowed down and jumped off the horse, which was just right. Yuwen Chengdu of the imperial order came quickly with the sound of rubbing the nail leaves, arched his hands, and half knelt down on one knee.

"Report to the national teacher, the general is looking for you at the end."

Lu Liangsheng and the Taoist looked at each other, let the other go back first, then raised his hand, "Get up, why did you come to Wanshou Temple to look for me?"

Once when he went out with Lu Guoshi, Yu Wencheng felt that he was getting close to the Guoshi, stood up respectfully, walked to the side, and said with a smile: "The Guoshi doesn't know, His Majesty let the future come, and I don't know what's going on. , that is to say, if the national teacher comes back, he will enter the palace."

As he said that, he looked around, moved closer, and added in a low voice: "When the last general came out, he ordered his cavalry to go out. I heard that the eunuch next to His Majesty said that His Majesty seemed to be angry."

"Fire?"

Lu Liangsheng frowned, now that the New Year is approaching, and with the big victory in autumn, the emperor would not be angry at all. Right now, he ordered to ride out of the imperial city instead of going under the door and the middle school. It seems that there is a problem And a little serious.

Could it be... for Duke Yue?

Thinking of what Yang Guang said drunkenly after the banquet that day, Lu Liangsheng's eyes were fixed, he quickly looked at Yuwen Chengdu opposite, and ordered.