Great Sui Guoshi

While Lu Liangsheng was thinking, the fat monk sitting cross-legged across from him patted the little Fahai on the buttocks and let him play nearby by himself. Looking at the little figure lying on the tree roots, Fajing turned his head and made a vertical seal to bow to the Buddha.

"Lu Dao, friend, you come to the Buddhist temple to find poor monks, can you do anything else?"

"Come over and have a look, and have a fast meal along the way."

Hearing this, the fat monk stared wide-eyed, and quickly waved his hands and shook his head, making the copper ring in his right ear ring.

"It's not right...it's not right...you come to eat, the poor monk will have no food."

Immediately, the two looked at each other for a moment, and laughed loudly, causing Fahai, who was climbing up and down the roots of the tree, to stretch his neck curiously. I touched it with my hand and felt that I didn't pee, and continued to crawl with a smile on my face.

After a while, the two of them recovered from the jokes just now, and then Lu Liangsheng talked about going to sea, and how he hoped that Monk Fajing would come down the mountain more often to walk around in the world.

"I adopted more than 200 orphans in Chang'an Wanshou Temple, and taught them some methods and experience of subjugating demons and demons, hoping to walk in the world in the future, and inquire about the fragments of demon stars. Master, please come down the mountain to help take care of them when you have time. One or two, if you encounter a monster attached to a monster star and surrender along the way, that would be even better."

"Being a monk should be done by ordinary people." Fajing didn't refuse, but just looked at the scholar: "Then, Fellow Daoist Lu, go overseas, and why?"

"For an artifact."

Sitting cross-legged under the ancient pine, Lu Liangsheng felt a little relaxed, and smiled and told the other party about the Kongtong Yin, probably with his own guesses.

"I heard that Kongtong Yin can suppress the fortune of the country, and the fragments of the demon stars in the chaotic country will inevitably collide. Maybe this seal can eliminate the fragments scattered in various states. Although the rumors are vague, I still want to try it after all."

Monk Fajing pressed his knees, frowned, looked at the scholar opposite, thought for a moment, then cast his eyes on the little Fahai who was sitting down on the root of the tree, who was unsteady.

"Fellow Daoist Lu, for the sake of the sky, go down to the common people, run around in blessings, poor monks, can't, lag behind, wait for the younger brother to be able to walk steadily, the road, I will go down, and walk around the mountain."

"Master Xie Fajing for helping me."

Lu Liangsheng arched his hands and said with a smile.

The fat monk over there pursed his lips and smiled, and then he didn't say anything else. The two sat under the tree and talked about some things about their practice. Before they knew it, it was getting late, and Lu Liangsheng brought a reluctant toad Taoist, stay overnight in Wanfo Temple.

Afterwards, the sky turned pale, and the scholar said goodbye to Fajing. There was no further delay in the rest of the journey, and he rushed all the way to Penglai, the easternmost part of Qingzhou near the sea.

Ooooo~~~

It was almost noon, and Lu Liangsheng took the old donkey up a cliff. Flocks of white birds flew across the sky in front of him. What occupied his field of vision was the boundless blue sky connecting the ends of the sky and the earth. The incoming waves swept across the reef, rolling up white water waves.

Lu Liangsheng took out the map engraved paper, his eyes extended along the right side of the cliff, and Penglai was on the other side.

.......

The sun rises above the clouds.

The rammed earth city walls have a faint smell of the sea. This small city near the sea is not poor. There are many business travelers who sell sea fish, and there are many scholars and monks who yearn for the gods. Penglai has the same name. It is said that Xu Fu sailed from here.

Like a market outside the city in a busy city, four scholars carried bookshelves on their backs, looked around and squeezed through the noisy vendors, and walked to the unimposing city tower.

"...This is Penglai. I never thought that the four of my brothers would be sent to such a place."

"Your Majesty, it's considered a kindness not to kill us, but this way goes down the river, and the boat is comfortable."

"Don't be discouraged, the three brothers. Ship management is also a good job. I heard that there is a lot of oil and water."

"No prospect, the four of us are handsome and unrestrained, full of talents all over the body, how can we be nostalgic for a low-level job."

"...But you can take a wife and buy a house."

"Makes sense! Makes sense!"

The four of them carried the bookshelves on their backs, gesticulated, and walked into this small county, chattering.

Chapter 649 Torrential Rain and Strange Events

Due to the spring rain in the past two days, the streets were still muddy. The cart ran over the accumulated water and mud, splashed water and sprinkled it to the side of the street, causing the green forest people squatting under the eaves to yell and curse.

Lu Liangsheng led the donkey into the city, watching the knights with swords across their waists passing by in a hurry, and the blacksmith shop on the street they passed by was beating the red-hot iron. The scholar just turned his face away.

"There are quite a lot of people in the green forest in Penglai County. It must be related to the shipping at the pier."

Since ancient times, water transportation and sea transportation have mostly been controlled by snobbery, involving interests, and naturally there will be people in the green forest with good interests participating in it. This has advantages and disadvantages, so it is difficult to explain in detail.

'It's better to find an inn to settle down first, and ask to see if there are any ships going to sea recently. '

Penglai County is not big, and after walking two or three streets, it can probably be calculated. Lu Liangsheng smiled, thinking this way, called the passers-by, bowed his hands, and asked the nearby inn.

Seeing that the scholar was polite, the man had some displeasure on his face, but it also dissipated.

"Young master, don't blame me. There were a few scholars who asked for directions before, and that was annoying... Well, if you want to stay in an inn, you'd better go to Yuelai. There are many places that have businesses, which can be regarded as If you are famous, there will be no such thing as stealing. There are mixed fish and dragons here, and foreigners are easy to be bullied...Here, go forward from this street, turn around the intersection, and you can see it after about fifty steps. .”

"Thank you."

Lu Liangsheng exchanged polite words with the other party, and after thanking him, he followed the pointed address and saw the flags and streamers floating on the street from a distance. The clerk in the inn saw the guest entering, and took the reins graciously.

"Please, guest officer, old donkey, the younger one will take you to the backyard to feed some fodder."

Immediately, he turned his head and shouted in: "There is one outside!"

Sure enough, being able to open a store in various places does have some skills, at least it can make people feel comfortable. Lu Liangsheng stepped over the threshold and entered, and said to another shop guy who came over: "Do you still have rooms in your store?"

"There are some, the guest officer will come with the younger one."

I opened the room number at the shopkeeper, and followed the guy up to the third floor. There are often vendors in the city. The rooms on the second floor are basically full, and even the third floor has only one side room left. Open the door and enter. It's fairly complete, except for a window on the side that can obliquely see the corner of the pier in the distance.

"Let's just go to this room. My brother will go down and arrange a table of food for me. Just me. Ordinary dishes are fine."

Lu Liangsheng glanced out of the window, turned around and took out two pennies from his sleeve and put it in the clerk's hand. The latter rubbed the copper coin and put it in his pocket with a smile, "Come on, let's go down and get ready. If the guest officer wants to launder A hot bath, as soon as you order it, it will be boiled for you immediately, by the way, if you are depressed alone... a small one can also find some fun for you."

Seeing his winking expression, Lu Liangsheng couldn't guess what it was, and smiled and waved his hands: "I don't love the wild flowers outside, so there's no need for it."

The local people are mixed, and it is normal to have this kind of thing, not to mention that the business travelers who have traveled long distances are not all calm people, and it would be great to have a woman who is in bed with them.

After dismissing the somewhat disappointed waiter, Lu Liangsheng changed his clothes from the bookshelf, Taoist Toad climbed onto the bed and stretched comfortably, then turned over and sat up, and dug out a volume of recipes from the small closet. Slide over.

"Liangsheng, what... dishes will be served here?"

"This place is close to the sea, so there are naturally more seafood." Lu Liangsheng came out from behind the screen, and while tying up the towel, he looked at the toad on the bed.

"Master, there are too many people here, so I won't take you down to eat together, and I will pack it up for you later."

"go Go."

Toad Taoist didn't raise his head, he squinted his toad eyes and carefully looked at the dishes he had recorded: "It's time for you to stretch your muscles and recuperate your body, otherwise you will get seasick when you go out to sea."

Lu Liangsheng stood at the door and smiled, and without disturbing his master's rest, he exited the room and closed the door gently, cast a magic spell to secure the door firmly, so as not to let someone slip into the room and take the sheep with his back.

Afterwards, I went down to the first floor of the inn, and the shop guy had already prepared the meals. It was a simple three dishes and one soup, two of which were seafood. I asked the price, but it was fair.

Sure enough, the size of the store also has the advantages of a large store, and there are few scammers.

"Hey, here we come!"

Suddenly there was a commotion outside, a clerk guarding the door hurried back, and the shopkeeper over there was also urging, Lu Liangsheng looked curiously at the clerk who ran into the back kitchen, and within a short while, a basin of clear water came out quickly , ran outside the inn as if waiting for something.

"What is this for?" Seeing this strange scene, Lu Liangsheng asked the guy passing by.

"Splash water on the Dragon King, get lucky, and win a lottery."

"I see."

Lu Liangsheng thanked the buddy, put down his chopsticks, got up and walked outside, the pedestrians separated to the two sides, even the vicious green forest knight had a calm face at this time, covering up his weapons.

From far away, a team of blowing, blowing, and beating came bustling over. Eight big men with bare arms came forward and behind, carrying a large lacquered red sedan chair without a roof. When passing by the scholar, the guy at the door rushed the water in the basin to the side of the sedan chair.

After watching the excitement, the pedestrians on the street returned to their original ways, and Lu Liangsheng returned to the inn, and continued to ask the guy who had just talked: "By the way, let me ask my brother about something, is there any boat going to sea in the next two days?" ? It doesn’t matter where you go.”

The reason why I ask here is that the inn is well-informed, and the clerk must know one or two things, and the other is that it arouses the conversation, and there is no good-hearted person who interjects a few words and gives some pointers.

The guy on the side frowned and thought about it.

"There should be... After the spring, everyone will go to sea to beg for work. You might as well go to the pier and ask yourself. If the price is good, there should still be a sea boat to take the journey."

Lu Liangsheng nodded, probably understood a little, and then asked again.

"Oh? Where do you usually go?"

"It's hard to say, there are many people who go to Korea, and there are also many people who go south along the coast, and there are also many people who go to other places. You don't really want to go to sea, sir? That's not fun."

Seeing that Lu Liangsheng was dressed as a scholar, he thought he was showing off his literati and wanted to go out to sea to watch the sunrise, recite poems and compose poems, which made Lu Liangsheng look down at himself, and asked with a smile, "Why?"

The man paused, looked around, and said in a low voice: "I heard from many people that the sea is calm for a while, and stormy and stormy for a while. Isn't that the work of monsters? Some people say it's even more mysterious. People with fish tails, naked, swim up and down the sea in groups... There are also many sea monsters, and a prodigal can overturn the ship."

"Hehehe..."

After listening, Lu Liangsheng chuckled a few times, he didn't care about the so-called wind and waves, and there were many storms and rains on the rivers. The mermaids mentioned in "Records" or the sea people called mermaids may be more detailed about the places where they return to the ruins, after all, they are all on the bottom of the sea.

Seeing the scholar's smirk, the guy thought he couldn't listen, so he sighed and shook his head and hurried away.

After eating, he brought some food and went back to the third floor room. Lu Liangsheng sat on the bed and told his master what he had heard downstairs about the sea. Daoist Toad was eating, and suddenly raised his face, his cheeks still swollen. While eating the meal, he cursed: "Here we go again, croak! Next time, don't talk about this in front of your teacher, you won't be allowed to eat..."

Before he finished speaking, his head suddenly drooped, and when he raised his head again, Toad had a majestic face, got up with his flippers on his back, chewed a few times at will, swallowed the food, took a deep breath and looked at the corner of the pier that was exposed outside the window. .

"Ah... I'm here again."

Lu Liangsheng frowned: "Your Majesty, did you come here too?"

Hearing the word 'Your Majesty', the First Emperor, who was looking outside, quickly turned around and hooked his frog webs.

"Quick, call twice to listen!"

"..." Lu Liangsheng looked at him speechlessly, but still called out, "Your Majesty."

The First Emperor closed his toad eyes in satisfaction, raised his face and slowly turned to the window lattice, and couldn't help but let out a long sigh of "Ah~~", it took him a while to recover from that feeling, and continued to talk about what he just said.

"I came here more than once... Xu Fu alone went out to sea twice. By the way, I remember meeting a big fish here, which was as big as a house or a building. My ship collided with it, and was finally killed by my sword, and the blood that flowed out stained a large area of ​​the sea."

He turned his face and looked at the scholar sitting on the bed: "Do you know why?"

Lu Liangsheng shook his head and did not speak.

"The Ten Thousand Spirits Formation is on the edge here, and the magic power of the seal has become thinner. The gods in the sky knew that I was going to go to sea, and obstructed me in every possible way, so they sent a big fish to attack me. This time, you have to be careful, you are a cultivator. The things I encounter cannot be said to be more dangerous than the ones I encountered."

The short figure in front of the window lattice waved his frog web angrily, looked outside and said this, Lu Liangsheng frowned when he heard it, there was such a thing.

He looked at the window lattice, the bright spring day outside, I don't know when it started, it gradually turned overcast.

.......

On the calm sea, the sky clouded over and the shadow of the sun pushed the sea over quickly, wrapping the bustling pier inside. The white bird named in the sky seemed to be frightened, and flew to the nearby sea cliffs and reefs in a panic.

Overlooking the deep blue sea, a huge long shadow meanders silently from the bottom of the sea, rolling up a circle of water waves to form a white line and rushing to the shore.

boom--

A thunderclap exploded in the cloudy clouds, and soon, heavy rain poured down, and the people on the pier and in the city covered their heads with their sleeves in their robes to hide from the rain in panic, cursing the ghostly weather.

Lu Liangsheng, who originally planned to go out in the afternoon, stretched out his hand to catch the rain curtain falling from the eaves. It was raining heavily outside, and he couldn't see the street outside clearly. Randomly found two books from the bookshelf and leaned on the bedside to read, but it was also leisurely.

It's not too late to go until the rain stops tomorrow.

6 Chapter Fifty

After days of rainy nights, a golden sun rises from the end of the sky and the sea, shimmering and spreading over the sea. Suddenly, a scream of people breaks the tranquility of the pier.

"what--"

"My boat~~"

"Everyone come out, the boat is gone!! It's gone~~"

In the rising morning sun, the boatman who went out to check the goods first ran to the pier and burst into tears. There were mostly boatmen or warehouse guards near the pier. Hearing the cries, they ran out in a swarm. The docked ships stood there stunned, and some of them even cried along with the previous man.

In front of the crossing bridges where the boats were moored, the ships were severely damaged with the slight ups and downs of the sea. Not to mention the broken masts, most of the boards were overturned, and the hull on one side of the ship was smashed by something. It won't seep water, but don't even think about traveling far, once you encounter a slightly larger wave, you won't be able to hold it and break it again.

"What should I do, my goods will be sent to Fuzhou."

"...It's okay for you to go along the coast, but I'm going to Korea. Others have paid for it, so if it's in my hands!"

"I sacrificed to the Dragon King yesterday...what the hell is going on!"

Amidst the complaints, some people also responded: "Quickly inform the shipping department!!"

"It's useless to call them a fart, and they can repair my boat!"

.......

Most of the accidents at the docks are closely related to the lives of the people in the city. The whole county was disturbed by the noise for a while, and many people rushed over.

The Yuelai Inn was also noisy. Lu Liangsheng was woken up by the peddlers who were staying at the inn. He got up and opened the window. He could see many people running towards the pier below. He frowned slightly and glanced at the pier. full of figures.