Great Sui Guoshi

"It seems to have come from the Zhang residence."

"In his family, his son seemed to have been ill a few months ago. According to rumors, he was fascinated by a vixen, and he invited an expert to do it."

"...Wait, my house is very close. Last night I seemed to see a team of arresters entering Zhang's mansion, and it seemed that they arrested a Taoist priest..."

"No, why did I see a scholar walking with a catcher?"

"How did the book grow?"

"It's too dark to see clearly..."

Amidst the gossip of the market, on the other side of the city, the sun shines on the door plaque with the word "Zhoufu". They chatted and laughed heartily from time to time, probably because they understood that the strange things in the mansion had been removed, so they quickly spread their legs and quickly told the news to the whole mansion.

In the side courtyard, the Taoist, who was wrapped in bandages all over his body, listened to the jokes of the servants and maids in the courtyard, basking in the sun leisurely.

Sunlight poured from the window lattice, light and dust flew, shining through the portraits of beauties on the wall and spilling over the entire room.

"Hum..."

Under the bed, Taoist Toad dragged a gourd that was taller than him, slowly crawled out, grinned open the toad's mouth and hummed a few times. Voice,

"Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha..."

Toad looked at the gourd.

"...The elixir cultivated by Qianrenzhi...hehehahaha...can not only restore the mana, but also change the body...and repair the injury of the demon pill..."

The frog's webs were bent and squeezed tightly, and Toad looked up at the tall window lattice, at the light and dust in the sun.

"...Old man... will soon return to the peak, invincible in the world!"

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at the same time.

On the long street adjacent to the mansion, Zuo Zhengyang was riding a horse.

Chapter 62 Planting Willows Unintentionally, Willows Make Shades

"...Hehe... So Zhang Dongming didn't know about it?"

The sun shines through the gaps in the trees, the swaying branches and birds jump around, the open windows of the houses below, the old and the young sit at the desks, with tea and pastries, and the pages of the books are turned over and the ink is fragrant.

Lu Liangsheng put down the teacup with a smile, and was invited by the old man just after dawn, and asked the whole story of what happened last night.

"The look on his face is not fake, he probably didn't know it."

"Hmph, a merchant, the old man thought that Rong'er and his son were in love with each other, so he nodded and agreed to this marriage. What's the result?"

Zhou Zhen slapped the table, and the tea was shaken a little. Even though he knew that the matter was over, but when talking about the crimes suffered by his daughter, he wished he had no choice but to run to Zhang's house and spit hard.

"...I can't stand the temptation of the vixen and do such a careless thing. Tomorrow, I will call off this marriage."

After finishing speaking, he bowed his hands to the scholar opposite to thank him.

The servants and stewards on the eaves outside the door were waiting respectfully, not daring to look more.

In the room, Lu Liangsheng also received this gift. After all, he did not contribute alone, so he accepted it for Sun Yingxian.

Then, he stood up and cupped his hands.

"Old Zhou, there are still wounded people in the side yard who need to be taken care of, so the younger generation should go back first."

"That's fine, but you need to study your homework more."

Zhou Zhen didn't want to keep him anymore, and basically knew everything he needed to know, so he sent him to the door of the study.

"At the fifth watch, I ordered someone to cook ginseng soup. After thinking about it, it's almost the same. I will send it to Liang Sheng and the little Taoist leader later."

"Liangsheng thanked Mr. Zhou on behalf of Sun Yingxian."

The etiquette was so thorough that no one could find fault with it. Lu Liangsheng left the corridor with his arms folded, and hurried back to the side courtyard. Now that the matter has been settled, as for the rest of the matter between the Zhou Mansion and the Zhang Mansion, it has nothing to do with him.

Returning to the side yard with ease, Sun Yingxian lay lazily on the deck chair basking in the sun, with a pair of crutches beside him for him to move around.

Lu Liangsheng set up the easel, flipped through a few pages of "Shanhai Tuzhi", found a portrait of a fierce beast, put it aside, took the inkstone and sat on the stool to grind the ink, and turned his head to look under the eaves.

"By the way, what about my master?"

The Taoist opened his eyes and lazily turned sideways.

"I don't know. I haven't seen him come out this morning. Who knows what he's doing." With slightly opened eyes, he glanced at the scholar over there, and moaned, "Ouch... my hand... ouch... .My feet hurt too, so I'm kind enough to help...don't even say look at me..."

Smudged with green ink, Lu Liangsheng slowly sketched with the pen tip on the drawing paper, listened to the groans of the Taoist under the eaves, sketched a smile, and continued to draw.

"I took your medicine and bandages. I will go to the street to re-measure your clothes some other day. Why don't you care about you?"

Sun Yingxian laughed twice, then turned around and looked at the scholar behind the easel: "I don't have any relatives in this way, feel the warmth more."

Speaking of this, I suddenly remembered the matter of that Taoist.

"By the way, that guy just handed it over to the Yamen?"

"What nonsense?" Lu Liangsheng turned his face slightly, and said with a smile: "The Zuo Butou has already set up an ambush. If he doesn't hand over people, will he still let me attack the government? Not only did the exam fail, but it also caused Lujia Village to suffer. , County Magistrate Min, and my benefactor... but Zuo Zhengyang is also a good talker, and the previous incident..."

While talking, at the door of the side yard, two maidservants came in with trays.

"Mr. Lu, Daoist Sun, this is the ginseng soup that the master ordered from the kitchen to make up for the two of you."

Sun Yingxian didn't wait for the maid to put down the soup bowl, she stood up on crutches, limped over to catch it, took a sip, and squinted her eyes to enjoy the aftertaste of the soup.

"This rich man tsk tsk... one word: cool!"

While talking, she winked at the maid, causing the two maids to put away the tray in a hurry to apologize to the scholar, and fled away in a hurry.

"I have no eyesight... just like those two fox demons, vulgar and vulgar fans!"

Lu Liangsheng smiled and drew a long body in blue ink on the paper, dotted with blue rocks, flowers and plants in the distance, "You are so abrupt, can others not run away?"

The Taoist curled his lips and walked back with the ginseng soup.

"...My master told me that to beg a woman is to be direct, you don't understand."

Halfway through, he quickened his pace and ran along the eaves towards the end. Lu Liangsheng turned his eyes to look at the limping figure.

"What are you going to do?"

"Pee!" Sun Yingxian roared dryly.

Lu Liangsheng shook his head, turned back to continue painting, the breeze blew, and the sunlight fell mottled through the gaps in the branches, reflecting on the scholar's robe and shaking gently.

Inside the room, the short figure was laughing loudly, in the eyes of the toad, the blue pill spit out from the mouth of the gourd was caught in the webbing, and a faint fragrance was emitting.

"Hehe...the old man finally doesn't have to be wronged everywhere..."

Throwing away the gourd, holding the elixir in his hands, he walked outside slowly, looking at the scholar who was painting in the courtyard.

A tangled look flashed in Taoist Ha's eyes as he held the green pill tightly.

good life...

If you give it to him, you can rush to Foundation Establishment in one fell swoop...

... No, no, the old man's cultivation is important.

The entangled thoughts flashed by, and he was holding the elixir to find a secluded place to concentrate on absorbing it. This process cannot be interrupted by people or things...

Just quietly lifted the flippers and slipped out across the threshold.

……

On the other side of the eaves, the Taoist, who had only walked more than ten steps, turned back on crutches.

"Damn, what are you doing in the hut with ginseng soup. Lao Lu, do me a favor, help me untie my belt!"

In the middle of a limp, the crutch was thrown forward, and a short leg was stepping out of the threshold. Taoist Toad, who was holding the elixir, turned his head. Of--"

The tail of the staff was thrown from bottom to top, hitting his fins and chin with a bang, and with a light hand, something came off and flew out.

Do not……

Taoist Toad slammed back against the threshold, and in his eyes, he watched the blue color rush out of the eaves, throw an arc far away, and fall into the courtyard.

Gudong...

The ginseng soup placed on the low table made a slight sound, and some soup splashed out. The next second, a hand reached out, picked up the bowl, and put it to his mouth to drink the little ginseng soup left.

"Hmm...how does it taste weird..."

Lu Liangsheng smacked his lips and looked at the bottom of the bowl. From the corner of his eyes, he saw the toad sitting slumped on the ground over there. He quickly put down the bowl and stood up, calling respectfully.

"Master."

Under the eaves, Taoist Toad's eyes were dull, his lips were trembling constantly, and Sun Yingxian's voice could be heard beside his ears: "Old Toad, your apprentice called you." They all fell on deaf ears.

Slowly got up, and swayed towards the outside.

Lu Liangsheng and the Taoist looked at each other, and quickly shouted: "Master, what's wrong with you?"

"Old man...it's all right..."

The distraught short figure lifted up the flipper and shook it, "I just want to go for a walk... walk..."

The morning sun became bright and bright, and the sound of cicadas gradually became annoying. The servants who went to and from the courtyard did not notice that a toad was pulling the flowers and plants and losing his temper, and the eyes of the two toads were full of arrogance.

"Furious old man, why is there such a thing..."

He gritted his teeth and whispered, then looked in the direction of the side yard, threw the grass stalk in his hand on the ground, and stepped on his two webs.

"It's unreasonable... No... If this continues, when the old man can recover his cultivation, he must be separated from my apprentice..."

His eyes turned to the front yard again, he didn't want the gourd for the time being, he turned around and picked up a place where there were few people and ran quickly, panting and sneaking out of the yard around the corner.

Looking back, he glanced at the towering gate of the Zhou Mansion.

"When the old man recovers, come back!!"

However, the moment he turned back, a pair of horseshoes fell down in his sight, and he stood on the ground with a snort close to the mouth of Toad Dao, his eyes were raised, and a man wearing a policeman's robe happened to lower his eyes.

Eye to eye with him.

next second.

Taoist Toad quickly got down on the ground, coiled into a lump, and puffed out his cheeks.

"Ah..."

Ok?

Zuo Zhengyang got off his horse and lifted the toad up.

"It seems to belong to a good student, why did he run out, go in and hand it back to him..."

Chapter 63 Visiting

At si o'clock in the morning, Zuo Zhengyang asked people to watch the horses, picked up the toad on the ground, and walked up the stone steps.

"The door plaque is unassuming, so the owner of the house should not be difficult to get along with."

Seeing the character of the owner from the gate of the mansion is just a quick glance for a policeman who has been arresting and asking questions all the year round. Actually, he has more important things to ask the scholar when he comes here this time.

He knocked on the courtyard door that was already open, but didn't go in without authorization. After a while, the porter came over and saw that he was wearing a police uniform.

"This head catcher, what is the purpose of coming to the Zhou Mansion?"

"A case has something to do with the master of the mansion, come here to inquire." Zuo Zhengyang held the toad and raised his hand.

"Then the head catcher, I'll go in and make an announcement."

The concierge glanced at an upside-down toad in Zuo Zhengyang's hand, and walked in with his slightly stooped back, shaking his head and muttering: "This gift, are you starting to give toads?"

As a warrior, Zuo Zhengyang couldn't hear what the old concierge said, he smiled and looked at the toad in his hand, coming here today is a routine, if he visits him, it's another matter.

Lao Gao, the toad in his hand with bulging cheeks, seemed very angry, and stared at the toad.

"Growing up so big, it still understands human nature? No wonder Lu Shusheng wants to raise it."

Considering that Lu Liangsheng is a practitioner, it is reasonable to keep some exotic animals. Who knows what they will be used for? What if there is any medicinal effect?

After a while, the concierge came back together, and a steward from the mansion invited him in. In the living room, Zhou Zhen had come over from the study room, the two happened to bump into each other, and they arched their hands, but Zuo Zhengyang spoke first .