Great Sui Guoshi

In another wooden building, Li Jinhua rushed out of the room with a spoon, chasing and yelling at Mingyue Boy who was holding a piglet in his arms. ! '

The sound spread to the outside, and in the sound of "huha", the eight shirtless men ran around Furong Pond with their own children and a group of older disciples in the audience. Hearing the call, Lead the team and ran back to the mountain gate in an orderly manner.

On the other side of the city, the white-haired Wang Chengen was full of energy, bid farewell to Yuwen Mansion, and holding the banner of "Immortals Don't Ask", decided to travel all over Kyushu.

The setting sun in winter spreads, reflecting the wind and snow red.

Qixia Mountain is already covered with white caps, Taoist Toad is wrapped in a thick quilt, curled up in a small cubicle on the bookshelf, sleeping soundly, the whimpering wind and snow blows through the window lattice, and rushes to the cliff, his pale beard and hair tremble slightly in the wind , covered with frost flowers.

Hong Lian came up on the snow with an oiled paper umbrella, covered the head of the figure, looked at the old face stained with snowflakes, took out a silk handkerchief and gently wiped it for him, sat beside him, watched the snowstorm in the mountains together, and said something discourse.

Time goes by, the winter snow melts away, the cold is no longer, the flowing water moistens the soil, and the dry forests in the mountains are green, and it is another spring.

Taoist Toad woke up, looked at his stooped apprentice, ran to the mountains to catch some wild game, and lay in the donkey's arms while roasting and eating. He was lonely like never before.

Back in the courtyard, I didn't see the scolding woman arguing with the hard-working man, nor did the bull-nosed little Taoist secretly read a book there.

The rooster crowed softly and pecked at his back. Opposite him was a hen with its head tilted, pawing the ground and crowing.

Returning to the room where he used to live, he dug out the hidden medicine from under the bed, packed it, jumped on the hen's back, and walked to Qixia Mountain.

The sun flies by, spring goes and autumn comes, and the mountains are green and green to withered yellow. Soon, it is covered with white snow again, and then it melts, year after year.

As the mountain wind blows, the lonely old pine tree on the edge of the cliff sways and slowly shakes its branches and leaves. The spring sun shines through the gaps in the tree, and the silver-white hair is gently caressing. The lonely figure is already an old man.

Volume No.13, Fengfenglielie, went to the underworld, holding the right to enshrine the gods of Kongtong

Chapter 697 Chunlei Breaks Through Human Matters

On an April day, the waterfront is green and lush, and the years of peace have made the commercial roads smooth, with vendors and travelers gathering, people coming and going on the official roads, and passing chariots can be seen everywhere.

The construction of the canal by His Majesty has been fully started two years ago. On each section of the old river, there are tens of thousands of young and strong laborers from the vicinity who rush to work day and night to open, dredge, and reinforce. After a hard day, they also have appropriate hard money Just three months ago, I heard that His Majesty was going to give two meals to the young and strong who built the canals in each section, so that they would be more energetic when they started working.

With a lot of people and wages to be paid, vendors in various sections of the canal came and went in an endless stream, looking for business opportunities, and some were quick-witted, and opened tea shops, wine shops, and hidden places for people to have fun nearby.

The Qihe Canal from Xindu to Zhaojun is also in such an atmosphere. On one side is the river digging in full swing. Baskets of mud, sand and fine stones are sent to the river bank in the hands of shirtless men, loaded into donkey carts and pulled away. Sweating profusely, but less than two miles away, there is a market built with various thatched huts. Those who go to work and have no wives and children get wages, linger in this messy and noisy area, walk into nearby wine shops, and get hot. Serve a pot of rice wine and nibble on half a chicken, that's a comfort, and the gods won't change it.

Crowds are crowded, there is noise from the hotel with its doors and windows open, and the rising heat is mixed with Xiao Er's yelling. The shop is full of travelers from three mountains and five mountains, merchants dumping goods, and there are also green forest knights with swords on their backs resting their feet and drinking.

"...The world is peaceful, but we are still tossing. I heard that not only our north, but also the east and south are building canals at the same time. You say, why build such a wide channel? Can you just go by boat? It's really unsettling."

"What do you know, at any rate, His Majesty paid wages to the people below. It is difficult to find work on weekdays. I have been doing it for two years now, and I have saved a lot. I will be him for another year. At this time next year, I can always find a wife gone."

"That's right, now the river section in Luoyang has started to serve two meals. I heard that there is still meat."

"Oh, is it true? Then His Majesty is the benefactor."

A group of people traveling around, or working nearby, sat together and talked about the current river repair. When someone was excited about it, the sound of pottery bowls falling heavily on the table was heard from a table not far away.

A young man dressed as a chivalrous man put down his wine bowl, and seemed to have anger on his face when he heard these words. There was a female family member beside him, who also wore a blue silk robe over the same warrior clothes around his waist and wrists. bowed his head.

The knight just nodded, and snorted coldly when he saw the two tables of travelers who had spoken before looking over.

"Great labor labor, making the people work hard, and still have the face to say benefactors?! In the Southern Dynasty back then, impeachment was a must. If you want to come to the current emperor, he will be surrounded by flattering scholars."

Most people didn't dare to refute when they saw him dressed up, but some people were not happy.

"Brother Tai's words are a bit one-sided. Look at the people here. The canals have started construction, how many people have been fed, and how many people have been given work? It's better than doing nothing all day and finding no money, and finally ending up sneaking around?"

Someone took the lead, and immediately many people dared to agree: "What this brother said is true, not only your majesty is wise, there are also many capable people in the Sui Dynasty hall, but some dignitaries are not happy, and sent many people who don't know the details. People who slander everywhere."

Bah!

The chivalrous man couldn't hear the sarcasm in his words, he slapped the table with his palm, and the wine splashed out of the bowl. The shopkeeper was afraid that a fight would ruin the business, so he quickly gave the waiter a look, and the latter changed He greeted him with a smiling expression, and stood between the two tables to persuade him.

"Everyone, put the fire away, and then eat and drink, okay..."

While talking, he saw an old man coming to the store holding a dilapidated banner, and hurriedly left. Seeing that the old man's eyes were half-closed, he knew that he was blind. He took it in his hand, and glanced around, only the green forest guest table over there was still vacant.

"Hero... can this old gentleman sit here?"

The green forest guest glanced at the old man with white beard and hair in Taoist robes, saw that his eyes were blank, so he nodded, continued his previous words, and continued to reason with the people at the table.

"You said that the court is wise? Why did the emperor kill several meritorious ministers for several years in a row? Yang Su, the Duke of Yue, you know? He tried to rebel and was killed. Isn't it the current emperor who kills donkeys at will? Charges? And Wu Jianzhang was also killed, causing his son to flee to the Jianghu. Is this the son of Shengming you call? Let me tell you, there is almost no one in the court.”

The surrounding tables were speechless, but for a moment, a cough interrupted the silence. The old man opposite the knight at the same table coughed twice, wiped his hand on the banner twice, and turned his eyes towards him. , Hehe laughed out loud.

"Your Excellency's voice is sonorous and powerful, full of energy, but there is a faint anger hidden in it. It seems that Your Excellency is very dissatisfied with today's world."

The knight was stunned for a moment. At first he thought that he was just a fortune teller who wandered around the rivers and lakes, the kind who went around to eat and drink, but a simple sentence hit his mind, and he couldn't help but look at the past again. He combed meticulously, slightly nodded and stroked the white beard under his chin, giving him the feeling of a recluse.

Immediately, he raised his hands and clasped his fists: "Old sir, please enlighten me!"

"Hehe..." Over there, the old man stroked his beard and laughed, his eyes were dull but mysterious, he smiled for a moment, and said: "There is no need to teach me, I am just a veteran, if you have a chance, I will give it to you." People give advice, there is no chance to ask for half a word, just now I just listened to Your Excellency, I couldn't help but interjected, if you say that there is no one in the court, this old man will not agree."

"Oh?"

The knight took a sip of the wine and frowned.

"Mister, who else do you think is in court?"

Around, travelers and merchants resting on their feet couldn't help pricking up their ears, leaning slightly to this side, hoping to hear what name this blind old man could say.

Ha ha.

The old man took a sip of the tea offered by the man, and swallowed it with a "hululu" in his throat, which made the woman next to the knight feel sick.

"Jing Qiu, let's go."

"Wait a minute!"

At the same time as the woman spoke, the old man also spoke, "Now in the court, the old ones have left, and the new ones rarely know anyone. The people in this world have heard of it more or less. I wonder if you still remember it?" , the Great Sui Dynasty also had a national teacher."

"Lu Liangsheng!"

The knight on the opposite side couldn't help shaking his hand on the table. The female companion next to him looked at him and reached out to hold it. Then the man sank down, "I've heard of the man the old man said, but in the past few years , it seems that he has never shown up again, I am afraid that he has been harmed by the emperor, so he deliberately hides and keeps quiet."

Speaking of this, the surrounding people were suddenly in an uproar. They more or less knew that there was a national teacher in Chang'an City. In their impression, he was still a gentle scholar. According to his age, at least he could live for seven to eighty years. It's a pity that this There has never been any news for several years. If he is alive, at least he will show up.

Hearing the noise, the old man was not annoyed. After drinking the tea, he put a penny of tea money, got up and took the banner beside him, "National Teacher Lu Liangsheng, is it that you speculate like this? I went to the Overseas Fairy Mountain before, how do mortals know, hehehe..."

Shaking his head and laughing, he walked out of the wine shop holding the flag and banner, among the passing crowd, there was a vague old voice singing loudly.

"...The mat of heaven and earth is on my body, and I go all over the world to find someone who is destined... I am an old man, I have known it for 500 years, and I have known it for [-] years... If there is no fate... ...If you were a fairy, you wouldn't ask questions or answer them~~~"

The incongruous singing voice disappeared into the street outside. Soon, the man and woman checked out and walked out. Looking at the direction where the familiar old man disappeared, the knight turned his face with a complicated expression and looked at his female companion.

"Xue'er, it turns out that Lu Liangsheng has gone overseas in the past few years, so it's no wonder that there is no news about it."

The woman hummed, raised her face as if she was worried, and looked at the man in front of her with some worry.

"Then are you still going to Chang'an?"

Rumbling--

Thunder rumbled among the dark clouds, and the sound of rain fell.

"Go...get the Xuanyuan Sword and kill Yang Guang and Yu Wentuo!"

Walking to the street, Chen Jing looked at the pedestrians running in the street in the rain, murmured softly, and looked up at the continuous rain.

"Mr. Lu..."

.......

The rain clouds in the north are dense, extending along the boundless sky to the south, and there is still a sunny scene among the winding mountains.

The spring breeze blows down the leaves, and gently falls to the flowing water. The moment ripples spread away, the water splashes and flips to the sides. A piece of wood breaks through the river and rushes straight, blowing up the wind. The weeping branches on both sides of the bank swayed when the blow came.

A pair of flippers stepped on it slantingly, and the colorful short-sleeved jacket was opened, facing the wind. Taoist Toad raised the two fish whiskers at the corners of his mouth, pulled the tight rope, and laughed loudly echoing the river.

"Hurry up, hurry up!!"

"grumble?!"

In front of the taut rope, the water waves rolled, and the waist-swinging figure groaned excitedly. He raised his upper body and then sank down, pulling the wooden board behind him to quickly cross the small river.

The water flow became turbulent, and the speed became faster and faster. The toad pulling the rope looked at the broken river ahead, puffed up his eyes, and pulled in the rope with all his might.

"Turn around! Turn back—"

Ahead, with the splash of water waves, a slender figure dragged the shimmering water through the water and rushed to the sky, with wet hair flying, and screaming excitedly, "Wow~~", jumped out The broken waterway swings the huge fish tail and falls straight down the waterfall.

The rope tied around his waist was tense, Taoist Toad lowered his head and grasped the rope around his waist, followed by a long sound: "Ah--", a shadow was drawn and flew out, leaving only the wooden plank to slow down , swinging precariously on the surface of the water.

"Ah~"

The short black shadow fell straight down the waterfall, with a bang, the pool splashed half a foot high, and Taoist Toad lay on the water surface with his limbs stretched out, his tongue crooked and slowly sank to the bottom of the water. Create a few bubbles.

After a while, the wet toad climbed out of the water, sat on the stone by the pool, looked at the little mermaid swimming around in the water as if he was not bothered, the footsteps behind him rustled and approached, Yan Zhi wrapped a towel around Taoist Toad , the latter wiped his cheeks, pushed away boredly, got up and whistled, a bald old donkey sprang out from the woods not far away, ran to stop in front of it, and stomped its hooves twice. .

jiji~~

The noise of the merman playing in the water was noisy, and Rouge in red pursed her lips, suppressing a smile, watching Taoist Toad leap onto the donkey's back, walk up to the donkey's head and grab two ears, and let the old donkey leave slowly.

"Master Toad, come play again when you have time." Yan Zhi waved the towel.

The sky exploded with a bang of thunder, and the bright sun gradually dimmed in sight.

Taoist Toad, who was sitting on the donkey's head, raised his head, and a large cloud of lead-ash rain gathered, "Boom--" There was another thunderclap rolling across the sky, and the split electric snake twisted in the cloud, as if reflecting a road. The figure of the person stands in the cloud and flashes past.

The drizzle of rain fell on the face of the upturned toad, cutting off the coolness of the spring rain.

"My mother's..."

Then, he drove the old donkey slowly in the rain to the foot of the mountain in the west, under the lone tree on the cliff, the figure covered in fallen leaves and dust suddenly moved his fingers amidst the thunder.

Chapter 698 The old man, born in response to thunder

boom--

The spring thunder rolls across the sky, and the lead-green rain covers Qixia Mountain with a layer of white mist. The spring sowing in the fields stops, and the villagers run back with farm tools, yelling that the rain is not coming at the right time.

The sound of rain pouring over the mountains and forests is full of crackling sounds. The silhouette of a donkey flashes through the forest in the misty water vapor. The old tree with a rope stopped at the thatched cottage in front of it, shaking its mane, and the rain splashed in all directions.

"Master Toad came back so early today?"

A slender woman dressed in plain clothes and hairpins came out of the room with a dustpan in hand, sifted the broad beans inside, shook off the dust, and put them on the wooden shelf under the eaves. A delicate and charming temperament.

Over there, Taoist Toad, who slid down the rope, walked into the eaves, let out a muffled 'hmm', and stepped on his flippers and walked into the door.

The light in the hut was warm and yellow, and the meal was ready on the table. Taoist Toad looked outside again sullenly, and the spring thunder exploded. It has not stopped since he came back. There is nothing deep in Lei Du's taboo.

"Bi Qimian's...there is no end to it."

Looking at the food in the bowl, he sighed suddenly. Toad put down his chopsticks, jumped off the dining table, fell down on the ground with a babble, and as if nothing happened, got up and put on his flippers and walked to the door, looking at the water curtain hanging from the eaves. It fell, and a few drops of cold splashed on the face.

"Liangsheng doesn't know what can wake him up, and the old man can't even eat well."

Sighing, she took a small paper umbrella by the door, opened it and walked into the rain, and went to the cliff over there, the raindrops fell on the umbrella, and under the old tree on the cliff over there, Hong Lian hummed softly, The paper umbrella in his hand covered himself and the silver-haired figure sitting next to him. Hearing the sound of footsteps, he turned his head and looked at Taoist Toad who also came over with the umbrella. A pair of dimples appeared on his cheeks.

"Master Toad, have you finished eating?"

"No appetite." Taoist Toad also came over and sat down, raised Toad's face, and saw that the disciple's face was gray and wrinkled, his chin had a half-foot white beard, and his silver hair was caressing in the wind. With his eyes closed on his dusty shoulders, he looked peaceful.

In the past few years, my apprentice has not changed at all except that he is getting older day by day. If he can still feel the faint qi, he thinks he is dead.

In the past few years, I was afraid of accidents and did not dare to let people know, and I did not dare to contact the Taoist in Chang'an, lest Li Jinhua and Lu Laoshi who knew the news were worried that they would come back after traveling thousands of miles. If there is any trouble on the way, the apprentice will wake up. Taoist Hama didn't know how to explain.

"Oh, it looks older than the old man."

Toad propped his chin up, looked back at the sky and clouds outside the umbrella dripping with rain, "Why did the old man accept you as an apprentice."

In the direction of the line of sight, dark clouds enveloped the sky, rolling ups and downs, mixed with the sound of rolling thunder, and under the light of the electric snake piercing through the gaps in the clouds, one could vaguely see lines of figures lined up in the clouds. Compared with the time at the foot of the mountain, at this time On the cliffs on the mountain, it can be seen more clearly.

Taoist Ha's eyes sharpened, he got up holding his umbrella, and walked to the edge of the cliff to watch the lightning flash and thunder.

"what happened......"

The words were whispered out softly, and Hong Lian also followed. When he followed Toad's gaze to look at the sky, there was a bang of bluish-white lightning accompanied by the sound of thunder, illuminating the dark clouds, and among the clouds appeared a series of figures flying with flags flying.

"An immortal in the sky?" Nie Honglian has never experienced the Donglai incident, and only heard about the four generals of the Sea Demon Family from Hamo and Lu Liangsheng. They are the immortals who guard the Nantian Gate.

boom!

There was another thunder, as if it exploded in people's ears, and Nie Honglian hurriedly took two steps back. She is just a ghost who inhabits the temple and inhales incense to restore her body. It's down.