Great Sui Guoshi

"It's good to have the old man here." On the bookshelf, Taoist Ha climbed onto the donkey's back and sat down on the donkey's head: "Liangsheng, shall we go directly back to Chang'an afterward?"

Lu Liangsheng hesitated for a moment, but still walked out of the forest behind him, watching the rising water vapor in the air, there was a fish shadow falling from the river above, and there was the sound of splashing water.

"Well, if you put her back in the East China Sea, it's time to go back to Chang'an. Your Majesty should have started to build the Grand Canal in the past few years. I don't know what happened. The matter of the demon star and the group of gods in the sky have also come to the world. Things need to go back and do it.”

With a sigh, Lu Liangsheng took the rein and turned around the corner covered by the forest. There was a waterfall with rising water vapor, a clear female voice yelled, and the tail of the fish was trying to swim against the current. A red fox shook its furry ears, turned its head to look, and saw an old man with a slightly stooped figure and white beard and hair, wearing a gray robe with wide sleeves, walking slowly but really fast, behind him was an old donkey, and Taoist Toad on top of his head.

Rouge stared at the former, slowly propped up her limbs, felt the familiar breath, swung her fluffy tail, jumped to the ground, turned into a dignified woman with a high bun, a plump figure, and bowed gracefully to the old man who came over .

"Concubine body rouge, pay my respects to sir."

As a monster, the external appearance is not the first priority. The old man in front of him has a sense of familiarity, and the first reaction is to know who is back.

"Get up." Lu Liangsheng raised his hand and let her stand up. Hearing the shouts of 'hey' coming from the waterfall, he passed the fox girl who got up and waved for the shark who was swimming against the waterfall over there. The man came down and said to Rouge behind him in a calm voice:

"I've worked hard for you all these years, and I'm going to take her away when I come here today."

"Yes."

Rouge turned around and looked at the little murloc who jumped into the pool and swam to the shore, her lips trembled slightly, she hesitated for a moment, and slightly lowered her body to Fuli, "Rouge has practiced here for a long time, and she hasn't seen Mingyue for many years, and she misses Mingyue in her heart." , sir, can you let him come back to Qixia Mountain?"

This red fox is not an ordinary domestic animal without spiritual knowledge. It has been a long time since Lu Liangsheng has not seen the heart-to-heart connection between mother and child. How could Lu Liangsheng not understand this truth, but he still has to wait until he returns to Chang'an to arrange things properly.

"Well, I won't be unreasonable. When I return to Chang'an this time, I will let Mingyue come back. Now that a few years have passed, I should have grown a lot, and I can come back along the way."

"Thank you sir."

Rouge wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, she was very happy, she quickly saluted again, and asked Lu Liangsheng to wave his hand before giving up. Afterwards, she chatted a few words casually, talked about some things in the mountains, and then cast a spell to wrap some water in the pond. Put the donkey on the man, took the rein, and called out: "Let's go!"

The sound of trampling hooves went in the opposite direction to the road at the foot of the mountain, crossed Koizumi Mountain, walked to the east, crossed several stretching mountains, and came to the edge of the magic circle of the Ten Thousand Spirits Formation. It was already morning two days later.

wow~~

The gentle sea breeze rolled up the waves with a faint fishy smell, and it was the first time for Hong Lian to see the vast sea. She screamed excitedly, "Ah!", and floated out of the bookshelf. She lost her embroidered shoes and was naked and white. With his little feet, he stepped on the soft and wet sand and shallow water, held a few shells, and the hem of his skirt fluttered with laughter, and the old donkey followed him up and down, sticking out his tongue and rolling over a shell on the ground, clacking, clacking, clacking crushed in the mouth.

"Chiji~~~"

The merman with the fish tail impatiently moved the sea water away quickly on the beach, stretched his hands flat, and lay on his back in the sea water, his loose long hair was still being pushed by the waves, with his eyes wide open, he looked at the blue sky and white clouds, and smelled it hard. The smell of sea water.

This is her home.

The waves pushed some white foam onto the beach, leaving shallow watermarks. Facing the sea breeze, Lu Liangsheng's pale beard trembled, and he watched the red pity, the old donkey running, and the little mermaid crowing happily in the sea with his hands behind his back.

At the same level as the walking steps, Taoist Ha was also watching this scene, "Liangsheng, what you said at Koizumi Mountain, can you tell me now, right?"

Hearing this, the walking figure stopped, and between the white beard swaying in the wind, Lu Liangsheng looked at the end where the sky and the sea meet with his lips tightly pressed together. He didn't know how to speak for a moment. road.

"Master, in fact, I don't know how to tell you that it is not easy to master the seal of Kongtong, especially with a mortal body. A cultivator is also a mortal body in front of the divine weapon..."

"That's why there is birth, old age, sickness and death?"

"Birth, old age, sickness and death?" Lu Liangsheng was stunned for a moment, understanding what the master was referring to, and nodded: "The Kongtong seal was in the hands of the Emperor Ren. Back then, the first emperor went out to sea to find it, not only for the power of conferring gods, but also for immortality. , very few, even the gods in the sky are not immortal."

His voice wafted in the wind.

"...After returning from the west all the way, the disciple has been thinking about it all the time. After returning to Qixia Mountain, he saw his hometown and recalled the past experiences. All the people and things in the past around him suddenly understood."

Taoist Ha turned back his gaze from afar, raised his face to look at his apprentice: "What do you understand?"

"It's what Master just said, birth, old age, sickness and death."

The sea breeze rustled his robe, Lu Liangsheng fell silent after speaking, and looked at Hong Lian, who was holding a conch in front of his mouth and screaming at him, with a smile on the corner of his mouth.

He opened his mouth again and continued: "Immortality and immortality are not so easy. It is not possible to eat a few flavors of natural treasures and get one thing. It is against the law of heaven to live forever. Understand what longevity is."

Taoist Ha pondered over these words carefully, and faintly felt that they made a lot of sense.

"Who told you this? As a teacher, I don't believe you can figure it out on your own."

Next to him, Lu Liangsheng silently opened and closed his mouth, and pointed to the sky: Heaven.

"That thing can talk?"

"Why not, I have said a lot in Guixu."

Toad tilted his head to look at the sky, and hurriedly chased after his apprentice: "Liangsheng, wait, what else did it say? Tell me quickly."

"...Let the disciples think about it, and said that after the future is done, let me step on the Heavenly Pavilion physically."

"Really? I don't believe it as a teacher!"

"What does Master think it will say?"

"Where does the teacher know..."

One master, one apprentice, walking on the beach one behind the other, leaving a series of toad footprints of people big and small.

The waves rolled in and calmed down as before.

Chapter 7 and One Passing through Taiyuan

Go north along the coast, pass Jiyu Mountain, Jiangdu, Langya, and enter Penglai County. This time, Lu Liangsheng did not plan to enter Penglai County. After returning home, he excitedly swung the fish tail on the donkey's back, chirping along the way with words that Taoist Hong Lian and Toad couldn't understand.

"Chichi... Chichi..."

When they got to the coast, the shark sitting on the back of the donkey couldn't sit still any longer. He fell down, crawled on the ground, and rubbed towards the sand with one arch and another. When he was almost in the shallow water, the fish bounced and jumped up and stabbed. Entering the sea, sticking out his head, swimming around excitedly, people on the shore waved their palms with film from time to time.

The sea breeze mixed with a faint fishy smell blew, Taoist Toad climbed onto the back of the donkey and walked to the head of the old donkey, embracing his fins, Lu Liangsheng on the side made footprints, passed over there, and the sea water pushed along the two sides along his steps , never got wet.

"You should go, go there, you should be able to find your home and relatives."

Lu Liangsheng squatted down, touched the little mermaid with its head stretched out, and pointed to the farther direction of the sea: "Let's go there, thank you for your company these days."

"Oh, I have to leave, but the old man is a bit reluctant." Taoist Toad sighed slightly. After living in the human world for more than ten years, he has long since lost the ferocity he had before, and now he looks like a sentimental old man.

Hong Lian on the side hummed a few times, nodded in agreement, and then raised his hand to wave goodbye to the merman. The merman over there swam a few feet away, turned his head reluctantly, and looked at Lu who was standing not far away. Liangsheng, and the waving woman, Taoist Toad, hit a wave, turned around and swam back, jumped out of the water and threw themselves into Lu Liangsheng's arms.

"grumble....."

Rubbing his head on the warm chest twice, he let go of his arms, fell back into the sea, and swam away quickly. Lu Liangsheng pursed his lips, smiled, turned around and took the rein, and called Hong Lian who was still waving. And the master left, walked up the gentle slope, looked back, and on the sea in the distance, the merman was sitting on the reef, and seemed to be holding something in his hand, waving at them.

Lu Liangsheng wiped his waist with his hand, and the jade he was wearing was gone. On the red string, it was replaced by a light blue fish scale, hanging there with the Xuanyuan sword scabbard next to it, swinging slightly.

"Ha ha....."

With a few chuckles, Lu Liangsheng took the fish scale and spread it on the palm of his hand. It was light blue and cold, and it felt like jade, "Although I don't know your name, but I exchanged the jade pendant with you, then I will give you another name, Haiyu, in the future If there is a destiny, you and I can meet again, so let's say goodbye!"

He said something with a smile, clenched the fish scale tightly, and cupped his hands towards the merman on the reef in the distance. The other party seemed to have heard Lu Liangsheng's words, and responded with a long cry of "cheep!" from a distance, turned around and jumped into the sea, curled up. There were waves and disappeared.

"Master, Hong Lian, let's go too."

Lu Liangsheng looked at the calming sea, looked away, and let Taoist Toad sit down, Hong Lian went back to the bookshelf, pulled the old donkey and jingled the bell, and headed west.

Walking on the official road, there are more and more traders and travelers coming and going in Qingzhou. When I saw an old man in a gray robe and beard and hair pulling an old donkey, I couldn't help but look at it curiously, and came over to ask Lu Liangsheng if he had met him. The troublesome thing, why was he alone, but Lu Liangsheng prevaricated and said that he came out to relax and so on.

At this time, in mid-April, the fields outside the city are green. Turning the official road and copying the path, in the shaking bookshelf, Hong Lian babbled and sang opera on the scroll, and the toad sitting on the edge of the small door clung to each other. The tobacco rod, followed by humming for a few paragraphs, took a puff of smoke, and remembered the business.

He stopped humming and asked, "By the way, what's for dinner?"

Lu Liangsheng has long been used to the master's words. Now that he is in a state of mind, what he sees is a painting. In fact, as long as he can think of a picture in his mind, he can make a picture by himself. Along the way, Toad doesn't even need to cook the rice. Take it out, not only has the taste, but also can actually fill the stomach, which is no different from ordinary meals.

"Whatever Master wants to eat, as long as I can think of it."

Under a tree in the forest, an old donkey was left to graze. Lu Liangsheng took out a blank scroll, and as the delicacies he had eaten came to mind, there were roasted leg of lamb, salt-roasted fat goose, and pickled egg in an instant. Thin porridge... One by one, a picture was brought out from the square table inside, and placed in front of Taoist Ha, the color of the dish appeared, and the fragrance wafted.

Lu Liangsheng took a sip, then stopped eating, shook his head, took the book and read it, it was not drawn by himself, it has no soul.

The Taoist Toad next to him, who was not so particular about it, got bigger, picked up the fat goose and stuffed it into his mouth to chew, his cheeks puffed up and then closed, he poked his head over and glanced at the picture book in the apprentice's hand.

"Didn't you just go back to Chang'an?"

"To the west of Qingzhou, you will go directly to Xindu and Zhaojun. Just go there to see how the Qihe Canal is being repaired, and then go to Taiyuan on the way. Yuanfeng should still be working under Li Yuan's command."

After talking for a while, seeing that the master had almost eaten, he put away the scroll and put it on the bookshelf. After calling the old donkey, he continued to move forward. The toad climbed up the small door along the rope, lay down on the small shop while touching his belly, and set up a Legs dangling comfortably.

"Since it's in the past, there's no need to delay. Your current cultivation base has shrunk to an inch, but today is not what it used to be. If you were a teacher back then, it was only a blink of an eye. You have to know how majestic and prestige you were as a teacher back then. The elite of the great sect went out of the siege to be the teacher, it was a sea of ​​people, and the magic weapon covered the sun..."

Inside the easel, Hong Lian's chuckling voice sounded, "Master Toad is bragging again, but in fact, everyone is yelling to beat him up."

"You little female ghost, can you talk?!"

"But I was right."

......

Listening to the confrontation between the two, Lu Liangsheng picked out his ears, and he didn't bother to pay attention to it. He walked out of the forest path, and his vision was green and flat. Hoe was walking up the field ridge to go home with the villagers he knew well.

On the way, Lu Liangsheng stopped the farmers who were returning home, and inquired about the directions to Xindu and Taiyuan, only to find out that the distance was only more than a hundred miles. He rode on an old donkey, crossed mountains and ridges to the Qi River, and the river reflected in his eyes It was more than a few feet wider than before, and hundreds of men wore short jackets, or were shirtless, chanted, and kept swinging hoes, smashing down pieces of dirt and stones, and let the porters pretend to go.

Lu Liangsheng took the old donkey and walked along the river bank for a while, then sat on a big bluestone, looking at this piece of fortifications that were in full swing and stretching for miles, he felt emotional.

'Your Majesty, you are really courageous. '

The sun gradually slanted to the west, and the men who were working gradually stopped their work, and ran to the supervisor in groups to get today's money with their rough hands. The daily salary is probably astronomical, and I am a little worried about whether the court can bear it.

"Old gentleman, you have been here for a long time but you are waiting for someone?"

The overseer, who had finished paying the last batch of wages in the distance, came with his soldiers. He had noticed that the old man in gray had been sitting here for a long time, and thought he was just here to see the canal repairs, but it was getting dark now, so he left Come and ask.

"It's getting late, the old man should go back quickly, the dark road is difficult to walk, if you accidentally fall into the river, you will die."

Lu Liangsheng nodded, and didn't make things difficult for the supervisor, he bowed his hands in thanks, only this section of the Qihe Canal, he probably understood the expectations of the fortification, and there was nothing to see.

"Thank you, my lord, for reminding me, this old man will leave now."

After leading the old donkey, while the night gradually disappeared into the eyes of the group of people behind him, he took the old donkey directly across the wide Qi River to the opposite bank, and went straight to Taiyuan County.

There was nothing else to do on the way, and he hurried on the road, passed through the thick city wall, and Lu Liangsheng walked into the city. Lanterns were hung high in the streets to illuminate the market. At this time, the night was bustling with people. He took a mask and put it on his face and shook it towards the bookshelf behind, which attracted a burst of pleasant laughter from the woman inside.

"My lord, you don't need to cover it up like this. I think that even if you are old, you still look good."

While speaking, there was noise from the street, and the pedestrians and people passing by were confused. Several men in blue robes looked around in a panic, squeezed through the crowd and ran to the front.

"I don't know where the little boy went again."

"...Stop talking, look for it quickly."

The voice quickly disappeared at the end of the street along with several people.

Chapter 7 Xuan Ba?

"Taiyuan Tofu Nao~~Scallions and salt are all available. If you haven't eaten at night, come and taste it. It will fill your stomach. If you have eaten, it will be a supper!"

"Oil-cooked meat.....golden in color, soft on the outside and tender on the inside!"

"Old vinegar, aged vinegar from an old shop in Taiyuan~~"

The night is getting darker, the long street is noisy and bustling, there is an endless stream of yelling among the passing pedestrians and people, the clerk who welcomes customers is shouting loudly, the hob meat at the street stalls makes the sound of sizzling, and Lu Liangsheng shuttles back and forth Passing here, there was shouting and cursing from the brothel in the distance, and after a burst of ping-pong-pong smashing, someone was thrown onto the street, pointing and watching, grabbed the wine and meat on the ground and stuffed it into his mouth, limping regardless of the pain on his body Turn away.

"It seems that there are people who eat Bawang's meal everywhere."

Lu Liangsheng watched the man go away, smiled and pulled the old donkey to continue on. Along the way, he inquired about the location of Qu's house. The Yang Mansion should know about it. After searching for the location, they came to the north of the city. The streets here are less crowded, and the two sides of the long street are mostly high-walled courtyards. The houses are basically the same. There are surnames written on the upper door plaque, so it should not be difficult to find according to the famous taboo.

However, Lu Liangsheng directly searched for Qu Yuanfeng's aura and searched for several miles around here, but he didn't sense his apprentice.

'Isn't it in town? '

After walking a few houses, I saw the word "Qu's Mansion" written on one of the houses. I stepped forward and knocked on the door of the courtyard. There was a soft creaking sound. A porter carefully opened the door and looked at Lu Liangsheng outside vigilantly. , dressed in gray, with silver-white beard and hair, and an old-fashioned and peaceful face, he couldn't help feeling a little fond, and then glanced at the old donkey outside at the foot of the stone steps, wagging its tail.

Then he asked, "This old man, who are you looking for?"

Lu Liangsheng knew what he looked like now, with a smile on his face, "I'm looking for General Qu Lang, if he's here, please inform me that there is an old friend coming to Qixia Mountain."

"Looking for my master?" The concierge took a few more glances at the old man outside and shook his head: "Brother, my master hasn't come back tonight. It's time to stay in the army and he won't come back. You'd better wait until tomorrow." Take your chances."

The concierge was cautious, not to mention that the host was away, so he didn't dare to let anyone in at will. After saying a few more words, he closed the door. Lu Liangsheng frowned and walked back to the stone steps. He turned around and looked at the closed courtyard door and smiled unconsciously. , Unexpectedly, there will be times when I will be rejected.

"Liangsheng, since Yuanfeng is not here, let's go to find an inn to stay overnight." In the bookshelf, Daoist Hama yawned and spoke out.

"It's impossible to live in an inn."

Lu Liangsheng patted his sleeve pocket freely, but there was not a penny in it, and the last money was used up when he was still in Nanzhong a few years ago, and there was no penny at home. They took them all to Chang'an. During this journey, most of the meals were taken out of the paintings, so naturally they didn't need money.

"In the old city of Taiyuan, there is always room for people to live."

Since he had no money, Lu Liangsheng didn't get too entangled. He took the old donkey and walked around the street, thinking of it as a stroll around the night scene under Li Yuan's rule.

"My lord, don't you know Li Yuan? Why don't you spend the night with him." Hong Lian floated out of the painting scroll, stepped on the embroidered shoes on the ground, and followed briskly beside her.

Lu Liangsheng thought about it for a while, and decided to forget it. After all, although there was an intersection, it was not enough to stay overnight. Besides, it was late at night, so it was better not to disturb others.