Great Sui Guoshi

"The third brother relies on two legs, and he hasn't run far yet, so hurry up!"

There were many torches lighting up this side, the sound of horseshoes and footsteps spread across the single street outside the mansion, and soon a figure was seen running ahead, Li Shimin shouted again: "Drive!" Shouted: "Dade, go back with the second brother, and confess to your father!"

"Dude, I'm the eldest brother, come back with me!" Li Jiancheng, who was driving along with the horse, also shouted.

In front, the two-legged child who was walking quickly held the long sword and looked back, laughed, but ran even faster. Among the cavalry chasing behind, there were also guards who were good at riding horses. They rushed up first, and the horseshoes Running wildly, seeing that he was about to catch up, he reached out to grab the child by the collar.

"Young master, this subordinate has offended you!"

Answering him, the thin and bone-like face turned sideways, the short figure suddenly jumped up, swung a fist and hit the horse's head backwards, there was a muffled bang, the horse screamed, and the huge body suddenly stopped and fell to the ground , the guard sitting above flew forward directly, fell heavily on the ground like a pile of soft meat and rolled for more than ten laps before stopping.

With broken steps, he jumped over the body of the unrecognizable guards. Li Xuanba slowed down, not looking at the seriousness of the injuries on the ground. He turned around and stuck out the tip of his tongue. Jiao Yazi speeded up again, went to a side alley, and quickly disappeared into the darkness.

"Shut up!"

Li Jiancheng reined in his horse, looked at the alley that was only one person wide, and whipped hard, urging the rest of the people to continue chasing along this side.

"Wow!" Li Shimin slowed down from behind, glanced at his brother who was chasing him, got off his horse to look at the injured guard, and called for someone to come over and take the injured back to the mansion first.

"Let the steward find a doctor and just say what I said."

"Yes! Second Young Master!"

The accompanying guards bowed their hands heavily, picked up the comatose companion on the ground and put him on the horse's back. After leaving, Li Shimin continued to lead his men to chase with confidence.

At the same time, Li Xuanba, who was running along the long street in the middle of the night, rushed out of the alley and followed the familiar path all the way to the location of the Earth Temple. Apprentice, if you find it, you will find it, the worst thing is to go back and get a slap from your father.

The front was dim, and I could vaguely see the faint lights still on. I grinned and showed a mouthful of yellow teeth. The saliva was hanging from the corner of the mouth, and it was floating behind with a silk thread.

The wind blows past the ruined temple in the distance, the crooked window frame creaks and shakes in the night wind, the burning fire inside bounces speckled sparks, occasionally in the sound of flipping a book, Taoist Toad scratches his belly, flips his flippers Turned over under the quilt.

Lu Liangsheng stopped flipping the fingers of the book, and Hong Lian, who was propping his chin, turned his head slightly, looked at the temple gate, and frowned slightly.

"Young master, someone is here, like the ugly boy from before."

As he spoke, he turned into a wisp of green smoke and floated into the bookshelf. The next second, the temple door opened and the wind blew in, causing the old donkey who was crawling under the wall to open his eyes, then closed them boredly, and continued to sleep.

"Old man... old mister, here I come again!"

The figure who rushed into the door ran over with the wind, and while the bonfire was swaying, Li Xuanba was quite excited to see that the old man was still here, and he handed over the sword he was holding in his arms.

"Here, this is my father's sword. It was given by an expert. It is extremely sharp. Xuan Ba ​​gave it to the old man, how about the old man also teach me spells?"

Xuanhua put the scabbard on the hilt and put it into the range of the candlelight. Lu Liangsheng looked at the sword with a sense of familiarity, especially the tiger head with bared teeth and roaring out of the hilt. The meager mana spread throughout his body, and he couldn't help laughing.

'Isn't this the one I gave Li Yuan back then? This child's surname is Li, so it seems he is his son. '

Smiling, he pushed the weapon back and waved his hand: "Xuanba, take it back. Since it is a gift, how can you take it back? As for you want to be a teacher, forget it. If there is a destiny, let's talk about it."

"You won't accept me?" Li Xuanba was stunned for a moment, took a look with his sword, pointed at himself, and then kicked his legs a few times in mid-air: "My second brother said that I have amazing bones, Nai Wanzhong No one, many people in the city wanted to take me in, but I refused, even the generals in the army wanted to take me in."

"If you don't accept it, you don't accept it."

Lu Liangsheng heard some movement outside, and it seemed that he couldn't stay here any longer. He got up and closed the book, rolled the sleeping master on the futon into the bookshelf with a wave of his sleeve, and asked the old donkey to put it on the shelf. Walking straight to a wall, right in Li Xuanba's line of sight, his body blurred and disappeared.

"Through the wall?" The child hurried forward and touched the wall vigorously, thinking it was a fake. With a loud roar of "ah--", he punched the wall with a loud bang, and half of the wall was blown in an instant. When it collapsed and fell down, the beams lost their support and fell at one end, together with the roof slats and tiles, they fell together and smashed into the temple, filling the air with smoke and dust.

"There's movement over there!"

"It looks like something has fallen!"

"The Earth Temple over there!"

The loud noise caused commotion in the middle of the night, and the knights and guards who searched around rushed towards this side. Li Jiancheng rushed to the front first. He naturally recognized that this was the ruined temple where the third brother often came to play. Now it collapsed, thinking that Li Xuanba took it. It was caused by my father's sword slashing indiscriminately here. I was worried that my brother would be injured, so I shouted anxiously to the left and right:

"Go in and find someone!"

A group of guards rushed there in a hurry, and before they reached the collapsed temple gate, they heard a few clatters, and there was movement from the ruins, and in the dust, Li Xuanba walked out sullenly with his sword in his arms, glanced at him and asked The elder brother threw the sword in his hand directly.

He just said: "I'm going back to sleep." Dejectedly, he walked out of the temple eaves slowly, and met Li Shimin who came behind, and the three brothers returned home together.

Not long after, when he returned to the mansion, he saw his father Li Yuan and his mother Dou Shi standing outside the hall under the eaves. Li Xuanba was pushed by his second brother, and he reluctantly went over with his head down, showing the sword in his hand to the mansion. in hand.

Seeing the sword came back, Li Yuan stepped forward to take it, pulled it out and took a look, seeing that it was unharmed, he breathed a sigh of relief, looked at his son in front of him, raised his hand to strike, finally put it down, and sighed.

"Dude, why did you go out with your sword?"

Li Xuanba looked back at his second brother, who nodded to him, and then truthfully told the reason.

"I... I took it to apprentice, but the old man didn't want it, he didn't accept me as an apprentice."

Over there, Li Yuan was so angry that he almost laughed, and swung the sword in his hand, "Take it as an apprentice? You must know that this was given by a master to be a father. How can you give it to others? You are really going to kill me." !"

"What's so rare."

Li Xuanba lowered his head and looked away, muttering: "The old man still doesn't like it."

"Oh? What else did the old man say?"

The child is reckless, but not stupid. I remember clearly what Lu Liangsheng said just now.

"How can you take back what you have given away..."

After listening to his son's retelling, Li Yuan was stunned, so that his wife saw that he hadn't moved for a while, so she came over and pushed him lightly. Li Xuanba said, "Go, quickly take Weifu to the place you went just now."

"Father, do you want to see the old man too?"

Li Xuanba shook his head, pulled his hand back, and almost fell to the ground, he shook his head and said: "But the old man left, leading an old donkey into the wall, and the son also took it The wall was taken down, and no one else was seen."

"Are you leaving?"

After hearing this sentence, Li Yuan stopped, and stood there with some regrets. Seeing that he had stopped moving again, Mrs. Dou gave him a blank look, and hurriedly urged the three sons over there.

"It's fine to leave, Jiancheng, Shimin, take Xuanba down to rest."

After the person left, Mrs. Dou went to help Li Yuan back to the bedroom, and asked softly: "Master knows who the old man Xuanba mentioned?"

"What old man?"

Li Yuan stepped into the door, sat on the stool, looked at the flickering candle, couldn't help but sighed again, put the sword on the table, and gently brushed the sheath.

"That is the national teacher of the current dynasty, and this sword was given to my husband by the national teacher."

Dou, who was standing aside, opened her mouth slightly, looked at her husband, and was so startled that even a little sound came out.

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In the middle of the night in the city, there are occasional dogs barking, or children crying at night, and the ethereal sound of clappers playing watch on the quiet long street comes from afar.

Lu Liangsheng took the old donkey and looked at the sky, which was blue and dark. There was a lot of noise at night, and it was already midnight and early morning. In one or two hours, it would be dawn soon.

"Walk around and see if Yuanfeng returns to the city during the day. If not, let's go back to Chang'an."

Thinking of what happened overnight, Li Yuan's son was really mischievous. If he was younger, Lu Liangsheng felt that it would be good to accept him as a closed disciple and teach him his temper.

After walking in the city for a while, the sky was getting brighter, the long street became more lively, and the beggars got up early to start a busy day.

Near the North City Gate, there was the sound of horseshoes in the distance. Lu Liangsheng walked through an adjacent street and saw a team waiting to enter the city from afar. Among them were several figures on horseback, dressed in military uniform and galloping on horseback. He also seemed to notice that someone was watching. He turned his head and saw an old man with white beard and hair. He couldn't help but take a second look, and then disappeared at the end of the long street.

Lu Liangsheng stood there but laughed. The person who just looked over was Qu Yuanfeng who had returned from the military camp outside the city. He had no Taoist cultivation, so naturally he couldn't feel his own breath, and was about to turn around. The apprentice's house, after walking a few steps, he suddenly stopped, pinched his finger out of his sleeve, and looked back towards the direction of the city gate.

Among the vendors and pedestrians entering the city, there were three familiar figures leading horses and accompanying the crowd.

Looking at one of them, Lu Liangsheng's eyes shone brightly, and what came from a distance was a sense of immortality, and the outline of a pagoda flashed away around him.

Li Jing......

Chapter 7 and Five

The magic light of that pagoda...should be a corresponding immortal.

Uh~~The only one who entrusts the pagoda...is the one from Chentangguan.

Incarnated into the world, and looking for someone with the same name and surname, it seems that this 'Li Jing' really wants to save face...

Lu Liangsheng caressed the irritable old donkey, his eyes were calm, and he watched Li Jing, Hong Funv, and the big man with the beard who came to the city gate from afar. Even if the kind of righteous god comes into the world, he is still very sensitive to the surroundings. The enemy is in the open, and he is in the dark. It is the best choice at the moment.

'It seems that I can't leave for a while. '

In the bookshelf, Taoist Toad wanted to see what happened, but Lu Liangsheng, who turned around, raised his hand and gave a soft 'shh', "Master, let's talk about it later."

Pulling up the old donkey and returning to the city, the first thing to do is to go to Qu Yuanfeng's house, and knock on the door again. The old man who opened the door glanced at Lu Liangsheng who was smiling outside, and naturally recognized the one who came yesterday afternoon, and nodded. .

"My brother is here again. It seems that I saw my master coming back. Come in quickly."

"It's work."

Lu Liangsheng smiled, walked into the gate and stood by the concierge, waiting for him to go in to report. When he was bored standing here, he looked around. The courtyard is not big, but the Feng Shui layout is just right. It seems that the cultivation base Lost it, it is still used frequently on the way of Taoism.

After a while, the concierge came back in a hurry, pointing to this side from time to time, muttering something, a figure walking with him, with a bushy beard and hazy eyes, was stunned when he saw the old man standing under the eaves After a while, he looked at it carefully for a moment, his expression became joyful, he pushed away the doorman next to him, and hurriedly approached, in the horrified sight of the old man in the doorway, his master arched his hands respectfully, knelt down on the ground, and leaned over Kowtow is a bow.

"Disciple Qu Yuanfeng, pay homage to Master!"

Respecting parents and teachers was the first lesson Lu Liangsheng taught back then, and it was also the basic etiquette of being a human being. Qu Yuanfeng grew up in Qixia Mountain, and naturally he put it first.

"It can be seen that it is not easy to come to be a teacher. Get up quickly. I am passing through the north as a teacher. I know you are working in Taiyuan, so come and have a look."

Lu Liangsheng personally helped up the disciples on the ground. The last time he saw Qu Yuanfeng was several years ago when he went to fight in Tuyuhun. See you now. His figure is bigger than before, his arms are strong, and his palms are full of calluses. Practice martial arts hard to make up for the lack of practice.

"Then master will stay for a few more days!" Qu Yuanfeng was overjoyed that the master could come to see him, and waved his hands to let the concierge go back to work first. He folded his hands and led the master who had changed his appearance for some reason, to sit down and talk. .

A smile appeared on his face, "Of course we have to stay for a few more days. On weekdays, what should Yuanfeng do? Don't ask the army for leave just because you are here as a teacher." Lu Liangsheng replied with a smile, and then talked with his apprentice Go around the Feng Shui wall and walk into the front yard.

The courtyard is not big, there are no maids in sight, and there are only one or two servants. It can be seen that the way of doing things is still frugal.

When he came to the hall, Lu Liangsheng took the tea from the servant with both hands, brushed the wide sleeves of the table, Taoist Toad came out, jumped on the spot, patted his clothes off his body and coughed twice.

"I've met Master!" Qu Yuanfeng hurriedly stood up for another week.

Taoist Toad waved his hand, went to sit down in front of the teacup, and blew on the grass leaves floating on it, "It's good if you have the heart, you don't need to be polite."

"Follow the teacher's teachings."

On the opposite side, Qu Yuanfeng, who was not going to take the first place, clasped his fists heavily. After speaking, he and Lu Liangsheng looked at each other. The two of them laughed tacitly at almost the same time. Regarding the situation here, I also asked how Master became such an old man.

"Could it be that Master deliberately used spells to change his appearance?"

"Yes and no, don't worry about Yuanfeng."

Lu Liangsheng didn't want to mention this matter too much, so he sat down and talked for a while, and tested his apprentice's progress over the years, "Although you can no longer practice Taoism, you can be useful in the army, and I am happy for you as a teacher. "

Hearing the sincerity of the master's words, Qu Yuanfeng was also happy in his heart. After all, he had determined to be a general since he was a child, and now he has almost achieved half of it, and he was praised by Lu Liangsheng, just like a child who has worked hard for a long time and is recognized by his parents. Laughed and blossomed.

"Master doesn't know anything. It's Taiyuan General Manager Li who makes my disciples what they are today... Sometimes he visits, and he often reminds his disciples about the art of war. Among the three sons known to his disciples, the eldest son is gentle and polite, and the second son is even more respectful." He is an all-rounder in civil and military affairs, and his disciples often accompany him on weekdays, and he has learned a lot, as for the third son..."

Speaking of this, Qu Yuanfeng couldn't help grinning: "As for the third young master, he is extremely powerful, and my disciple once wanted to accept him as an apprentice, but it's a pity that the child doesn't like it. By the way, Mr. Li seems to be familiar with the master." ?”

"Very familiar."

Speaking of the intersection between Li Yuan and himself, Lu Liangsheng couldn't help but smiled, and just briefly told his apprentice, for example, that the other party met by chance when he was still in preparation, ate the other party's roasted rabbit, and returned the other party's magic sword.

"Actually, there's nothing to say. It's just that we meet each other on weekdays. After a long time, we are closer than others."

"That's just right." Qu Yuanfeng stood up and summoned his servants to prepare the carriage for him, then turned around and said, "Before master and master come, this disciple happens to be up for a while and wants to visit at night, master, why don't we go together."

The tea was steaming hot, Taoist Toad seemed to be interested, holding the teacup and turning his face: "Is there a banquet? It suits the old man's appetite."

On the black lacquered wooden chair at the side, Lu Liangsheng leaned against the back of the chair as if he didn't hear the words of the apprentice and the master. He tapped his fingertips on the small table next to him and thought about something carefully. After a while, he raised his eyes and saw that Qu Yuanfeng nodded nod.

"Okay, I haven't seen him for a long time as a teacher, so I'll go there tonight."

In his soft words, Lu Liangsheng actually had other considerations. Since Li Jing was entrusted to come into the world, he suddenly came to this important town in Taiyuan. He must have a purpose.

...Could it be to see Li Yuan?

If this is the case, those gods are planning to start a war and bring chaos to the world again. Once the demons are rampant, the temples and temples in Kyushu will be full of incense.

I probably figured out the joints, so I had to go and take a closer look. After that, I put aside my guesses, and Lu Liangsheng talked with his master and Qu Yuanfeng, after all, they hadn't seen each other for many years.

The sky slanted and shone on the mansion at the head of the long street. Two men and a woman knocked on the door and handed out invitations, and were then invited in.

"Husband, who is Li Jing?" In the hall of the backyard, Mrs. Dou held the soles of the three brothers' shoes, bit off the silk thread, and looked at the figure writing behind the desk.

Li Yuan put down his pen and ink, stretched his waist, leaned back, and frowned slightly.

"Han Zhuguo's nephew just doesn't know what's going on in Taiyuan, let's meet."

Chapter 7 and Six