Great Sui Guoshi

In the eyes of Li Yuan and others, the gourd turned into a purple-gold black-patterned gourd in the blink of an eye, and then Lu Liangsheng put it away in his sleeve, "Uncle De, I have retrieved the magic weapon. When I am about to leave... "

"Just leave like that? My brother is still lying on the couch!!" Behind the crowd, the bearded man straightened up, thinking of Li Jing who was unconscious on the couch, he couldn't help getting angry, and shouted, Lu Liangsheng, who was about to leave, returned He turned his head and smiled, "My gourd can't hurt him, and nothing will happen. He will wake up naturally at night."

Seeing that Lu Liangsheng was about to leave, Li Yuan hurried out of the eaves. He hadn't seen the national teacher for a long time, but when he met suddenly today, he couldn't help thinking of the past, "The national teacher, take a step slowly."

"Guo...Mr. Lu."

The brass bell rang softly, and the old donkey with a flick of its tail turned its head to look at the figure that was chasing it, breathed heavily, and walked slowly to the other side, making room for Li Yuan to follow behind Lu Liangsheng, "You come here this time. .....may as well stay for a few more days."

Lu Liangsheng turned his head to look at him, and then looked at Li Xuanba who was moving behind and tilting his head to look in other directions, and said with a smile: "I can't stop, I just stopped by, originally to see Qu Yuanfeng, he is me One of the disciples unexpectedly met Li Jing, he was possessed by a demon, and it was difficult for the master of the country to attack directly, so Xuan Ba ​​hit him on the head with this gourd."

"So it is."

Li Yuan, who was walking on the side, finally wanted to understand the cause and effect. As for whether it is really not important whether the ghost is possessed, he asked in a low voice: "Then the fact that the national teacher accepted my son as a disciple still counts?"

Lu Liangsheng thought for a while, then nodded: "Forget it, I will be a closed disciple of my teacher."

"Hey, the national teacher is not old, how can he accept closed disciples so early." Li Yuan quietly put his hand behind his back, hooked his fingers at his son who was following behind, and continued to whisper to the side: "Look at the national teacher, It's okay to accept one, I have two older ones in my family, and the youngest one, three or four years old, why not..."

Lu Liangsheng was stunned for a moment, and quickly raised his hand to cover his mouth, "I still have important things to hurry back to Chang'an, and I will come back to Taiyuan when I have time, so I will leave!"

He bowed his hands to the other party, and called the old donkey to walk quickly to the lively long street. Li Yuan chased after him and shouted a few times, then turned around and hurriedly called Li Xuanba.

"Hurry up and go to Chang'an with your master."

"what?"

Li Xuanba had never traveled far, not even Taiyuan, so he was naturally happy when he heard that, he turned around and rushed home, but Li Yuan grabbed him by the collar and pointed to the street, "What else do you have, hurry up and go."

Kicked his son's buttocks, sent him to the street, and yelled.

"Don't come back!"

Li Yuan clapped his hands and walked back to the mansion. His steps became brisk. He looked at the crowd and his angry wife. He was quite happy, and strode into the courtyard with his hands behind his back.

Looking at the already tired scenery at home, I feel quite pleasant.

"Finally, I don't have to worry about it anymore."

7 ten chapters one night

The sun is slanting, and the rays of light spread across the crowded downtown. Among the hustle and bustle, the figure of the old donkey is squeezed through this noisy street scene. Behind him is a half-grown child with a tuft of yellow hair. Passing through the booth and playing with the rattle, I heard a dry cough coming from the front, so I quickly put it down and caught up with the hem of my robe.

Soon after walking out of the south gate of Taiyuan, in the red glow, there were still young men waiting with horses on the official road outside. When they saw the figure walking out of the city gate, they quickly got off their horses and held up their wide sleeves to meet him.

"Master."

On the side, Li Yuanba, who was jumping up to follow, saw him, raised his hand and said with a smile: "General Qu Lang, you are here too."

The former had something on his mind, and he probably didn't want to talk more with this devil-like child, so he cast his eyes on Master.

"Come with me."

Lu Liangsheng pressed his hand, and the master and apprentice held the reins and walked side by side on the side of the road. Qu Yuanfeng looked at the smoke and dust from the shafts of the passing car, and couldn't help but said: "Master can't stay for a few more days, so that the disciples can respect you." Last filial piety."

"No."

Lu Liangsheng looked at the people coming and going in front of him, raised his hand and waved it, then let go of the old donkey's mane, and stroked the hard hairs one by one.

"Chang'an still has a lot of things to do. You can't stay for a long time as a teacher. Your filial piety, as a teacher, you just need to understand it in your heart."

The following horse looked at the donkey that was also looking at it, a little restless, Qu Yuanfeng let go of the rein and let it follow further, opened his mouth, hesitated to speak, and finally asked: "Master, what happened? "

"..."

Lu Liangsheng didn't answer in a hurry, and looked silently like a runaway horse, running back and forth on the road with his arms open, jumping up and down, when Li Yuanba walked to the roadside pavilion, his white beard trembled slightly with his open lips.

"You also know the Wanling Formation. It has a hole now. The gods who were sealed in the sky by the Yellow Emperor have all come down now. They are going back to Chang'an as teachers. You don't have to worry about countermeasures. Maybe I will find a way halfway. .”

It would be a lie for the young man who followed Su Xing to say that he was not worried. He was adopted by his master since he was a child, and he knew something about the Ten Thousand Spirit Formation. Hearing what the master said, he immediately remembered the incident of the demon star falling into the sky.

"The opening of the Wanling Formation was smashed by the demon star?"

"Ah."

With a light grunt, Lu Liangsheng suddenly stopped and looked at the apprentices beside him, "The demon stars are scattered across Kyushu, and now the gods in the sky are also entrusting themselves to the world. The world may not be in chaos, but I'm afraid that the gods will fight at that time. You are in the north , Taiyuan is also an important town, and speaking from my own selfishness, I don’t want you to get involved, but I also know your temperament, so I will definitely not listen to persuasion, so, when the time comes, you can’t do anything, come back to Chang’an!”

Over there, Qu Yuanfeng also fell silent. He knew that his master would never have such a tone and demeanor on weekdays. He thought that he would speak like this when the matter became more serious. In the silence, he nodded and raised his hand heavily.

"Master, don't worry, Yuanfeng is not straight-headed. If there is nothing to do, immediately escort Mr. Li's family to Chang'an to meet Master."

In the distance, Li Yuanba, who was standing on the side of the road throwing stones, turned his head while biting a weed, and raised his chin.

"Who are you scolding?!"

"I didn't tell you!"

Hearing Qu Yuanfeng's reply, the child turned back with a 'hum' and urged impatiently: "Let's go, it will be dark later, I will take good care of Master."

"Take care of yourself first, Master doesn't need you to take care of him!"

The two who suddenly became senior brothers talked to each other, and started bickering more than ten steps away. Lu Liangsheng smiled on his face and raised his hand, telling them to stop talking, and then asked Qu Yuanfeng to go back to the city. .

"It's getting late, Yuanfeng, let's go back, there's no need to send it off."

"I'll... see off Master... and go a little further."

There is a lot of reluctance on the young man's face.

Lu Liangsheng nodded, and followed him for another two miles. The sky was getting dark, and Qu Yuanfeng, who was accompanying him, stopped and looked at the back of the donkey in front of him. Taking a breath, he knelt down on the ground with a bang, arched his hands heavily, and knocked his head on the ground so hard that fine stones stuck to his forehead.

"Master, take care!"

The figure leading the donkey turned his face sideways, his old face showed kindness, and he waved his hand.

"Yuanfeng, go back."

Qu Yuanfeng raised his head and looked at the figure of the master leading the old donkey in front of him, and the little junior brother who was jumping and running around gradually disappeared in the sunlight, then slowly got up from the ground, took the horse and sighed, and walked back to the city.

......

As the sun sets over the hills, the sun shines across the forest and illuminates the last ray of light. The rolling Taihang Mountains, the forest becomes dark, and occasionally there are a few night foxes neighing, mixed with the crisp copper bells.

Lu Liangsheng led the old donkey through the dirt road at the foot of the mountain, looked up at the gaps between the intertwined branches above, the night sky was dotted with stars, walked to the side of the road, and called Li Yuanba who was still excited.

"Go find some firewood and rest here tonight."

"Looking for firewood?"

Li Yuanba had never done this before. He scratched his head and walked to the forest below the mountain road, looking at the dense trees around him, lost in thought.

On the side of the road, the bookshelf fell to the ground. Taoist Toad walked out of the small door, sat down on a stone in a daze, stared at the ground with dull eyes, and then stopped moving, thinking that he hadn't recovered from the scene he saw before.

"Young Master, what happened to Master Toad?"

Hong Lian floated out of the painting scroll, dropped to the side, put her light white fingertips on the top of Toad's head, thought it was uncomfortable, and helped to knead it gently, making Taoist Toad tremble slightly, the bean-sized toad's eyes were turned upwards, and both legs Follow it up.

"I met a god who came to this world."

Lu Liangsheng briefly explained the matter to the woman. After all, he had followed him for many years, so he had nothing to say, so he also mentioned Li Yuanba by the way.

"My lord has accepted apprentices again? Where is he?" Hong Lian lowered her hands, and when she opened her head to look around, there was a sudden 'wow' sound from the forest in the distance. A moment later, a small figure dragged a big tree from the Lin Jian rushed out, dragging a big tree as thick as a person with both hands, running here excitedly.

"Master, is it enough to burn?"

With a bang, the big tree with clods of mud was thrown to the ground. The ground shook. Li Yuanba's face showed excitement. He was even more surprised to see a woman in a red dress and a toad in clothes sitting beside him.

"Hey, why is there such a big clam..."

He stretched out his hand to grab it, but was slapped away by Lu Liangsheng, "Don't be rude, this is your master."

Li Yuanba said "Ah?!", took half a step back, looked suspiciously at the half-closed toad, who was pecking at his head bit by bit, and turned his head stiffly to the woman, hesitating for a moment: "Then... ...is this Mistress?"

Over there, Hong Lian, who was originally smiling lightly, smiled even wider, and glanced at Lu Liangsheng, "Master, where did he say he was reckless, isn't he quite smart?"

"I'm not stupid at all?!"

Li Yuanba put his hips on his hips and cried out. He hated people comparing him with the other two brothers the most. Moreover, he was not stupid at all, he was just reckless and active, and he was not willing to use his brain.

Toad, who was sitting dumbfounded, suddenly raised his face, his eyes widened, and he came back to look around.

"time to eat?"

This made Lu Liangsheng and Hong Lian laugh even louder. Soon, the split trees were ignited by the magic fire. The warm fire drove away the damp and cold in the mountains, and a table of exquisite meals was displayed on the scroll. After dinner, he immediately taught the child some moral knowledge, and sometimes asked what weapons he needed.

"Of course it's a hammer! It's really cool to hit people!"

The flame flickered, and according to the excited face of the child, Li Yuanba sat cross-legged on the ground and struggled to draw out the weapon he wanted, "It's better to be bigger and rounder, and the heavier one is the kind that can knock people into the air... ..."

The night gradually passed away in the excited words, and the golden wheel appeared in the far east, pushing the edge of darkness to cover it. In the early morning, with the sound of birdsong, Lu Liangsheng woke up, hugging the tree pole and drooling. After passing through this forest and the foothills stretching in the distance, we will go to Chang'an in a lively manner.

Chapter 7 and Eleven: Yu Wenhua and Wisdom

In Chang'an in mid-April, the sun was warm, and summer cicadas that had shed their heavy shells climbed up the treetops and neighed. The majestic sun shone on the eaves of the palace. the sound of.

"Get out!"

"... Let the people in the official department give me a good reason. If I see the obscene aura of the Wei, Jin, and North and South, even if I catch beggars to serve as officials in this hall, I don't need those gangsters. Manly scholar!!"

The voice came out of the hall, and Wen Wu, who was waiting to be summoned, saw the servant of the official department exit in embarrassment holding the documents, glanced at this side, and ran down the stone steps in desperation. Pointing at the orchid, she smiled obsequiously towards this side.

"Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry and Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, His Majesty called you two."

Standing there, the two wiped the sweat stains on their foreheads, quickly moved to the door of the palace with small steps, lifted their robes and put them into the palace, lowering their faces and not daring to look at the figure above the golden steps.

"I am waiting to meet your Majesty."

"Okay, needless to say, today is not the morning court, so I will ask you directly."

Going up the golden steps covered with a red carpet, the figure sitting behind the dragon case was reviewing the memorial. In the swinging bead curtain, he occasionally raised his eyes to look at the two people below, and said casually: "How is the progress of the canal? I want you to tell me What you want is the truth, don't use some high-sounding words to prevaricate me."

"Report to Your Majesty." Among the two people below, Cao Jinfang, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, stepped forward and cupped his hands: "The construction of each section is in an orderly manner. If it is not bad, it will be completed in five years, but..."

"Just what?" Yang Guang stopped his pen and raised his face.

"Recently, there are rumors in some places that the river canal was dug by King Yu, and we can't be changed by mortals...and..." The Minister of the Ministry of Industry carefully raised his eyes, hesitated, and saw the With a pair of prestige eyes, he hurriedly continued:

"Families from all over the world are very dissatisfied because His Majesty has recruited too many young and strong peasants, so that there is no one to cultivate the good fields in the ground, and many places are deserted."

Snapped.....

Throwing the imperial pen on the table and rolling it, throwing a string of ink, Yang Guang's cheeks swelled twice, and he leaned back in the chair, "It's these people who are chewing my tongue behind their backs. I can’t see that after the north-south connection, if there is a disaster, the south-to-north transfer of grain, and the speed of the north-to-south transfer of grain, I can’t see my determination to break the north-south barrier!”

He knocked on the dragon table a few times with his hands, stood up with flick of his sleeves, and walked back and forth. After a while, he stopped and pointed his fingers down.

"Don't pay attention to those people. If you want to make a fuss, I will deal with it. Even if the harvest is reduced this year, it's just a reduction in clothing and food. After five years of hard work, it will pass. You listen to me. The five years you said are at most half a year. I want to see that the north and the south are unblocked!"

"The minister obeys the order!"

"Go down!"

Yang Guang flicked his dragon sleeves, waved back the minister of the Ministry of Industry, and called another person. It was the minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, who was in charge of tax coordination and distribution. He heard the emperor's call and stepped forward before he could As soon as he opened his mouth, a guard came over, crossed his arms, took off his official hat, and took off his official robe, causing him to shout in panic.

"Your Majesty...Your Majesty...what's the matter?"

The emperor with his back turned away did not speak, but Wenhuaji walked out from the side hall, bowed his hands to greet the emperor, and walked over with a smile, "Minbu Shangshu seems to be forgetting, so I will remind you?"

As he spoke, he took out a note from his sleeve and handed it to Fang Jintai for himself to read, then walked around and talked.

"If I remember correctly, there seems to be a shortfall of [-] yuan in taxes at the end of last winter. I don't know what Fang Shangshu has to say?"

Fang Jintai raised his face from the paper, it was covered with beads of sweat, staring at Yu Wenhuaji who was looking at him with his head tilted in front of him, gnashing his teeth as he was about to pounce on him, when the guard struggled and shouted: "Yu Wenhuaji, Despicable and shameless!! Your Majesty, that Qian Chen never took anything, he is the one who set the blame for his debts!"

Yang Guang didn't even look at him, he raised his hand and waved: "Take him down and lock him up."

"Your Majesty! I am wronged——"

"Yu Wenhuaji, fool! You must die!!"

The voice disappeared in the main hall, Yu Wenhuaji didn't care about it at all, and turned around with a smile. Above the golden steps over there, the emperor's voice sounded, and Yang Guang turned his face to look coldly.

"You too."

"Yes."

Yu Wenhuaji quickly put away his smile, bowed his head and said, quickly left from the side door, stood respectfully behind the fence where he could see the main hall, and waited for the emperor to call the ministers to inquire about political affairs. Having time to leave the imperial city, he rode a carriage all the way back to the mansion, and happened to meet his son Yuwen Chengdu who had returned from a business trip.

"Father, my son heard today that Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs has been sent to prison?"

The study room was lit, the maid bought more tea and left, Yu Wenhuaji took a sip of tea, glanced at his son standing there, nodded: "I made it for my father."