Great Sui Guoshi

The tall figure approached, and the oil lamp shook slightly, Yu Wencheng frowned and said in a low voice: "Father does such a thing, how can my son gain a foothold in the court in the future? I'm afraid he will be laughed at in the army."

"laugh at?"

Looking at his handsome son, Yu Wenhuaji couldn't help laughing out loud, stretched out his hand to bring the tea that he put down just now, and placed it in front of him.

"Chengdu, tilt the cup a little bit."

Over there, Yu Wencheng looked at the cup without hesitation, took the teacup and tilted it, the tea in it dripped out, covered the back of his hand, and wet the table.

"How about it?"

Yu Wencheng put the teacup back, and mumbled, "It's spilled."

"Just sprinkle it."

Seeing that his son still didn't understand, Yu Wenhuaji smiled even more on his face, took a silk handkerchief to wipe off the water stains, and explained to his son: "The water must be level so that it won't spill, and this is the same in the courtroom." , His Majesty wants to beat this group of people and let them hurry up to work on the fortifications, so they need someone to sing the bad face, and this is the father who sings the bad face."

Yu Wenhua took back the tea and shook it from his hand, swirled the tea leaves, took a sip, and let out a comfortable 'tsk'.

"Things in the court can't all be good officials, and they can't all be treacherous officials. Only when they balance each other can your majesty drink good tea. Do you understand this time?"

"understood."

Looking at his father's leisurely drinking tea, Yu Wencheng finally felt a little bit wrong, "Singing a bad face, we will not be blamed in the future, then our family..."

"So, for my father, I got the best martial arts contest in Chang'an. With this title, you will be able to take up important positions in the army in the future, so the family can rest easy?"

These years, the national teacher is not in the court, and there is no one to curry favor with, Yu Huaji can only rely on his own means to plan for the future. If this move is played well, at least it can be left for a good death, let alone this time First, he personally invited Yu Wentuo, the second disciple of the national teacher, to sit in the seat. Even if some high-level person really came, he would not be able to upset the situation.

There is no way, who told me to take this jester's path.

After dismissing his son, Yu Wenhuaji sat at the desk, sipped tea, squinted his eyes, and looked at the dim sunlight outside the window. As for the construction of the canal, and the national teacher who didn't know where, they didn't have much to do with him. relation.

.........

As the sun sets in the west, it reflects the waves of the Wei River, a piece of sparkling light.

The national teacher in Chang'an, who hadn't heard from him for many years, took his old donkey and stopped by the Weishui River. Not far away, there was a child carrying a sledgehammer polished by a huge stone standing downstream, opened his pants and peed half a foot away.

Chapter 7 Twelve

'Wow~~'

The clear and translucent water column drew an arc and fell into the river to create bubbles. Hearing this, Lu Liangsheng washed his face, and looked downstream at Li Yuanba, who was rolling bare buttocks. With a flick of his robe sleeve, a stone flew by his feet. Passed over and fell into the water, the waves stirred up and the urine that fell into it turned into a vast cold air and splashed on the naked chicken.

"Ouch, cool!!"

Li Yuanba dropped the sledgehammer at once, smashed it to the river beach, jumped up and down and screamed while hugging his trousers, while Taoist Toad, who was sitting on the rock behind him, glanced at him with his cigarette stick shaking, then turned his eyes away and muttered: " It's all hairy."

"What's missing?" The child fastened his pants and tilted his head.

Toad ignored him, and looked over at the apprentice who had washed his face, "Liangsheng, this is Weishui, how long is it to Chang'an?"

Lu Liangsheng took the handkerchief Hong Lian handed over to wipe off the water stains, raised his white head and looked down the water, crossed Taihang, and came all the way west. It was Jindi, and it should not be far from Chang'an.

"I haven't walked this section of the river, maybe there are still two or three hundred miles left, master, don't worry, let's go a little longer."

The setting sun hanging on the top of the mountain sank, the sky darkened, and the sky was full of stars, and a fire was raised on the river beach with the sound of rushing water. Several river fish were skewered on wooden sticks and grilled by the fire, smelling the aroma. , Taoist Toad smacked his lips and walked back and forth around the campfire.

"It's still roasted by myself~~ These years, I don't know if the little Taoist's craftsmanship has improved..."

"You're about to become an old Taoist priest."

Hong Lian on the side interjected, and slapped Li Yuanba who was about to pinch the fish and steal it, with a smile in his eyes, he still handed over the baked one, which made the latter laugh a couple of times in embarrassment. Blowing on the hot air above, he called out: "It's better, Master."

"Naughty!" Hong Lian flipped over the other fish, and was about to hand it to the toad next to him. The latter stretched out its frog webs, and retracted them again. His beautiful eyes looked at Lu Liangsheng, who was fascinated by the fire, and tilted his head. body, approaching the jumping Taoist Toad.

"Master Toad, tell me what's wrong with your son recently. Since leaving Taiyuan, he has been distracted, and sometimes he is alone in a daze."

Li Yuanba on the opposite side also secretly nodded.

The toad jumped up and down twice with its hands hooked, opened its mouth, and rolled the grilled fish with its long tongue, hugged it in its arms, took two bites, and then sat down comfortably. He also had some doubts in his heart, he blew on the scalding hot air, and asked.

"Liangsheng, are you still thinking about those gods going down to earth? What's the use of thinking about it, isn't there some kind of heavenly king in Qiankun's sleeve? Let him out, let the teacher eat it again, and see what else he can see .”

"It's not all of these things." Lu Liangsheng blinked his eyes reflecting the fire, breaking off a dead branch and throwing it into the fire, "If they want to stir up the world, they must first cause chaos in the current Sui Dynasty. Find them one by one, and they will also come to me."

Taoist Toad ate the fish head in one bite, threw the fish bone away, jumped off the stone, and came back with his frog webbed on his back, thoughtful.

"Kill the emperor, or snatch the Kongtong seal?"

Lu Liangsheng looked at the flames and was silent for a while, under the stroking strands of white hair, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "I can do both, and through the hole opened by the demon star, I came to the world in one go, so I won't just come here for a stroll." Go back to Tianshui for shopping? But if they really come, many people will definitely die... This is the last thing I want to see, no matter whether they are driven back to the sky, or their dharma is eliminated, and the gods are deprived. In the end, the living creatures in the world will suffer the most.”

"Don't worry, I'm always on your side!" Taoist Ha jumped onto a bluestone next to him, and patted the back of the apprentice's hand with his frog web, "It's a big deal, I'll return to the demon body and call the northwest group... .It seems that there are no more monsters in the northwest, forget it, no matter what, they came here and dared to fight for the teacher!"

Hong Lian raised her hand: "And me!"

ahhhhhh~~

The old donkey raised his head and neighed, as if to say count me in. For a moment, the eyes of the ghost, the donkey, and the toad turned to the child who was gnawing on the fish. Li Yuanba was a little dazed, and pointed at himself.

"It's still my business? Anyway, I will beat whoever Master says to beat."

Watching them talking and arguing, Lu Liangsheng threw the remaining dead branch into the fire together, feeling an indescribable warmth in his heart, and stroked Hong Lian's hair, "Don't argue, how to deal with it, as if it will be tomorrow It's life and death with them."

Feeling better in the dull mood, Lu Liangsheng paused, glanced at the master, apprentice, and Hong Lian in front of him, who were all one of his closest people, pursed his lips, and sighed: "Actually... ...I walked slowly along the way, because I was a little afraid of seeing my parents, Xiaoxian and the others."

He raised his head and looked at the dense stars in the sky, and there happened to be a shooting star with its tail streaking across the bottom of his eyes.

"I haven't seen them for several years. Every time I walk a certain distance, I can't help but slow down. I look forward to seeing them, but I'm a little timid. When I really meet, I don't know what to say."

"Master, why didn't I?"

Li Yuanba moved the sledgehammer to the front of his body, lay down on it to play and agitate, and said: "Every time I go out, I wish my father would not come to me, so I want to play outside. It would be even better if I could play for a few years. No one cares, it’s very comfortable, you can come as you want, and no one is nagging in your ears.”

"Yuanba, people are different. Your master's temperament is definitely different from yours."

Hong Lian's eyes were clear and she smiled gently at the child, and told him the importance of family affection, and how much parents value their children. This made Li Yuanba cover his ears impatiently, but he didn't dare to shout back as he did at home. .

Over there, Lu Liangsheng looked at the sky, listened to Hong Lian's preaching, and slowly lay down on the ground, laying on a piece of wood as his pillow, remembering something from his childhood. His parents should have fallen asleep at this time, and his father wondered if he was dragged by his mother again. How are Xiao Xian and Lao Sun doing now?Did you give birth to a nephew for yourself?

There are also eight uncles, Zhu Gangli, Yang Guang, Yan Chixia, Zuo Zhengyang, Qingfeng and Mingyue...and the group of children in Wanshou Temple.

Thinking, there was a soft body lying down beside him, leaning on his arms and chest, the voice of talking over the campfire gradually became weaker, and after a while, Taoist Toad's snoring sounded.

As the night passed, the stars in the sky gradually faded into the sky, and white clouds appeared. After packing up, Lu Liangsheng led the old donkey and led Li Yuanba to continue walking. Along the river, more farmland and village roads began to appear on both sides of the river. Sometimes you can see The donkey cart pulling the goods passed by and arrived at a town. There were many green forest hawkers coming and going on the street, carrying swords on their backs, or passing by on horses in a hurry.

After inquiring about it, I found out that Chang'an was about to hold the best martial arts competition in the world, and all the green forest people rushed there. Recently, the surrounding area of ​​Gyeonggi has been exaggerated by this atmosphere, and many knights have passed by.

"Get out of the way!"

Several knights wearing bamboo hats galloped across the street, yelling loudly and passed by Lu Liangsheng, causing pedestrians to scatter, knocking over roadside stalls, soup pots and bowls splashed, and hot boiling water splashed on passers-by, causing screams , There are also some hideous green forest people squatting under the eaves who were splashed with water, and called to their companions to draw their swords to catch up and fight with the horsemen.

Seeing the servants from the government office approaching, they hurriedly hid their weapons and disappeared from the crowd. Some walked outside the town, anxious to go to Chang'an, and most of them wandered in small groups. Those who had enemies in the past took up their weapons and fought with each other. stand up.

Lu Liangsheng led the old donkey through the messy rivers and lakes in front of him, and frowned. At this moment, someone was pushed back and bumped into the bookshelf hanging on the old donkey's buttocks.

next moment.

The donkey's hooves raised up, and with a kick, the kicked man flew back, crashing into the crowd of fighting people over there, knocking down a piece of him.

"There are still people over there!"

"Good guy, that old man's donkey kicked my brother, go over and behead him!"

The huddled figures parted, and many eyes turned away following someone yelling, especially when they saw a child who was not as tall as anyone's shoulders carrying a stone sledgehammer, they immediately became interested.

One of the one-eyed men licked the edge of the knife and smiled grimly.

"That ugly kid, your hammer is a piece of paper! Haha... ran out before weaning, hurry home and eat your mother's milk!"

In the bookshelf compartment, Taoist Toad raised his mouth through the door, clenched his frog web into a fist and waved it.

"Disciple, hit him!"

The one-eyed man's words caused a burst of laughter, and then, with a muffled bang, the sledgehammer on the child's shoulder fell to the ground, making a small hole, and there was a slight movement under the feet of the shaking people.

"Dare to call me ugly... and insult my mother..."

Li Yuanba twisted his neck, and there was a series of 'click' sounds.

Chapter 7 Ask the City God

There were bursts of cicadas chirping on the trees in early summer, and with a bang, a giant hammer fell to the ground, smashing out a hole, and the surroundings suddenly became quiet. The clamoring people from the rivers and lakes saw the ground sinking, and their faces changed wildly. I didn't see anyone still pushing forward.

"What happened?"

"Who?"

Then, they saw a figure in the front fly out from under their noses like a cannonball, and hit a tree with a bang, his head was covered in blood.

In front of him was a boy who raised his fist. In the other hand, he was holding a rock-polished hammer and dragging it to the ground. A strand of yellow hair on his head was curled up. He raised the hand holding the hammer and yelled, "I Smash you!!"

In the next second, a hand stretched out from the side, grabbed the boy's wrist and pressed it down.

"Master?" Li Yuanba looked puzzled.

Lu Liangsheng on the side let go of his hand again, and said softly, "This place is too close to the town, so it shouldn't be too bloody, just teach yourself a lesson."

After saying that, he led the old donkey and continued to move forward, leaving Li Yuanba to tilt his head and think for a while, then looked at a group of people from the rivers and lakes over there, with a grin on his face, threw away the handle of the hammer, and squeezed his fist hard , and then... arrows pierced through the early summer sun like an arrow, and an afterimage crashed into the crowd. Flesh and flesh burst, and blood spattered. "Ah——" the long chants fell heavily on the ground, causing the light dust to fly, and in the sight of people lying on the ground, people's steps were chaotic.

"Kill this ugly boy!"

"Ouch...my arm is broken!"

"Don't squeeze me, let me see who is so powerful and dares to act wild in front of our brothers!"

Light dust danced through the gaps in the trees, amidst the sound of ping-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong, figures waved swords or surrounded them with bare hands, before half a breath, their mouths and noses twisted and dragged bloodlines, they were shot out like cannonballs and landed on the ground. Rolling around on the ground several times, hugging the face, arms, and thighs, moaning in pain. Some people saw their companions at their feet, turned their eyes to the other side, and saw the old man leading an old donkey around, raising the tip of his knife and pointing at it.

"The old man is also an accomplice, if you beat the ugly boy, I will stop him!"

"Come along!"

Two people also shouted, raised their swords and quickly left the battle group here, and rushed over with the Jiang Hu people who had spoken before, "Old man, stay!"

A swordsman slashed over, and the old donkey, which was slowly wagging its tail, stopped suddenly. Lu Liangsheng, who was holding the rein, turned his face slightly, his brows were slightly frowned, and before he could speak, the bookshelf hanging on the donkey's back suddenly came to a halt. A shadow floated out of the scroll scroll.

The three who caught up thought they were dazzled, but the blurry outline solidified in an instant, turning into a grimace with bleeding from the seven orifices, with a layer of green, and the blood-stained lips were stretched to the extreme, so that the first person trembled in fear. , the steel knife in his hand fell to the ground, clutched his chest and twitched, and rushed straight to the ground.

The other two screamed "Wow~~", the next moment, Lu Liangsheng looked over, and the two quickly shut up, turned around and yelled bloodlessly towards the battle group where the fighters were flying everywhere One sound.

"Kill ah-"

In the warm sunshine, holding the knife one after the other, bypassing the fighting group, and ran away towards the open field.

"that's it?"

Toad Taoist pushed open the small door of the cubicle and looked at the two Jianghu people who ran away, and the green forest hawker who was beaten all over the place and hugged his head, arms, and thighs, screaming in pain, "These people were put in when they were teachers. Don’t even look at it, just blow your breath and kill them all.”

Lu Liangsheng, who took the reins again, turned his head and glanced at the young man standing among the wailing figures on the ground, withdrew his gaze, and continued walking forward.

"It's just a bunch of thieves. If their hands and feet are broken, their martial arts will be greatly reduced in the future. For a Jianghu person, it will be fatal. If they are hunted down by their enemies, they will basically die. Some of them survived by luck, and they may see through the Jianghu under their feet. Maybe I can make a change and live a new life, just think of me as Tiandao selecting some people who should be able to live."

"It's up to you."

Toad Taoist took out the cigarette rod and knocked out the soot inside, rubbed the cigarette and stuffed it in to light it, and the dice in the rubbing web leaned against the threshold and spit out smoke rings, "What about after that? Waiting for others to find the door? This is not the old man's style."

"Master!"

From behind, Li Yuanba came running with a sledgehammer, pointing excitedly, "I beat them all... none of them were killed, what kind of green forest Jianghu people, with fancy martial arts, can't catch a single punch .”

A handkerchief was thrown from the shaking bookshelf, and Hong Lian's voice sounded: "Wipe off the sweat."

The excited young man stopped talking, nodded with a smile, wiped off the sweat on his forehead, and kept talking about how majestic he was. After crossing the Weishui River and Bahe River, the outline of the giant city can already be seen in the distance.

Li Yuanba ran away like a runaway horse, dragging a giant hammer, but was stopped by Lu Liangsheng, and pointed to a direction outside the city. The words of Taoist Toad made him somewhat thoughtful, instead of waiting for others Come on, why don't you take the initiative to find out who these gods are supporting.

The sun rose among the clouds, and it was already noon. Lu Liangsheng, who was leading his old donkey to Chang'an, walked around the official road and came to a temple outside the city. Several ancient pine branches and leaves protruded over the temple roof full of fallen leaves, stretched out to the outside of the courtyard, and cast The bright spot of light shakes, amidst the crisp sound of birdsong, the pilgrims at the painted red temple gate come in and out with baskets, and the high stone steps climb up the moss.

The temple is simple and unsophisticated, showing a bit of tranquility.

"Master, why are you here in this temple?" Li Yuanba raised his face while holding a sledgehammer and looked at the three characters 'Chenghuang Temple' written on the plaque above the temple gate. The person ran away in fright, and then burst out laughing.

"It's quiet here, don't make any noise."

Lu Liangsheng handed him the reins, and said: "Wait here." Then he walked up the stone steps, passed through the door plaque with the word "City God Temple", entered the temple, bypassed the incense burner, and came to the temple. Standing still in front of the main hall, shaking his sleeves, he arched his hands towards the opposite side.

"Ji Chenghuang, would you like to meet?"

There seemed to be something to separate the pilgrims who were worshiping around and the temple blessings who were unwrapping lottery. In the main hall opposite, the painted clay statues enshrined flashed, and a phantom wearing an official robe came out, floated down from the altar, and walked out. At the moment of the gate of the palace, his body was solid. When he saw the figure outside the door, he was stunned for a moment, and then he felt the familiar magic power.