Great Sui Guoshi

"The boatman's boat is strong, so I don't have to worry about it. Besides, this canal is spacious. It was built in the past. I'm afraid that the reefs have been removed everywhere. How can such a thing happen?"

"That's not necessarily the case. What if you meet a big bastard from somewhere and capsize the boat?"

The boatman jokingly said something, cast his eyes on the river, and said with a smile: "But the young master also told the truth, if His Majesty hadn't built this river back then, how could there be such a prosperous scene in the north and south? There are hundreds of boats passing through this canal. The overland route is more comfortable and saves time. You can also make a fortune by taking some boat passengers. Occasionally, you will meet a woman from a bad family, hehe... this Running a boat, it’s worth it! Hiss~~ It’s so chilly.”

Chuangong touched the back of his neck, looked up at the sky, Lu Liangsheng on the side laughed dryly, and in the scene that no one else could see, Hong Lian stood beside the old man in a sinister manner, showing a wink , the woman then floated away.

"Huh? Why isn't it cold anymore? It's really strange in this sunny day. By the way, where are you going, my lord? My ship is going to Hejian County."

"Disembark at Sikou Pass."

"Go to Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple to worship Buddha? There are beautiful mountains and rivers there. When I was free last year, I went to the temple to worship Buddha."

The words of talking and talking drifted away as the boat went north. After two days, after sailing through Wuyang County, the riverboat stopped at Sikouguan Wharf. After picking up the old donkey, he bid farewell to the boatman, took the reins and headed southeast. He had been here two or three times before, and the route was familiar, so he stopped asking other people.

boom~~

Lying far away like the stretching mountains of Buddha, the sound of bells reverberates far from the foot of the mountain, and crosses the river where the egrets have crossed. The smog on the first floor, at the foot of the ancient temple mountain, stalls are scattered on both sides of the green brick path, and the teahouse waiters are shouting and noisy.

"I don't know the price of tea when I go up the mountain, and I just sit in the middle of the mountain and feel tired... The guest officials who pass by, drink tea first when going up the mountain, the Buddha will look at it more."

"Go up the mountain to pick goods, ten coins a piece, regardless of weight!"

"I don't take any money, I only pick ten times a day!"

In the sudden voice, many tourists stopped the man and handed over the things they had gone up the mountain to him, attracting a lot of shouts from porters.

"Do you understand the rules? If you don't charge money, how can we live?!"

"Just wait for him to come down and clean up!"

There were also older porters who interrupted their conversation and waved their sticks.

"Hey, you just came here to ask for work? That guy doesn't need a penny. He has been picking goods here for seven or eight years. The hosts who went up the mountain said that he is a kind deed. You still want to beg for food here. , keep your mouth shut!"

On the winding stone steps, Lu Liangsheng heard the noisy movement below, looked back, and the figure with things on his body and hands came up lightly, and when he passed over here, he happened to meet Lu Liangsheng's eyes, and instantly Dazed for a moment, he quickly lowered his face and quickened his pace, causing the guests behind to chase after him and shout.

"Wait, don't walk so fast, you want to exhaust me to death!"

At this time, Hong Lian's words sounded in the bookshelf: "My lord, why don't you leave?"

"Let's go."

Lu Liangsheng looked at the figure who had already run away, smiled back, and continued on his way, walking across the chain bridge hanging over the Ten Thousand Buddhas Grotto, on the road paved with gravel, passing through lush pine forests on both sides, and the temple with red walls and black tiles was exposed the grandiose.

Green smoke billowed from the Buddhist temple, and outside the gate of the temple where there was an endless stream of pedestrians and tourists, a fat monk in green was sweeping the fallen leaves on the stone steps with a broom. Lu Liangsheng walked up and bowed his hands to him.

"I am in Xia Lu Liangsheng, I don't know the truth of the law..."

The monk raised his head, his round face was squeezed into a slit, which made Lu Liangsheng stunned for a moment, his words stopped immediately, and the fat monk let go of the broom and pointed at himself.

"I don't know, do you know the poor monk? Go there, sit by the side, wait for me to scan, and then talk to you."

Uh......

Lu Liangsheng boasted that after looking at it carefully, except for a little old-fashioned, he was really a monk of Fajing. He led the old donkey to sit on the stone bench under the old pine, and couldn't help laughing when he saw his fat body tightening his monk's robe.

"Master Fajing, how did you become a Zhigu monk? You also said that you ate too much, and you will be kicked out of the temple to practice alone?"

The chubby monk, who was already in his fifties, had a lot of wrinkles on his forehead. He glanced at the scholar over there, stopped his hands, and turned his head while holding the broom.

"I haven't seen you for 20 years, Master Lu has learned to taunt people."

The serious expression suddenly appeared, a smile appeared on his face, and he burst out laughing. Over there, Lu Liangsheng also laughed out loud, and stretched out his hand to ask the other party to come and sit down together.

The pilgrims come and go, the old Matsushita, the scholar, and the fat monk sit opposite each other in front of the mountain gate, looking natural and harmonious.

Chapter 822 Old Man, Old Capital

"When I came here, I saw Chen Jing at the foot of the mountain."

Pilgrims coming in and out of the temple gate, passing the old Panasonic by the side of the road paved with gravel, steaming tea on stone tables and benches, the fat monk put down his broom, sat down opposite the talking scholar, and stretched out his hand to grab it He took a sip of the tea, put it on the table, and the empty cup slowly refilled itself.

Fajing smiled and raised her seal and bowed her head slightly towards the opposite side.

"Xie Ludao, friends invite you to tea."

The monk was free and easy, thanked him casually, then laughed, cast his eyes across the iron chain bridge on the cliff, looked at the pilgrims and tourists walking around the mountain, and just returned what Lu Liangsheng said just now.

"That Chen, the benefactor, who came here five years ago, originally wanted to become a monk, but was rejected by the abbot. , at the foot of the mountain, being a human being every day, picking goods, dividing them, not taking papers, a poor monk once came down late at night, the mountain, saw him alone, sitting on a dead tree, watching the night, empty pain, tears, thinking about it, long love I told you that the people at the bottom of the mountain are not allowed to harass him, pick with others, and share the goods, but atonement, that’s all.”

"I see."

Lu Liangsheng nodded, put the teacup on his lips, looked at the figures coming and going on the mountainside opposite the cliff, probably guessed that Chen Jing was released after being imprisoned for 15 years, and also knew that the girl named Xiaoxue turned into a sky-replenishing stone , so as to tell him what kind of path to take, instead of thinking about revenge all day long.

"Everyone has their own fate in this world. Since Chen Jing chooses Wanfo Temple, he has his own thoughts, so let him do it. It's good to look at the sky occasionally, there is always a place in his heart that he can pin on."

The fat monk nodded, agreeing with the scholar's words, but the two of them, one a Buddhist eminent monk and the other about to leave the world, sighed for a while, and stopped entangled in this matter.

"Master." Lu Liangsheng was happy to see that his old friend was safe and happy in the temple, but he still had to say goodbye to him when he wanted to leave here.

"...My servant, I will leave soon."

The word 'Leave' is bitten hard, and it is inconvenient to speak, but the monk's heart is like a mirror, how can he not hear it?After a moment of silence, the vertical seal bowed its head and said, 'Amitabha. A smile appeared on his fat face.

"The poor monk is here, congratulate Lu, fellow Taoist."

"I just came from Hangzhou. When I was leaving, I met your junior brother Fa Hai." Lu Liangsheng followed with a chuckle, took out the map drawn on the boat from his sleeve pocket, and put it on the stone table, "Tell him to go west and spread Buddhism in China." , Master thinks, will your junior brother go?"

Fajing was stunned for a moment, looking at the scroll of paintings on the stone table, the smile on his face turned into a wry smile, and he still reached out to take the painting, "You Daoist Lu, why did you open your mouth, why did you ask the poor monk, he must have a heart, and he will go if he is moved." Yes, this map, I will transfer it to him under my subordinates, and give it to him, if he wants to, he will come to the Buddhist temple to ask for it in half a month."

I have said what I should say, and the person I want to see has also met. Lu Liangsheng got up to say goodbye, and walked to the head of the iron chain bridge. Behind him, Fajing suddenly called out to stop him. Looking back, the monk clasped his hands, bowed down and bowed to the Buddha.

"Fellow Daoist Lu, take care!"

"Take care of yourself!"

Lu Liangsheng let go of the reins, folded his hands and bowed back. After seeing this, he feared that there would be no chance to get together again, so he straightened up slowly, collected his mood and walked away in the Buddha's chant, all the way down the mountain, Originally, I wanted to meet Chen Jing, but I didn't know that the other party was deliberately hiding, or was somewhere else, and I didn't see him when I came down.

Looking at the soft soil under the tree, the cicada chrysalis crawled slowly on the tree, struggling to get rid of the heavy body, Lu Liangsheng pursed his lips and smiled, and looked back at the endless winding mountain road, "It's okay if you don't see it, don't worry, The road ahead, you still have to go by yourself!"

Arching his hands towards the mountain, the scholar pulled the old donkey and turned around to disturb the noisy market at the foot of the mountain. The slanting sunlight illuminated the market at the foot of the noisy mountain. In the nearby forest, behind scattered trees, a man with a clean face and short beard, He looked at the scholars and old donkeys who were passing by the crowds in the bazaar, walked two steps, stopped again, slowly lifted the hand supporting the tree trunk, folded them together and bowed down, squeezed hard between his lips Make a sound.

"Sir, please see Mr. Jing..."

ding ding ding ......

When the sound of the bell came faintly from the light curtain outside, a familiar voice suddenly sounded in my ear: "Jing'er, 15 years in prison have passed, and there must be a way to live in the future, don't bury yourself in the past."

"gentlemen?!"

Chen Jing suddenly raised his head, but there was no one around, he hurriedly chased two steps, and came to a high place, where a man and a donkey were standing on the edge of the long river in the distance, seemed to have seen him, and waved his hand in this direction.

"gentlemen!!!"

The man forgot for a moment the noisy market below, ran a few steps, looked at the figure that was fading away, knelt down on the ground suddenly, his face was full of tears, and slammed his head heavily.

"Jing, in the future, I will live out my own life!"

.......

wow~~

The sound of the water was rushing to the south, Lu Liangsheng took the river water and washed his face, looked at the lying Buddha Mountain in the distance, and snapped his fingers at the old donkey who bowed his head and gnawed grass.

"gone."

I've seen the canal, and I've seen my old friend. The rest of the place should be a trip to Chang'an. As for Zuo Zhengyang and Yan Chixia, I probably can't find it. With their temperament, they have probably been traveling together for the past 20 years. Traveling in the mountains and rivers, subduing demons and eliminating demons, and those who live in no fixed place, if you want to find them, you may have to spend a lot of effort.

But the time I still stay in this world is not much.

I went west to Taiyuan, where Li Yuan is no longer the manager. He was stationed in Chang'an 20 years ago, and his whole family stayed there.

Not long after, I left Taiyuan and walked southwest through the Taihang Mountains. With the skill of shrinking the land to an inch, it is not easy to make a long distance. In less than half a day, I have arrived in the capital city and looked at the giant city of Chang'an.

On the banks of the Jing River, the villagers are working in the fields, and the thin ditches divert the river water to irrigate the fields. There are temples standing on the far bank of the river, and the incense is in full bloom. The middle-aged man stood by the river and looked at the coming scholar with a smile on his face.

He stepped forward and arched his hands: "Dragon King Jinghe, pay homage to the national teacher!"

In the past 20 years, he has been conferred by the emperor, obtained the throne of God, and accompanied Lu Liangsheng all the way to Chang'an. He also talked about the situation. Those yin gods back then also had their own temples and went to govern places everywhere. Ghosts and demons, floods in Chang'an area, except for natural disasters necessary for heaven, he will block them for the people.

Walking along the river, thousands of sails from all rivers come to Chang'an, gathering large and small piers, the waves push the densely packed boats in the river ups and downs, there are noisy voices on the docks, sweaty workers shout loudly, and move all over the world. The goods come and go in and out of the cabin.

Entering the city, it’s bustling, and on the long street that comes and goes, there are endless Hu sounds, orchids twisting their waists, dancing Western Region dances, ringing bells, and merchants from afar throwing money boldly and welcoming winks; Pulling the donkey cart, the old man waved his whip, and carried his wife to the market with a smile. He pointed to the colorful cloth and silk on the street and said something, which caused the old wife to beat him with his fist.

"Half-immortal fortune-telling is really accurate!"

"No, he figured out that the old man will have a son in his later years, so he rushed back from the north happily. Sure enough, the little concubine whom the family hadn't seen for a year, brought a white and fat boy to the old man!"

In the voice of the market, Lu Liangsheng listened to the two people talking and walking by, and walked with him to the so-called half-immortal place, passed through half a street, and there was a long queue in front of the neighbor not far away, and he could see from a distance A pale-haired old man half-closed his eyes, touched a woman's wrist, squeezed it gently and slowly, then reluctantly let go, said something, which made the woman nod repeatedly, and then pointed to the building behind her.

"Don't panic when you see something when you go in, just burn a stick of incense and make some meritorious deeds, the old man will guarantee that your home will be safe."

This Cheng En, at such an age, actually set up a fortune-telling stall.

Lu Liangsheng laughed, this great apprentice has his ability to observe Qi, so naturally he will not fool others, but he is a little curious about what is in the building, let Jinghe Dragon King wait for him outside, hide his body, and Hong Lian walked in together, and then, almost laughed out loud.

I saw Ma Liu sitting on the altar in red and hanging colors, holding a few incense candles in his hand, nodding to those who came to worship sincerely, and saying some words of blessing.

"My lord, I'm afraid these four people didn't go to the court, but they started a business together with Cheng En." Hong Lian couldn't help covering her mouth and laughing. The figure sitting on the altar seemed to have heard the words, and quickly Turning his head, he was about to take a closer look at the empty corner when suddenly there was noise outside.

"Hurry up, Banxian, my wife is dying... You have to go over and help with the funeral. Hey, don't ask, it's the Min Mansion in the northeast."

Lu Liangsheng, who was about to show up to see him, frowned, looked at the half-blind who was hurriedly left by two figures dressed up by servants, walked out of the building, and followed.

As the sky was getting darker, lights were raised in the city, and a white flag was hung in a house in the distance of the long street.

Chapter 823 There is a boy named Lu Yuan

The crescent moon in the night was gradually covered by clouds.

The cool night wind blew across the long street, and the ground was covered with thin water mist. At [-]:[-] pm, there were many fewer pedestrians on the street, and they hurried home in twos and threes. From the end of the street in the distance.

In the turbulent mist, a scholar in a blue shirt and white clothes led the old donkey through the diffuse mist, and came this way. There was a woman in a red skirt beside her, walking a long distance according to a familiar address. A section of the courtyard wall is mottled with moss, and the branches and leaves of a peach tree in the courtyard stretch out to the street. There is a lit courtyard door in front of it. Figures walk in and out, replacing the original red lanterns. White paper lanterns with the word "Dian" were raised up.

"Master... Could it be Sister Min..."

"You and Master are waiting for me outside."

Lu Liangsheng patted the back of her hand, and said something to the bookshelf on the old donkey's back. Walking through the cold street, the servant who was busy hanging up the white flags and lanterns suddenly felt a gust of night wind, touched the back of his neck, and shook his head. I shivered.

"Do you feel cold?"

"Oh, there was a gust of wind, what a fuss."

"Don't talk, hurry up and get busy! Do as the half-immortal tells you, you can't break the rules."

"Yes Yes!"

The man in charge was talking, then turned and went back to the courtyard. Lu Liangsheng walked into the three-in-three-out house with his hands behind his back. There were many trees like plums and peaches around. After passing the atrium, there are more and more maids and servants, most of them are silent, with sadness in their brows, and they wipe away the tears from the corners of their eyes from time to time.

Wang Banxia's voice came from far away in the backyard, clamoring for the people in the mansion to arrange according to what he said. Outside the main hall of the backyard, many direct relatives of the Min family had already gathered to wait for orders. Most of the timid women were surrounded Together, holding the linen and white silk in their hands, whispering something in each other's ears, from time to time, they glanced at the side room, where the window lattice was still lit with lights.

"Ma'am, this illness has been dragging on for many years, right?"

"That's not it... Ever since the grandfather passed away, Yuerou's illness has fallen. Fortunately, my uncle has taken good care of her."

"You say, in the future, the big Min family will be headed by the uncle?"

"He's a married man, what kind of family should he be?! If he wants to be, it's Yuerou's child. When he's a teenager, he should be in charge of the family affairs."

The words, the direction of the gaze, and the half-open door, a middle-aged man sat at the round table, closed his eyes and remained silent. Occasionally, he heard two groans from his old wife, and then moved his eyelids. After a while, he seemed to feel What, the man opened his eyes and looked at the courtyard outside the door. A figure in blue and white came out of the darkness and slowly stepped into the area illuminated by the lights.

Outside, the gathered relatives of the Min family also saw it, looked at this strange scholar, frowned, and hurried to stop him.

"Who are you... What are you doing here at Min's house?"

"Hurry up and get out! Min's family is going to have a funeral, and they don't want to pick a time!"

Amidst the chattering shouts, the old man who was setting up the mourning hall over there came out impatiently, and shouted at the noisy crowd, "What's your name, you..."

His gaze swept over the crowd, and he fell on the figure approaching not far away. His words stopped abruptly, and the Min family who were chattering over there were saying something like "Half Immortal, someone broke in!" "That's right!" , a book that doesn't know what to do..." "Hey, half fairy, what's wrong with you?!"

In the eyes of everyone, before they understood what was going on, Wang Banxian at the entrance of the main hall suddenly knelt down on the ground, crying, and kowtowed to the ground.

"Disciple, Wang Chengen pays respects to Master!"

All the old and young men and women in the courtyard opened their mouths slightly and couldn’t close their mouths. Chang’an Wang Banxian was in his nineties, and there were very few people who lived to such an age. They were highly respected, but even the emperor and Chao Wenwu would visit from time to time, counting one or two hexagrams , and Qi has a close relationship with the Min family.

It is rumored that he is still the eldest disciple of the national teacher...Could it be that everyone slowly turned their eyes to look, and someone shouted: "Get out of the way!"