Great Sui Guoshi

The Taoist stretched out his hand to hook the scholar's shoulder, and laughed out loud, "But it is worthy of deep friendship."

The two hooked their shoulders together, chatting as they walked, bursting into laughter from time to time, and quickly walked across the long street outside Zhang's mansion.

tread….

Tread Tread....

Lu Liangsheng frowned, stopped talking, and looked at the street in front of him. The sound of horseshoes accompanied a figure on horseback rushing through the thin mist between the roads.

"It looks like Zuo Butou is back after chasing those two fox demons. I don't know if he has captured them."

"There is no evil spirit, it seems that the two foxes were not killed."

In the words, Sun Yingxian took out a piece of talisman paper and threw it into the air, and it ignited a flame, illuminating the person who came.

Sure enough, it was Zuo Zhengyang who rode over. He pulled the rein and stopped the horse. He looked at the two people in front of him and cupped his hands: "It seems that Zuo missed the good show of exorcising demons."

While the four long knives were shaking, Zuo Butou turned over and walked side by side with Lu Liangsheng, leading the horse, shaking the fox tail in his hand.

"I only had time to chop off one tail, but those two fox demons ran so fast that ordinary horses couldn't catch up at all."

The Taoist by the side of the street gave a mouthful to the ground.

"Nonsense, do you think it's so easy to chase, let you chase a mountain on horseback?"

I still remember that incident... Lu Liangsheng couldn't help laughing, and walked through a fork, there were voices from far and near, and late at night, there was still a small stall on another street, with steam and fragrance coming from it.

"Zuo Butou, why don't we have supper together."

Zuo Zhengyang rubbed his stomach: "I'm really hungry." Immediately, he made a gesture of please.

The three of them came to one of the noodle stalls, there were many people eating supper here, and the few low stools and small tables were almost full, so the three of them picked a corner and sat down.

The stall was an old man who was busy scooping up noodles from the pot, and turned his face to look over.

"Three, the old man only has pasta here... Oh, isn't this the chief arrester? It's still the same?"

Zuo Zhengyang nodded in response, "Alright!"

Turning back, seeing the eyes of the scholar and the Taoist next to him, he said with a smile: "Sometimes I will go out to eat something when I work on a case until late at night, otherwise it is difficult to sleep. I have been to this place a few times, so I am familiar with it. By the way, this noodle shop The scallion pancake tastes good, I recommend you both to try it."

"Okay, then I will be the same as you!" Sun Yingxian waved at the old man rather bluntly.

Lu Liangsheng was not picky, he asked for a bowl of plain noodles, but he cooked two extra bowls, and prepared to take it away when he left.

In public, the three of them wouldn't talk about the fox demon aloud, but Zuo Zhengyang also felt that it was inappropriate for Lu Liangsheng to almost lose his cultivation to save Zhang Liancheng.

"Life and death have fate, not to mention that he caused it himself, why should you hold it on your body, and besides, how many people in this world can you save?"

Over there, the old man brought noodles and put them on the table.

"Three take it easy."

When the old man walked away, Lu Liangsheng picked up the chopsticks, picked a bunch of noodles and blew hot air.

"That's why I want to take the exam. To save people, one is to save, and ten thousand are also to be saved."

Hululu sucked the noodles into his mouth, Zuo Zhengyang heaved a sigh of relief, and shook his head at the scholar.

"I'm afraid you want to be a saint... Don't read too many sage books, your brain will be broken!"

Sun Yingxian also raised her face and nodded in agreement.

"This time I'm on Zuo Butou's side. Your benefactor is very knowledgeable and full of great principles. If everyone is like him, and there are neither bad nor good people, wouldn't the world become a blank sheet of paper?"

"My teacher can't teach you some principles of life, and it's not as exaggerated as you said."

Lu Liangsheng wasn't angry, he also knew his own character, he had become gentler after years of study, but it wasn't a bad thing, at least he was satisfied.

As for taking the exam to become an official, I also hope that in the future when governing one side, more poor people can become richer every year like Lujia Village, and they don't have to live a life of hunger and fullness.

Soon, after supper, when paying the bill, the old man refused to accept any money from the three of them, and Zuo Zhengyang refused to let Lu Liangsheng pay.

"What are you arguing for? I'll pay the bill later, take the two bowls of noodles I packed and go back quickly, otherwise the road will be cold."

"That's fine."

Lu Liangsheng stopped arguing, took up two bowls of noodles wrapped in oilcloth, bowed his hands, and turned to the streets of Zhou Mansion with the Taoist.

As soon as the two left, Zuo Zhengyang took out the money bag, and there were not many odds and ends in it.

"Old man Chen, how much are five bowls of noodles?"

"Forget it, forget it, the chief arrester helped the old man last time, so I don't need to..."

When the old man said this, he suddenly let out a "huh", quickly picked up a piece of broken silver from the side of the soup pot, stroked it, and looked at the head catcher opposite.

"One or two, chief arrester, will your two friends..."

He looked at the two people who had just left, and quickly trotted out of the booth. In front of his vision, he could not see the two ghosts on the street.

"...this, this, this...."

Old man Chen turned his head tremblingly while holding the broken silver, he couldn't speak for a few times, and pointed in the direction where no one was there, his gray beard trembled violently.

"Boss... your two friends... are people or ghosts..."

"Nature is human."

Zuo Zhengyang got on his horse and raised his chin at old man Chen: "Since you have given me the money, you should keep it. It is best not to use it. Maybe it can also ward off evil spirits."

When the old man came back to his senses, he still wanted to ask, but Zuo Zhengyang had already urged his horse to leave.

Can you exorcise evil spirits?

Ouch...those two are masters.

Old man Chen hurriedly walked towards the empty long street, folded his hands together and bowed in salute.

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The lights of the Zhou Mansion remained on.

When Lu Liangsheng came back with the spell of shrinking the ground to an inch, the mansion was so quiet that it was difficult to hear human voices, and insects sometimes rang through the grass.

The lights in the side yard were still on, and Hong Lian was sitting at the door waiting for him to come back.

"Young master, why are you the only one coming back?"

"Sun Yingxian said he climbed the wall faster, why, he is slower than me?" The scholar put the pasta in his hand on the desk and tore off the oilcloth paper on it.

"Here, try it out, it tastes good."

Nie Honglian pressed her lower abdomen, leaned over, took a sip of the steaming hot noodle soup, the color of the noodle gradually faded, her slightly parted red lips smiled, and looked at the scholar.

"It's much more fragrant than joss sticks."

"From then on, I will leave you a portion of whatever I eat." Lu Liangsheng also laughed, tore off the oilcloth paper from the other bowl, and glanced around.

"Where's my master?"

At this time, under the bed, Taoist Ha poked his face, with a solemn expression: "What's the matter of finding a teacher?"

"I brought Master a bowl of noodles..."

Before Lu Liangsheng finished speaking, Taoist Toad's stomach rumbled again, and he crawled out from under the bed, rushed outside, and came back after a while.

at the same time.

Outside, someone descended from the courtyard wall, and then... Sun Yingxian cursed angrily.

"Who the hell is shit..."

Taoist Ha, who was sitting by the bowl and chewing noodles, had a calm expression on his face.

On the side, Nie Honglian covered her mouth and chuckled, approached the scholar, and whispered:

"Master Toad, I don't know what I ate, and I have been having stomach troubles."

The Taoist jumped up and down to the eaves, sat on the ground to polish his shoes cursing, then went in, and argued loudly with Toad, Lu Liangsheng hurried forward to persuade him with a smile.

The lights are warm and yellow, and the short shadows reflecting people fall on the window lattice and cast into the courtyard.

The small side yard is lively and warm.

Chapter 74 Dancing Under the Moon

In the dead of night, it was late at night, and the side yard gradually became quiet.

The Taoist rinsed his mouth several times, and went back to the house to sleep with his head covered. Lu Liangsheng read a book for a while, but he couldn't calm down.

Walking out of the door, he jumped directly, stepped on the opposite courtyard wall, turned around and threw himself on the roof, swept the fallen leaves on the tiles with a sweep of his sleeves, and sat down quietly.

The bright moon that walked out of the night cloud again, the clear light shone on his face, his eyes were a little lost, thinking about all the things that happened these days, and he also missed Lujiacun a little bit.

"Son."

A soft voice came, and Lu Liangsheng knew who it was without turning his head. Nie Honglian, who was dressed in a red dress and long sleeves, floated over, landed beside him, and sat down.

Following the scholar's eyes, he looked at the bright moon in the sky.

"I heard from Daoist Sun that the young master almost compromised his own cultivation to continue his life for that Zhang Liancheng?"

"It's not that you didn't do it, so let's talk about it."

The corner of Lu Liangsheng's mouth couldn't help showing a smile. He knew that doing that would worry the people around him, but the learning of words, minds, and self-cultivation in the book had a great influence on him. Dao, always want to try...

"I also know that Zhang Liancheng has nothing to do with me. It can be seen that his parents kneel down and beg for help. I also have parents."

Speaking of her parents, Nie Honglian sat there with her knees embracing, looked at the scholar's side face, then raised her head to look at Qingyue, pursed her lips and laughed.

"Speaking of parents, I almost forgot about them... Now, there is really no one in the family."

After saying a word, he suddenly laughed out loud.

"Heh... what are you talking about, son, look, the night is so beautiful tonight, let me dance for you."

On the side, Lu Liangsheng was slightly stunned, a red sleeve brushed across his face, and he smiled, only to see that the beautiful figure next to him had already floated out.

Under the moonlight, a graceful figure in a long red dress with fluttering red sleeves. At this time, her waist swayed, and the embroidered shoes kicked the skirt away. The scholar sitting on the roof is faintly blurred and charming.

Lu Liangsheng watched the woman dancing in the air.

"I didn't expect Hong Lian to be more than just opera... I'm afraid this dance has also put a lot of effort into it."

At the moment when the dance started, Taoist Toad struggled to climb up the eaves pillars below, then grabbed the eaves again, kicked his feet in the air a few times, bulging his cheeks, and took a lot of effort to climb up.

When he came up to the roof out of breath, Lu Liangsheng put his hands on his knees, his sleeves hanging on his sides, gently stroking in the wind, watching this pleasing dance under the moon,

"Good life."

Taoist Toad's voice sounded from behind the scholar, Lu Liangsheng turned his head, and Toad came over with a calm face, stood to one side, and looked at the female ghost in mid-air and the clear moon with his webbed hands on his back.

"I haven't looked at the moon like this for a long time as a teacher. No matter when I look at it, she is so beautiful."

"Master..."

As soon as Lu Liangsheng opened his mouth, he was interrupted by Taoist Toad's webbing, and laughed:

"... I remember, as a teacher, when I saw the moon for the first time, I was still very young. In a blink of an eye, hundreds of years have passed. There are love and hatred, killing and killing, or obsessed with cultivation, and do not eat the fireworks of the world. In fact, Yeah, you can't do without wisdom.

It's not the wisdom you hold in the books, but how to live, good student, you have to remember that the one who survives in the end is the wisest person. As a teacher, I can't explain the truth of your academic mentor, but he lives longer than him. For a long time, it must be the most useful. The world is dangerous, and you need to be more mature than others and have the wisdom to "live". "

Looking at the silhouette standing under the moon with his hands behind his back, Lu Liangsheng cupped his hands.

"Master said, Liang Sheng knows."

The scholar took a deep breath, and the Qinghui shone on his face with a smile.

"...Actually, I told Hong Lian just now that what happened to Zhang Liancheng was also because he didn't want to see the old man kneel down. Liang Sheng also understands the wisdom of living that Master said."

He lowered his head and looked at Taoist Hama who was looking up.

"Master, has anyone ever felt grateful? I remember three years ago, when my grandfather came to my house at night and said some words of gratitude, he was about to kneel down in front of my parents... From that day on, I felt only Doing great kindness instead of doing small kindness is better than not doing good deeds."

He looked at the night sky, and saw Hong Lian's graceful figure, the long sleeves spread out with both hands were slowly turning, and the whole body was spinning.

Under the soft moonlight, the dress was like ripples on the water surface, flying and spreading continuously, while the hair danced wildly, occasionally flashing a touch of charm and delicacy.

.......

In the backyard of the Zhou Mansion, Zhou Zhen, who couldn't sleep peacefully because of his daughter, sat up, put on an unlined garment, lit a candle, and looked at his wife quietly.

Zhou Rong, who was on the other side, slept peacefully, and occasionally dreamed of peach blossoms flying all over the sky, and a little smile appeared on the corner of her mouth unconsciously.