Great Sui Guoshi

The moonlight is as silent as water, with occasional ripples.

In another house far away from the city, under the warm yellow light, Zhang Liancheng, who had come to his senses, held his beloved woman weakly, and the two knelt together in front of their parents.

Zhang's mother sobbed and helped the two holding hands up. The stubborn old man cursed for a while, but finally reluctantly nodded.

.......

"Sometimes I also want to be selfish and try my best, but I often find that the four words of doing my best are really too difficult in front of ascetics. I can do it without treating the enemy as a human being. Look at it as a human being... There is always a hurdle in my heart that I can't get over, and I can't move my feet."

"This world is not peaceful, and sometimes the heaven and the earth are not benevolent. The cultivators who are in the middle don't do anything, and they really suffer from the fireworks in the world. The clothes they wear, the food in their stomachs, and even their bodies and souls, don't all come from this world. In the world?"

Lu Liangsheng probably couldn't explain too profound truths, but in general, it was just a simple sentence.

"I will take care of the injustices, and I will take care of the things that the government can't touch, and I will take care of them!"

"You are too young, don't place too much hope on being an official, it's dark."

Taoist Toad sighed: "As a teacher, I can't say no to you. You will only wake up if you suffer a loss."

After saying this, he turned around with his hands behind his back and walked towards the courtyard below.

"Master, why don't you sit down for a while?" Lu Liangsheng called back to him.

Over there, Taoist Ha raised his webbed and waved his hand, "Master, I'm going to rest, so you should think clearly."

After walking a few steps, he stopped suddenly, looking at the dark ground below, the corners of his mouth twitched.

"It's so high, how did the old man come up?"

On the roof, Lu Liangsheng watched the last dance fall, and when he stretched out his palms and clapped, Taoist Toad came over and sat in a row with him at some point.

"Master, haven't you left?"

Taoist Hama looked at Qingyue seriously: "Master, I suddenly feel that it's still early, so sit down and look at the moon."

"What Master said before, Liang Sheng should keep it in mind."

Lu Liangsheng saw Nie Honglian floating down, looked at each other, and said to Toad again.

"Look, Master, Hong Lian and I will go down first."

The toad sitting on the roof was still saying "...Keep it in mind" and nodded, but when he heard the latter sentence, his eyes suddenly opened, feeling that something was wrong.

Standing up and looking back, a man and a woman had descended from the courtyard, and entered the house talking and laughing.

"Wait... Go back... Come..."

Taoist Toad sat on the roof, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, and he opened his mouth wide in a daze.

This doesn't count as a teacher?How the hell is this old man going down ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh——

Lu Liangsheng's turning point, please read the last few words of the title of this volume

Chapter 75 One Leaf Knows Autumn

The sun shines brightly in the east, and gold shines through the gaps in the clouds.

The old donkey was chewing the fodder in the pen, snorting and neighing, and the big black dog was wagging its tail early in the yard, watching the Taoist punching not far away.

Lu Liangsheng walked out of the room, squinted his eyes at the morning light, and stretched comfortably, only to find his master lying on the stone steps under the eaves.

"Master?"

The scholar called softly, and over there, the toad moved twice, its two short legs twitched subconsciously, and murmured dreamily.

"...Slow down...it's coming, it's coming..."

Lu Liangsheng came to the courtyard with some confusion, turned up his robe sleeves, and swung his dry palms, pausing occasionally, turning his head and whispering to the Taoist next to him.

"What happened to my master?"

"who knows."

Sun Yingxian waved a white crane spreading its wings, and then wiped the pair of mustaches under his nose.

"I saw him lying there early in the morning. He must have pulled off his strength in the middle of the night and fell asleep there."

Pulled off?

Lu Liangsheng was also full of doubts, wasn't he fine last night?Still watching the moon alone.

"If it's really diarrhea, I just don't know whether the doctor in the city will treat a toad..."

Thinking about it, the master picked it up in the past, brought him back to the house, put him on the bed and covered him with a quilt, and just returned to the courtyard, just like in the past when he was in Lujia Village, the followers punched and kicked for a while, after washing, even if he was busy yesterday One night, he is still very energetic now.

After eating the breakfast brought by the servant girl in the mansion, I took a book and went to the front yard to look for the senior scholar Zhou Zhen.

The morning breeze brought fresh air, and the flowers and trees in the mansion rustled softly.

Now that everything has been put down, the so-called lightness of nothing, walking is much lighter than usual, of course, using spells is another matter.

When the servants in the mansion who came and went saw him, they would greet him respectfully, and Lu Liangsheng would respond with a smile. Occasionally, one or two maidservants would meet him. During the blessing ceremony, they would secretly look at him from time to time, with pink cheeks and shyness.

It's a pity that the brisk-footed scholar didn't understand these meanings. He quickly walked across the corridor eaves with his books and ink between his hands, his robes fluttering, making the maid who had just walked a few steps turn her head frequently.

Come to the front yard.

A few servants waiting outside in the far aisle were whispering, since they practiced, especially when they entered the Foundation Building, their eyesight and hearing are excellent, and the words have entered their ears intermittently before they pass.

"That shameless Zhang Liancheng is in the hall, and I saw it."

"...Master isn't angry?"

"Angry? Why aren't you angry? You dropped one of the teacups, and Zhang Dongming was there too, so you didn't dare to vent your anger."

"Bah... who told his son to do something like that."

"Stop talking, Mr. Lu is coming this way."

When the sharp-eyed boy saw the scholar walking slowly, he quickly bowed and laughed with the tray between his hands.

"Master Lu, are you looking for my master?"

Lu Liangsheng vaguely heard a familiar voice in the door behind the living room, and after a moment, he looked at the boy and said with a smile:

"Since Mr. Zhou is receiving guests, I'll see him later."

"Don't, Mr. Lu, don't leave in a hurry."

A servant quickly caught up with him two steps, and asked to stay: "The master is meeting some kind of guest, he is clearly an enemy." He floated to the door and snorted.

"It's the Zhang family's father and son who came to make amends to the master, and my young lady is also inside. I guess they are all crying right now."

It turned out to be a chore.

... Then I can't go in.

Lu Liangsheng thought for a while, and just as he was about to leave, the door opened with a creak, and Zhou Rong, who was dressed in a plain white dress embellished with calyx, came out first with a maidservant with red eyes.

Seeing the scholar outside, he quickly wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes, showing a smile, and suddenly gave a slight blessing to Lu Liangsheng, then lowered his face, and walked quickly to the end of the eaves with lotus steps.

"It seems that your young lady can be regarded as a person who can take it easy." Lu Liangsheng said with a smile, there was still a faint fragrance in the air, which was quite pleasant.

The servant next to him nodded: "Isn't that right, if you were an eldest lady in another house, you would have to seek life and death."

The door was opened, and Zhou Zhen inside also saw the scholar who was talking to the servant, and even recruited him in.

In the living room, the father and son of the Zhang family did come to make amends. The gifts alone were piled up half a person high. Seeing the scholar who came in, Zhang Dongming pulled his son and went forward.

"Lian Cheng, thank you benefactor quickly."

Zhang Liancheng's body is thin and weak, even after the fox demon continued his life, he still looked very weak, and he probably knew about it from his father.In the face of a scholar who is younger than him, etiquette is still comprehensive.

"My benefactor, please accept Lian Cheng's respect."

Lu Liangsheng thought it was just a salutation, but just as he stretched out his hand, Zhang Liancheng suddenly slammed down and knelt down, and he froze in place.

It's not over yet... Why does this family like to kneel so much...

"Get up, you don't have to be so polite..." For a while, Lu Liangsheng was so startled that he couldn't find the right words. After helping Zhang Liancheng, he accompanied Zhou Zhen and the father and son.

The previous marriage may have been discussed, and the father and son knelt down and greeted each other with smiles. Even if Zhou Zhen had a hot temper, after venting, he still let them sit down and talk.

After a while, Lu Liangsheng heaved a sigh of relief after sending Zhang's father and son away, and suddenly felt that being kneeled down was not a good thing.

In the following time, I officially put aside the trivial matters and asked Zhou Zhen for advice on the topics of the provincial examination.

This period of time was enough for Lu Liangsheng to thoroughly understand the book. For more than two months, no one came to disturb him. Occasionally, Zuo Zhengyang would come to sit and sit, usually not too long.

Master Toad Taoist has also become lazy recently, either arguing with Sun Yingxian, or lying on the small custom-made recliner to bask in the sun.

There was one more thing that caused Lu Liangsheng a headache.

Ever since Langyan met Zhou Rong that time, the lady of the Zhou Mansion would come over almost every day, saying that she missed this side courtyard, and asking Liangsheng if he could draw a portrait of her.

As soon as the word 'portrait' was uttered, the sky in the side yard changed, gloomy, with a cold wind blowing.

Soon, I heard that the backyard was haunted...

Of course, there are also some things that make the scholar feel comfortable. A letter came from home a few days ago. A gentleman came to teach. Thinking about the current situation in Lujiacun and Beicun, everyone is embarrassed to see people without a few tens of taels of silver in their pockets. It is definitely affordable to hire a gentleman.

The content of the family letter doesn't have too many words, most of them are asking how he is doing here and whether he has enough silver. Now there are caravans selling grain and fish and crabs grown in Lujia Village here. If you have money, just look for them.

The final payment may be what Lu Xiaoxian wanted to say.

"Brother... I miss Sister Ghost, I miss you too, and that big toad... when will you come back?"

Even Daoist Ha was quite moved by the feeling of being read in his heart, and Nie Honglian, who was reading the letter next to him, was crying and thinking about going back...

"Go back after the exam."

Lu Liangsheng comforted her, looking through the window lattice, the old tree in the courtyard, a leaf withered and yellow floated down.

In two days, it will be Qiuwei.

Chapter 76 Home

The yellowing leaves fell off the branches and fell to the river surface, making a circle of ripples.

Inside and outside Hegu County, the bleakness of autumn was clearly felt. The main street outside the government office in the city, as well as several adjacent streets, were overcrowded.

The schoolboys standing on the street, the wives and daughters of a certain family, and the servants looked forward to the closed academy in the distance. The government servants with weapons and the soldiers in the city guarded the surroundings tightly.

Occasionally, when the courtyard door opened, a person who looked like a scholar was forked out and thrown outside, causing a burst of laughter.

"Cheating in the exam room..."

"It's a fluke that I didn't close it. I don't know if there will be a next time."

The cheating scholar climbed up from the ground in embarrassment, not caring about the dust on his body, amidst the sound of pointing around, he quickly squeezed away from the crowd with his head buried, and fled here.

The township examination is the second threshold for selecting scholars for the country. It is a top-notch event for all states and counties. Candidates who have the status of student members gather early in the city as early as the summer season. Even Lu Liangsheng arrives early to avoid delaying time .

At this point, it was the third round of the exam, and every day of the exam, the nearby restaurants were often full of guests. Some literati were discussing whether this year's exam questions were difficult, or betting on who would be Jie Yuan on this year's list.

"If you want me to tell you, it must be Nanxiang Sixiu. Those four came from poor backgrounds, but they are all good at learning."

"...That's not necessarily the case. I've seen those four people from afar. They were just dumbfounded and read books. I heard that they were almost eaten by a fox demon on the way here."

"Fake, the government has already said, where there are any fox demons, they are all bandits pretending to be monsters."

"...Hey, by the way, have you heard that there is also a candidate living in Zhou Dashi's mansion, and I heard that it is from Fushui County."

"Live at Xueshi Zhou's mansion? Oops, then No.1 must not have escaped this year."

"I heard that the surname is Lu... he was a student of Duke Shuhua who was famous in the capital ten years ago."

"Who is Duke Shuhua?"

In the noisy discussion, the waiter who passed the dishes carefully squeezed past a man dressed as a Taoist priest with a tray. The latter smacked his lips when he smelled the aroma of the food around him, and locked his eyes on a table by the river.

At that table were two middle-aged literati sitting opposite each other. While looking at the scenery by the river, they laughed and talked about the wind, pecking and chewing slowly. From the corner of their eyes, a gray figure suddenly approached. When they turned their heads, it was a monkey with a sharp mouth. A Taoist priest with a yellow silk bag on his shoulder.

It is also a common thing for monks to ask for alms. If you drive the other party away, it will appear that the two of you are too small and unrefined, so you just pretend not to know and continue to chat and eat.

However, after drinking another glass of wine, the Taoist was still standing beside him, and one of them couldn't help but speak.

"This Taoist priest, you are standing here, can you be called a beggar?"

The Taoist twirled the sparse tips of his chin, glanced over the dishes on the table, and showed a smiling expression.