Great Sui Guoshi

"Why don't you have diarrhea when you eat loach, but you've only eaten a few loach, and you're almost dehydrated!!"

Sun Yingxian who came in naturally also saw the people on the other side of the fire, sat down opposite Lu Liangsheng, and asked in a low voice.

"Hey, why are there three more people and a child?"

"I only eat one."

Lu Liangsheng flipped the chess pieces with his fingertips, stared at the chessboard absent-mindedly, and forced a smile: "... just like us, passing by to rest."

"Oh."

Seeing that the scholar was thinking about something, the Taoist couldn't bear it anymore, turned around and ran to the fire to warm up, chatted with the other party in a casual way, peeked at the woman leaning against the cave wall from time to time, and came back in a hurry.

"That girl is pretty, do you think there is any hope in this way..."

"The child in that woman's arms is her child." Lu Liangsheng raised his head and put down the child.

The Taoist, who was still excited at first, lost his interest and grabbed the chess piece again: "Then I am not interested in Taoism, and it is not as good as the fox demon."

They followed Lu Liangsheng to restart the chess game one after another, but both of them were absent-minded.

Chapter 83 peers

"The scholar over there should be an expert..."

"So, to kill Jing'er... ours is that Fa Zhang?"

"Shh, don't say it."

Listening to the coachman and the big man whispering, the woman holding the child couldn't help but look to the other side, the scholar who sat opposite the Taoist and played chess, rubbed his son's head and hugged his body tightly.

"Mom... when will I see dad..."

The child leaning on the mother's shoulder was drowsy, and in the murmur, the saliva slipped down the corner of the mouth with silk threads, the woman gently patted the child's thin back, leaned against the side of the face, and gently stroked it.

"Soon, we will arrive in the capital soon, and Jing'er will see Daddy soon."

Soon, the cave became quiet, and the whimpering and blowing wind could be heard outside, the soft rustling of the woods, and the flickering of the fire. The big man who was watching the night suddenly turned his face, and saw the scholar coming across.

Looking at the woman who was sleeping with her child in her arms, Lu Liangsheng handed his blanket to the man.

"I won't go there, you cover the children and women."

The big man looked at the scholar, then at the women and children over there, hesitated for a moment, but still took the blanket, seeing the scholar turn away, he hurriedly stood up and cupped his hands.

"Cao Shouren, thank you sir."

"I'm called Mr. again, do I look old?" Lu Liangsheng waved his sleeves at him: "Hurry up and cover her mother and son, and you go to bed too, nothing will come over at night."

Probably thinking that the master in front of him had cast a spell on the outside, Cao Shouren took two steps to catch up before bowing.

"Shou-jen thank you sir for your kindness tonight. If there is any assignment in the future, I will definitely repay you."

Over there, Sun Yingxian shook his blanket, wrapped himself up, and laughed when he lay down:

"Repay? I just said your name alone. Why didn't you tell me when you were hunted down? What kind of repayment did you talk about? It's not sincere."

When chatting with the three of them before, they already understood the whole story, and even complained that Lu Liangsheng didn't call him for such a fun thing.

Cao Shouren lowered his hands, turned his face to look at the burning flames, and sighed. It was like a dream to meet someone who was said to be a master of immortality and Taoism.

"Sir, and the Taoist priest, I really can't tell the truth. Sir and Taoist priest just need to know that we are not evil people, and not all people in the court are good people."

People have good and evil, and Lu Liangsheng once heard about it from his mentor, otherwise Min Changwen would not be demoted to the position of a county magistrate like a teaser.

Cao Shouren gritted his teeth and sighed.

"Sir, in fact, this matter started..."

Before he could speak, Lu Liangsheng put away the chessboard and waved his hand at the big man.

"Sleep, don't want to talk too much, just keep it secret."

Big man: "..."

There are some things that others don't want to talk about, and it is really not appropriate to pursue them. After speaking, the sleeves of the robe brushed away a space on the ground, and he casually folded his clothes and lay on his side, Taoist Toad slowly crawled over.

"What a bad guy, give the blanket to others, where will you sleep as a teacher?"

Lu Liangsheng stretched out his arm, using it as a pillow for Toad.

"Master, just make do with it. I'll use my sleeve as a quilt for you."

"It's okay to count you as an apprentice."

The imperceptible laughter of master and apprentice gradually disappeared, and the cave became quiet. After a while, the Taoist's snoring sounded.

The fire light is warm and yellow, illuminating people on both sides who meet by chance.

The night fades away with time.

The mountain fog dissipated in the morning sun, and the bonfire in the cave had already been extinguished, with lingering smoke floating. Lu Liangsheng got up early, re-lit the bonfire and cooked meals, and the Taoist helped carry the bookshelf onto the old donkey's back.

After the movement, the two men and a woman over there were also awakened. The child in the woman's arms licked his lips smelling the scent of rice porridge.

"Mother...Jing'er is hungry."

Lu Liangsheng took a bowl of gruel and handed it over. The child was also hungry for a long time, so he hurriedly reached out to hold the bowl. The woman beside him quickly thanked him and took a few sips of it. The warm porridge flowed through his mouth, In the stomach, I felt warm all over my body, and the soreness of my feet disappeared a lot.

This is because Lu Liangsheng deliberately added some medicines bought in the city to the porridge, and cast a little magic to maximize the efficacy of the medicines.

Of course, I also served a bowl for Cao Shouren and the coachman over there.

"Getting together is fate, but after that, you and I will be separated."

Cao Shouren put down the porridge bowl from his lips, and couldn't help asking, "I don't know, sir, where are you going?"

"The capital."

Hearing this, the two men and one woman looked at each other, a look of surprise flashed in their eyes, but they didn't make a sound, waiting for the scholar and Taoist priest to pack up and leave with the old donkey.

The three of them hurried out with the child in their arms.

.......

Birds fly happily through the forest, preening their feathers.

On the small road below the branch, the two walked slowly with a donkey, and the Taoist with a dry grass root in his mouth looked back from time to time.

"Those three are still following."

In front, the scholar who was walking and reading with an old donkey in one hand and a book in the other, seemed to have eyes on his feet, easily avoiding the rough road and staring at the lines.

"I just want to borrow some blessings. I didn't leave last night, which shows that I already have this intention. I don't need to drive them away. Help if you can. It's better than watching them die."

"In this Jianghu, there are more wicked people than good people, you can save them."

Sun Yingxian felt that this scholar was good in everything, but his heart was too kind, which was what he was most unhappy about.

"Sooner or later, you will suffer a loss, so that you will have a long memory."

The scholar closed the book, ignored him, looked for the map from the bookshelf, and found Muyuan County in front of him. After passing through, he could continue walking along the official road.

Just after turning a fork in the road, Cao Shouren's voice came from far behind.

"Sir, Daoist, you are on the wrong road. To get to the capital, you have to take the one on the right."

Wrong way?

Although it was not the first time for Lu Liangsheng to travel far, it was the first time he used a map. His sense of direction was indeed a bit poor. If he used magic to run wildly, he might have already left the border of Nanchen at this moment.

Laughing for a moment, he put away the blueprints. Behind him, Cao Shouren was holding the child, leading the coachman and the woman to catch up, and said out of breath:

"Sir, why don't we lead the way for the two of you, the four of us just happened to be on the way."

Looking at the two men and one woman who looked around nervously from time to time, I was afraid that the person who chased and killed them last night was still wandering around.

By the way?

The Taoist folded his arms and hummed, and was about to say, "I'm afraid I want the two of us to send you off..."

The breeze blew, and the woman's hair fluttered, revealing a delicate side face, as if she noticed someone was looking at her, she quickly pushed her messy hair back to her face, and turned sideways.

The Taoist's voice also changed abruptly at this time, and he looked at Lu Liangsheng who was on the side.

"I think it's okay, it's good to have someone lead the way, haha, right?"

"Alright."

Lu Liangsheng saw the appearance of the other party. The big man with the surname Cao had exchanged with him last night. He looked, behaved and talked. He was a reputable man who could protect women and children in the face of being hunted down. It would be a pity if he died. .

And the Taoist proposed again without hesitation.

"Then three, let's go together."

The three people over there obviously let out a heavy breath, and followed closely behind the old donkey. The coachman even ran forward to help with some things, saying that it would not crush the husband's donkey. Cao Shouren was not far behind, and grabbed Over the reins, while leading the way, while helping to lead the donkey.

Lu Liangsheng had nothing to do, so he had to carry the child over and put him on the donkey's back.

The Taoist followed the woman, taking out various things from his pockets from time to time, such as yellow talismans, demon-subduing mirrors, frogs... and showed them to her.

The group headed north.

There is also talking and laughing on the road, a harmony.

Chapter 84 Arriving in Beijing

At the end of September, the capital of Nanchen, Tianzhi, the breath of autumn is getting stronger.

Autumn leaves swirled and floated to the street. Pedestrians hurriedly stepped on the thick fallen leaves, and the city with a population of several hundred thousand seemed bleak.

In the distance, there are bronze gongs, golden gongs, and wooden fish playing lightly. The sound of Buddha seems to come along with this long procession. The staff is held high and spreads among the procession. Expressively sprinkled with sweet leaves and petals.

The streets and shops are full of people and vendors who have no time to leave, and they hang their heads down and dare not lift them up.

The long dragon-like guard of honor turned around the intersection and stopped suddenly. The whole street was suffocating. Some people's faces and necks were dripping with cold sweat. From the corner of their eyes, two figures came from the city gate in the distance. direction to come.

Seemingly slow but really fast, he arrived at the front of the line in a moment, bowed his head slightly towards a long-draped palanquin with a crane head in the middle of the line, squeezed out orchids.

"Report to Master Qi, something is wrong."

Within the hazy curtain, a thin figure could be vaguely seen sitting cross-legged, with a dignified and majestic voice like a woman.

"In today's world, too many people don't distinguish between right and wrong, and help the rebellious thieves. It seems that this abbot wants to save them personally. How good! How good!"

The two messengers replied unhurriedly:

"Fazhang, there is a reason for what happened, and the person who obstructed him is a predestined person of Fazhang."

Inside the long curtain, the figure stood upright with the Fearless Seal on one palm, and was silent for a long time. The team continued to move forward for a while, and the two envoys stepped into the line of honor guards without saying a word, and followed them out of the city.

At this time, the dead air became soothing, and the kneeling people on the street got up to continue their day's work. In a nearby restaurant, two people stood behind the guardrail, watching the team leaving the city, and smashed hard on the wooden fence. A note.

"Is this the demon monk?"

The old man who spoke first had white beard and hair, but he spoke with dignity and righteousness. He had been back in the capital for a long time, and it was the first time he saw the name of Fa Zhang that often echoed in his ears.

"It's such a grand occasion. Everyone kneels and worships everywhere we go. I'm afraid that in a few years, we will have nothing to do with us in this capital!"

On the side, the standing companion also had an angry beard. He was much younger than the old man in age, but there were a lot of white marks in his bun. Hearing the old man's indignant words, he also nodded.

"When I was in the palace, I also met a few times. This person has a kind face and few words, but every time he speaks there must be some mysterious words and some magic spells. Your Majesty trusts him and does not listen to my advice. Come in, alas..."

Having said that, he slapped the guardrail again and sighed heavily.

"...What can I do for it?"

The two were Wang Shuhua and Min Changwen. After returning to the capital, they first understood what was going on, and then they separated. The old man contacted old friends in the capital who had the power of words, and jointly signed a letter, while Min Changwen was close to the ministers of the court, and persuaded the Jinluan Palace the emperor.

However, the matter has not yet been implemented, but the power of the protector of the country is growing.

"...Now, the old man suddenly feels that it is better for my student not to come."

The old man looked at the big tree beside the restaurant and sighed.

"Why is Duke Shu Hua so depressed, the matter is not over yet, how can he give up so easily!!"

Min Changwen clenched his hands in his sleeves, boosted his momentum, turned his eyes, and strode up to the stairs. The old man sighed again, followed him downstairs, got into their respective carriages, and continued to do unfinished business.

at the same time.