Great Sui Guoshi

However, in half a breath.

In the ferocious eyes of the frog, the figure lying on the side babbled half a sentence in his sleep, turned his body, and his back, which was as tall as him, enlarged his sight, Taoist Zixing's pupils tightened, and he turned and ran.

Bang!

The heavy back rolled down, and the huge pressure squeezed the toad's mouth wide open, and the tongue shot out with a swish, drooping on the bed.

"His mother's... croak..."

On the bed, Lu Liangsheng grinded his mouth and murmured in his sleep, "Master, don't make trouble."

Continue to sleep soundly.

Chapter 10 The Master Determined to Kill His Apprentice

The rooster crowing in the early morning dispelled the tranquility of the night. Lu Liangsheng got up early and followed Lu Laoshi to the field after eating. The fragrance is not that greasy and strong, but a light fragrance.

Swinging the hoe didn't take as much effort as before. Alone along the edge of the field, the ravine dug almost reached Lu Laoshi's.

"Liangsheng, take a break too..."

Lu Laoshi sat on the ridge of the field, put the hoe beside him, looked at his son who was still waving farm tools a little far away, and called out. Over there, Lu Liangsheng stopped, wiped the sweat stains on his forehead, followed him and sat down, and poured out a cup of water. A bowl of cold water was poured down directly.

"In the past two days, why have you worked harder and harder?"

"...I don't know either." Liang Sheng wiped off the water droplets that slipped on his chin, and Lu Laoshi on the other end didn't continue to ask questions, probably because he thought that his son was getting stronger and stronger when he was young and growing up. normal.

There are still some doubts, such as the big toad lying in a ball not far away.

"Liangsheng, what did you bring this toad out for?"

The young man who picked up the hoe and walked a few steps turned around and said with a smile, "I don't care if I leave it at home. What if a cat or a dog picks it up? It's not like a toad can grow so big. It's a pity to lose it."

"It's up to you."

Lu Laoshi couldn't refute his son's words like this. After resting for a while, he also went to the other side of the field to dig the soil. Glancing at the young man doing the work over there, the frog shrank a little, crushing the small piece of mud.

Thinking of last night, the bones in his back are still aching. If the guy hadn't turned over suddenly, he might have died under the poisonous smoke of his life.

"How can I not avenge this hatred..."

The crawling limbs gathered together, digging a little dirt, staring at the boy's back, slowly opened the frog webs, accelerated the speed, the limbs flew, and then the man stood up and ran wildly!

When the morning sun shines, the dense black bumps on the back turn into spots of lavender.

"In front of your father, this old man asked him to send a white-haired man to a black-haired man..."

The running short figure squatted suddenly, and the toad legs kicked the ground suddenly, and jumped up——

"Liangsheng!" Over there, Lu Laoshi's voice sounded, he lowered his head and rubbed his eyes: "Sand and sand got into your eyes, come and blow it out for Dad."

"coming."

Lu Liangsheng put down his hoe and ran towards his father. In the midair behind him, a black shadow pounced down. However, the boy had already left, and the ground below him, with a magnified field of vision, was a hoe leaning against the ridge of the field, slightly upturned. One end facing up.

Taoist Zixing: "...here."

The body of the toad fell and hit the hoe, the handle turned back with a bang, and hit his forehead with a bang, stumbled a few steps on his hind legs, and lay down on the ground with a bang. Slight twitch.

In the distance, the conversation between the father and son could be faintly heard.

"Dad, what happened to your eyes?"

"It's sandy, it's a bit uncomfortable, I can't get it out, blow it for me."

……

Taoist Zixing blinked his frog eyes, and turned over with difficulty: "The old man will not give up." Then he looked at the clay pot placed on the ridge of the field, opened it slightly, and laughed lightly, with the soil on his belly, Climb over there.

"This old man poisoned you father and son!"

When walking towards the pottery pot, Lu Laoshi rubbed his eyes on the other side of the field, he was already much better, blinked a few times, looked around, and suddenly ran out.

"father?!"

"Liangsheng, that toad of yours stole water to drink—" Lu Laoshi yelled.

Taoist Zixing, who had just opened the lid of the pot, heard the sound, tilted his head, and a foot wearing straw sandals zoomed in on the bottom of his eyes. With a bang, the frog's mouth was tilted, its long tongue spit out, and the huge frog body flew out directly. , fell to the ground and rolled twice before stopping.

Lu Laoshi thrust his waist, looked at the earthenware pot on the ground, and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Fortunately, it was discovered in time. If you let a toad drink this water, I'm afraid you won't be able to take the clay pot."

Lu Liangsheng squatted next to the big toad lying on the ground: "Master, if you are thirsty, just squeak..."

"Because... I am not thirsty for being a teacher... I am just tired, let me lie down for a while."

"Then master, rest, I will do some work with dad, and call you when I leave."

The young man went back, picked up Lu Laoshi, who was still cursing, and continued to work in the field. It was almost noon before he packed up and returned to the village, but he found that the elders of the village and the women at home had gathered a lot, surrounded by a group full of righteous indignation, loudly Scold.

"It's so deceiving to say that we cut off the river water and don't give the village below a way of life, and even went to the yamen to complain!"

"...The people in Beibian Village are all idiots, they don't know how to go to Qixia Mountain to have a look."

"It's just...the water flowing down from the mountain this year is so shallow...Xiangzheng actually believed what they said."

At the foot of Qixia Mountain, there are only two villages, one in the south and one in the north. The mountain village where Lu Liangsheng lives is on the south side. The water from the mountain gathers and just flows through this side, and then goes to the north side. Farmers rely on the land for their food. , often making trouble, but this time he went to the county government to sue.

Lu Laoshi stayed behind to discuss countermeasures with everyone. Lu Liangsheng returned home first with two hoes. His mother also scolded the people in Beicun in the kitchen, which could be heard in the yard. The conflict between the two villages was not a day or two. , he has no choice but to turn one river into two...

Thinking of this, Lu Liangsheng almost laughed himself out. With his cultivation, not to mention dividing the river into two, it would take a lot of trouble to lead a small stream to the field, and it would be faster than a hoe.

"Xiaoxian, call me after dinner." Liangsheng put the hoe away and told his younger sister who was in a daze under the eaves, and went back to the house, picked up a pen and ink to practice calligraphy, and the content he wrote was also in "Nan Shui Shi Yi" Yes, firstly, to practice and recognize characters, and secondly, it can also strengthen the memory of the spells in the book.

If you are in a hurry, you can't return the book.

At lunch time, Lu Laoshi came back angrily, sat down on the side of the stove, holding the bowl but couldn't put his chopsticks down, thinking of getting angry, he slapped the bowl down heavily.

"...If the bastards from Beicun succeed in suing the officials, every family in our village will suffer when the sentence is passed... What will we eat to make up for their harvest this year?!"

"The wicked file a complaint first, and the big shots at the county government don't come down to take a look in person! It can kill a person!"

Li Jinhua put her hand on her husband's back: "By the way, what should we do if we are so angry? They just bully us, no one can read and write. You gang of old men go hunting in the mountains and go hunting. You can't even fart when you stand in the county government."

"Hey, are you comforting someone, or..."

"My brother can read and write."

Before Lu Laoshi could finish his sentence: "It's still embarrassing for us", he stopped suddenly, and even Li Jinhua, who was about to fight her husband to the end, turned his head, and the two looked at Lu Xiaoxian who was speaking.

The little girl raised her hand and pointed to the side. Lu Liangsheng, who was thinking about the spells in "Supplements from the South Water", raised his face and looked at the three of them, "Why are you looking at me?"

"Just now Xiaoxian said you can read?"

"The kid is lying..." Lu Liangsheng didn't want people to know that he could read and write. After all, how long has it been? If people know, he is afraid that someone will say he is a monster.

Lu Laoshi and Li Jinhua turned their gazes to Lu Xiaoxian again. The little girl stood up with her face raised, "My brother wrote the characters in the temple and even read them to me."

Over there, Lu Laoshi slapped the stove suddenly, and didn't ask when his son would meet, rubbing his big hands happily: "That's it, we also said that no one will go to court to reason with those bastards, good students, Let's go to Fushui County tomorrow!"

Without waiting for Lu Liangsheng to respond, he clapped his hands and made a decision, then got up and ran outside to inform others.

On the edge of the vegetable garden, the crawling toad blinked its eyelids.

Opening the frog's mouth slightly, it seems to be smiling.

"It's good to go out, don't even think about coming back when you go out, this old man must take revenge..."

Goo goo goo.....

A gray figure came over, Taoist Zixing felt that he was pecked, turned around his prostrate figure, his big eyes met the opponent.

"Even a bastard like you dares to bully this old man, be careful to stew you!"

The hen tilted her head, cooed twice, and spread her wings to pounce on it.

In the courtyard, one chicken and one toad were beating each other into darkness, and it was hard to tell the winner...

Chapter 11 The Wilderness

In this village, more than a dozen generations have relied on the mountains to eat the mountains. It is their duty to cultivate the land and support people, and it is difficult to produce one or two people who can read and write.

The news that Lu Liangsheng could read and write was spread, and Lu Laoshi regretted it after his anger subsided. After all, his son belonged to him, and he didn't ask clearly. , but also bear the board.

When he hurried home, in Lu Liangsheng's room, Daoist Ha was sitting on the edge of the bed with his flippers on his back, looking at the boy who was writing and drawing over there.

"As a teacher, I know that you are hesitating, but you have to understand that most of the people in the village are relatives of your family. There is a saying outside: help the relatives and not help the relatives. Standing up to help everyone is unreasonable, and those who do good should stand in the world upholding justice and do not hesitate."

Over there, Lu Liangsheng put down his brush, raised his head, and looked at Master. The thin wind cocoon pushed him, and smiled wryly: "Master said, why don't you think about it, but I have never been to court. I have seen the biggest Guan'er, that is, Xiangzheng, saw it from a distance once."

"Go, the biggest official you've ever seen is the county magistrate."

Zixing Taoist sat on the edge of the bed, kicking the toad's legs in the air, twisting the thin frog webs on his forelimbs, trying to stretch out his finger, pointing at himself: "Think about being a teacher for dozens of years, if you didn't take a step, how could there be any How advanced is your cultivation today? You are nothing more than cowardly, but as a human being, how can you hide behind for the rest of your life?"

"Absolute cultivation..." Lu Liangsheng looked him up and down.

Toad withdrew his hand and put it behind his back: "Master refers to the past."

There was a pause in the words, and he was so choked by the apprentice that he almost forgot what he said next. He reorganized his words, stood up, walked on the edge of the bed, and continued: "Anyway, this trip, you have to go. Cultivating Taoism means cultivating humanity. The most important thing is to have a righteous heart, if you don’t do this, you will violate your conscience, and it will be difficult to move forward in your future practice.”

His mother... the old man even mentioned these words, why don't you go?

After Taoist Zixing finished speaking, he looked straight at the young man who pressed his lips against the table and pressed his lips tightly. After a long time, Lu Liangsheng's tightly pursed lips finally loosened.

Nodding towards Master: "What Master said, Liang Sheng wrote it down!"

Taoist Zixing also heaved a sigh of relief, jumped onto the dilapidated table, spread his frog webs and patted the boy's arm: "It's good to think about it this way, now go to the court and figure it out for the teacher, you still have Duan Qi Yuan, just go at ease."

Looking at the young man who was moved in front of him, a pair of toad eyes with red dots bloomed ferociously: The old man added another sentence that attracts you, if you don't believe me, you don't want to go.

Over there, Lu Liangsheng also said affirmative words.

"Yes! Master."

At this time outside the house, Lu Laoshi also rushed back. Hearing the sound, Taoist Zixing hurriedly prostrated himself on all fours, and the door was pushed open.

"Father, what's the matter?" The boy looked at his father who walked in with some surprise.

Lu Laoshi who walked into the room looked at his son, rubbed his callused palms guiltily, and his gentle temper came up again: "Liangsheng...the matter of going to the yamen..."

Before he finished speaking, the son over there had already said: "It's okay, dad, I'll go."

"Are you...really going?"

Lu Laoshi was also a little surprised by his son's answer. After thinking about it, Liangsheng has become more and more sensible over the years. He must understand that if the village suffers from injustice, many people will starve.

After it was decided in this way, the village elder called eight men, told Lu Liangsheng the whole story of the matter, and discussed some excuses to go to the court before dissipating in the middle of the night.

In the early morning of the next day, each household collected some dry food and some money for the road. Lu Liangsheng also rode on the old donkey at home, took dry food and bits and pieces of copper, and set foot on the road together with the eight big men from the same village. I walked through the road in Fushui County before.

Amidst the old donkey's crowing sound, the hooves moved slowly, and the Zixing Taoist curled up in the package on the boy's slung back, shook it and bumped against the copper coins.

With his eyes closed, he hummed softly.

"According to this speed, I'm afraid it will be the next day when we arrive at the county..."

The team walked very slowly. First, the road outside the mountain was rough and not easy to walk. Second, this trip was not as casual as when there were many people. Be careful and beware of robbers.

It was getting dark when we arrived, and we were still about [-] miles away from Fushui. Although the rest of the journey was relatively easy, after a day of work, people would still feel tired and drowsy.

The eight people discussed with Lu Liangsheng to deal with it for a night outside. The people in the mountains are not so delicate. As long as it doesn't rain, they can close their eyes even if they sleep on the grass piles, but the situation is not that bad. I have walked through it many times, and there are a few thatched huts halfway up the hill in front of me.

It used to be lived by people, but later moved away for unknown reasons, or died, so it has been vacant, and the fields have not been taken care of. Sometimes, if you don’t want to drive at night, or encounter heavy rain, you will go there to borrow Stay one night before leaving.

Lu Liangsheng raised his head, and the hills as far as he could see were covered by black forests, and the clouds in the night sky moved away, revealing half a clear moon.

ooh-

The sound of wolves sounded in the distance. In the woods, rustling footsteps stepped on the fallen leaves. With the moonlight shining on the ground through the gaps in the trees, the eight people walked in front, towards the dilapidated hut they said.

Lu Liangsheng led the old donkey and walked behind, constantly observing the surroundings. The outline of the distant mountains in the dark was like a giant beast crouching in the wild. creepy.

"It's just ahead."

The sound came from the front, which made Lu Liangsheng feel a little relieved, but the old donkey he was leading was a little restless, breathing heavily and unwilling to follow, but he was still dragged by the young man to catch up.

Walking up a gentle slope, in the cold night, there is a small thatched hut with half of the earth wall collapsed. It has not been taken care of for a long time. After the wall fell, the roof also sank.

Pushing open the crooked door, with a creaking sound, dust fell on his shoulders.