No matter if you are a human or an immortal, you can still farm for me after traveling through time!

When the guard's eyes became sharp, the yard behind only half-opening the door had a different look.

The guards stationed throughout the courtyard received the signal and assumed an offensive stance, always on guard against Li Erlang's next move.

At this time, Xu Dan walked out of the courtyard and asked through the courtyard door: "Mr. Li Jiaxiang, what do you want?"

"Miss Boss, I have no bad intentions in coming here. I just want to tell one thing to another companion who is traveling with you."

Xu Dan asked the guard who opened the door to turn aside. She stared at Li Erlang through the half-open door, trying to find any flaws in him, but she did not see anything unusual.

How did he learn his cousin's identity? Although the identity of the cousin is not deliberately hidden, it is not something that a farmer can easily know. Even though she and Lu Lu were cousins, she had never shouted in front of outsiders. Even if the world knew that Mr. Zuo Pushe in the court was her uncle, how could they know that the person in the carriage was her uncle's daughter? !

Helpless, she raised her chin towards the guard at the door: "Three coins, search me."

Li Erlang did not resist when being searched and allowed the guards to take action. But when the guard touched the bamboo tube, he subconsciously protected the bamboo tube and said, "I will open it myself." Then he gently took off the bamboo tube and poured out the scroll inside.

Xu Dan took a step back, could it be a trick by Tu Qiong Dagger?

The guard behind him was already holding the dagger on his waist. When Li Erlang unfolded the scroll, everyone was stunned when they saw the pattern on the scroll. What Li Erlang was holding was an ordinary scroll, and there was no danger as imagined.

It is really an extremely simple painting, so simple that it even makes Xu Dan feel disgusted.

The landscapes and woods were painted quite well, but there were a few redundant fields painted on the open space that should have been left blank. One area had only wheat stubble, one area had wheat growing on it, one area had green rice seedlings, and the other area was a newly plowed field.

Who on earth would paint these unexpected things among the mountains and rivers? It would be fine if he painted a uniform wheat field, but the artist wanted every field to be different, which makes people feel upset just looking at it.

Xu Dan didn't know that this was called obsessive-compulsive disorder. He was upset and subconsciously looked for the signature seal - the clear stream was unfathomable, and there was only a solitary cloud in the hidden place. There is a faint moon among the dew among the pine trees, and the clear light is still for you. Gift from monk Bai Qingshan.

There is no mention of farmland in the inscription, and it has nothing to do with farmland. Why does farmland appear in landscape paintings? Is it possible that the monk who painted this painting loved farmland so much that he would paint it regardless of the unexpectedness?

Xu Dan was speechless and fell silent. Li Erlang and the painting on his body...if you ignore the abrupt parts of the painting, there would be no problem. The guard carefully inspected the bamboo tube containing the painting over and over again, and found that it was just a section for moisture-proofing. bamboo tube.

Xu Dan glanced at Li Erlang. His behavior of caring for a worthless painting was really unbelievable. He was still on guard and refused to let him get close: "If you have anything to ask, I'll ask you here." Let’s talk about it!”

Although the house that Manager Zhang rented was not as spacious as his home, the yard was not small. The purpose of renting this place at the beginning was to temporarily store the collected goods. Therefore, there were not many rooms but a huge yard. If he wanted the people in the room to hear his words, he had to shout loudly, but if he shouted loudly, The surrounding neighbors would hear it, not to mention that he was still standing outside the door.

Li Erlang shook his head: "No, can you let me stand under the window and talk?"

Just when Xu Dan was about to refuse out loud, Lu Lu in the room immediately agreed: "Go three steps away from the window. If you speak softer, I can hear you."

Li Erlang entered the door and saw a dozen guards standing beside the door, ready to go. So he walked into the yard in full view of everyone and strode to the window. Ji Qingyue stood on the bridge, holding his breath and listening to the movement outside. Without any effort, he heard Li Erlang directly say without any foreshadowing: "Miss Lu, are you going to take the ancient road on Lancang Mountain?"

Behind the window in the house, two female guards were guarding the young lady, staring closely at the figure reflected on the window paper. If Li Changxiang took another step forward, he would immediately be fatally attacked.

Lu Luxiao exclaimed in a low voice: "How did you know?"

Of course Li Erlang couldn't answer, but asked again: "If I told you that if you insist on taking that ancient road as planned, you will definitely encounter something unexpected in the end, will you continue?"

The person behind the window did not respond immediately, but Xu Dan, who was also in the yard, became anxious and asked Li Erlang what he meant.

Li Erlang ignored Xu Dan, who was already his boss, and only cared about Lu Lu's choice.

After being quiet for a long time, Lu Lu finally spoke, with hesitation in his voice: "If you don't take the mountain road and take the official road, you can't avoid the forces in Jiangnan. When the official family and Dad planned to shake their foundation, they had already seen it. I, provoke and take revenge on my father."

It was exactly what Li Erlang thought. How could a little girl cause death? It must have been her enemies who transferred the hatred from her family to her, a little girl.

"Ms. Lu, how do you think your family will react if news of your death reaches their ears?"

Lu Lu twitched the corner of his mouth helplessly: "If I died in an accident, my family would be devastated but helpless; but if it was a traitor who succeeded in assassinating me, I would unfortunately die. After my family finds out the truth, they will fight to the death." .”

"But it is us innocent people who suffer in the end." Li Erlang continued in a low voice: "After you go up the mountain, you will encounter bandits and die under the torture of bandits until the news of your death spreads everywhere. At that time, As you have no doubt believed, the hatred in the family is overwhelming and will not stop until death."

For a time, the bandits disappeared, and a few years later, the people were in dire straits, and the whole country was like hell. The reason for this situation was that a father in a high position avenged his daughter who died unjustly and wasted no time on the lives of the people.

What Lu Lu seemed to care about was not that she would die, but that he was curious about where Li Erlang knew these things: "How do you know these things?" Even her surname was Lu.

Regardless of the high-sounding answer, Li Erlang replied sincerely: "It's just because of the immortal's favor that I was told in my dream that you would go through this difficulty. Saving you means saving me and my family. I have no reason not to stop you from walking on the mountain road."

But the problem comes back again. If you don't take the mountain road, you can only take the official road.

Lu Lu had seen those Jiangnan forces going crazy. Their arrogant scholarly attitude and cunning businessman attitude, and their disregard for human life were their tacit consent to each other in order to achieve the highest interests. They united as a family to eradicate those who tried to divide their interests. All forces.

Now that they have realized that the officials are going to take action against them, the wealthy and well-connected southern forces will definitely unite to resist the officials trying to weaken their power, and she who happens to be in Jiangnan is an excellent target for revenge.

Lu Lu ignored the maid's stop and approached the window full of expectations, asking, "I wonder if Alang has any other way to cross Lancang Mountain?"

Li Erlang shrugged his shoulders. Everyone knew that there was an inaccessible mountain road in Lancang Mountain that had been deserted for a long time. In the past, when the government had not dug mountains and built dirt roads to connect the villages, people in Shiliang Village would rather walk an extra half day from Xia Li's place to the county or other places by taking a detour instead of walking on mountain roads, just to ensure safety. How could he possibly have a way to ensure that others can cross Lancang Mountain safely without his magical powers?

"Of course it can't."

Li Erlang's answer did not disappoint anyone. It would be shocking if there was a way, otherwise she would not be trapped here and unable to escape.

At this point, Lu Lu sighed heavily, "I thought that the immortal would also entrust you with the way to help me out of trouble."

Ji Qingyue in the painting remained silent. Li Erlang couldn't do anything, let alone a "snail" like him.

"Your family is in a high position, can't they mobilize enough manpower to take you away?" Li Erlang has always been puzzled. Every noble and official he has come into contact with has shown "supernatural powers" and often uses his authority to transfer people to the barracks. soldiers to fulfill their various demands. The soldiers had to work like animals without fighting back, scolding, or speaking back, and they did not get any reward.

Lu Lu smiled and said: "I don't say whether it can be done. Even if we call in manpower, with my temperament, I can't trust them. The northwest is an important military defense area for the government, and well-trained soldiers are deployed to guard the border. Don't act rashly. However, the soldiers available in the barracks have not been properly trained yet, so if I were to choose, it would be better to refine the personnel."

It is indeed good. There are few people but each one is useful, or there are many people and they are not very useful. If Li Erlang was asked to choose, he would also choose a small number but each one is useful.

"I would like to thank Mr. Li Jialang for your kind words. If there is anything else that the immortal wants to tell me through his dream, please tell me." Lu Lu's voice gradually moved away from the window, "Since I can't leave, I will stay here for a while. Stay for a few days."

Li Erlang clasped his fists: "Then please be more careful, Miss Lu, and take care of your life! If anyone in the village is haunted by strangers, they will not be able to escape Muramasa's questioning. Miss Lu can ask someone to inquire with Muramasa so that they can grasp the information." ”

After Li Erlang left, the courtyard fell silent again. The guards stared at Li Erlang walking away before coming to the window to ask Lu Lu about his next decision.

Xu Dan returned to the room and saw his cousin staring at the paper in a daze again, so he was angry and anxious. He stretched out his hand and shook it on the paper to bring his cousin back to his senses: "Dali and the others are asking you!"

"Huh? What did you say?"

The names of the eighteen guards that her father gave her were all chosen by her personally, and they were all easy to remember. The eighteen male guards were first sorted from one to nine, calling them A-1 and A-2. When Ah Jiu was called, it seemed too perfunctory to continue naming them, so she named the remaining nine guards "Dali, Shuangxi, Three Money, Four Seas, Five Fortunes, Six Roots, Seven Steps, and Eight Dou" , nine days."

These male guards are responsible for guarding the outer wall and are not allowed to enter the house. There are twelve female guards guarding the house, of which only six maids can guard her personally.

They are not only maids, but also guards.

The guard headed outside the window repeated again: "Miss, do you agree with what the young man said? The master has stated in the letter that in the two days after the Shandan County Examination, the people arranged by the master will meet him at the exit of the mountain road. It is now the fourth day of the Lunar New Year. , there are still two days before the end of the county examination, these two days are the days when the master’s people rush to the exit.”

Shufu beside Lu Lu also urged softly: "Miss, he is right. The longer you stay, the more dangerous it will be!"

"The two brothers of the Li family successively advised me not to go up the mountain, and Mr. Li Jiaxiang even used immortal rhetoric. If I didn't listen, it would be a bit disrespectful." Although Lu Lu said this, his tone It was very serious, Xu Dan could see it clearly, and his cousin didn't seem to think Li Erlang was joking.

Shufu was a little hesitant, fearing that the lady would have an unpredictable accident if she delayed any longer. "But... there is a letter from the master..."

Lu Lu: "Shufu, you know that I believe in Buddhism, right?"

Shufu didn't know why the young lady mentioned this. She had stayed with the young lady the longest and was the eldest among the female guards. She had almost watched the young lady grow up. Naturally, she knew the young lady's habit of believing in Buddhism, so she immediately nodded and agreed, "Yes. ".

"At the same time, I also believe in the omens when the King of Hell wants to keep me, any omens that are different from the usual ones. One person advised me not to go up the mountain, and then someone else tried to persuade me again. It is absolutely impossible for the two of them to arrive in advance in such a short period of time. When they knew I was coming, they all said the same thing and advised me not to go up the mountain. I am not an ignorant person. Regardless of whether it is true or false, I have to stop and make plans at this time." When talking about gods and Buddhas, Lu Lu He put his hands together and bowed to the west, "Maybe this is really the gods and Buddhas secretly helping me to avoid disasters..."

Seeing that his lady had an idea, Shufu said no more, and the male guard by the window left to continue guarding.

After hearing her words, Xu Dan was persuaded, and sat quietly beside her, with a melancholy look on his face: "It's not easy for you! Alas! The officials have not killed the Buddhist temple in Chang'an, but you often The Fu'an Temple we went to is still there..." She didn't say the next words, but Lu Lu knew what she meant.

"I will go and fulfill my wish." Lu Lu's mood for reading the question had faded away. She folded the paper she had copied and asked someone to put it away. She avoided the less pleasant topic and asked about what Li Changxiang was carrying. That painting.

When he mentioned that painting, Xu Dan became furious: "The scenery in that painting is simply a mess and cannot be seen. It is clearly a landscape. I don't know why the person who painted it left a few fields blank for no reason!! Look seriously. I can’t help but be angry!!”

It could be seen that Xu Dan was really angry. She had never seen such an unexpected painting. "I don't know if there is anything precious about it. It has to be wrapped in bamboo tubes and oil paper." Xu Dan never concealed her disdain, and when someone listened to her talk, they would talk as if they were pouring beans out of the tube.

Of course, Lu Lu couldn't figure it out. She really wanted to know whether the "immortal" Li Erlang mentioned was true, but she had already checked the Li family. They were just ordinary farmers. The biggest surprise was that Dalang of the Li family actually had some unexplored intersections with Yang Huang, but this was not important because Yang Huang had no intersection with Li Erlang, and Li Erlang had no chance to come into contact with outsiders or experts.

In her thoughts, she was able to summon her wits to respond to her cousin's complaint: "Who did this come from?"

Xu Dan shook his head, wishing he had seen that messy painting before. "This painting was painted by an unknown monk from Bai Qingshan in Shandan. He is not a master. Have you ever seen a master who would act so randomly!! It's just that the seal is the Buddha seal of Bai Qingshan Temple!! It's all in vain. !!”

Lu Lu nodded.

Paintings made by monks were popular playthings all over the world before officials took action in Buddhist temples. At that time, paintings made by monks and printed with Buddhist carvings could easily be sold at high prices. The enthusiasm shown by the people of Chang'an for these paintings had reached an unimaginable level. Even my father received many people sending them to various places. The paintings of monks include unknown monks and famous eminent monks.

But my father didn’t like such mediocre paintings, so these paintings were piled in the corner of the warehouse and no one cared about them.

Nowadays, this kind of worthless painting is regarded as a treasure by Li Erlang. It is really difficult for the two ladies to understand. They can only try to sum it up as "you regard it as a treasure, and I discard it like a worn-out shoe."

Everyone's appreciation level is different. Maybe Li Erlang simply likes that painting.