The Ascension of Ghosts

Firecrackers rang out from somewhere, and Lu Sheng only saw people coming and going, everyone was beaming, and they all came forward to congratulate him, he unconsciously asked, "Where does the joy come from?"

But seeing Ji Chong, Bai Lixiao and many colleagues in Yulin Weizhong winking at him, they said with a smile: "Brother Lu is overjoyed today, but he came to ask knowingly, could it be that we are playing tricks on us?"

As soon as Lu Sheng lowered his head, he realized that he was wearing a brand new scarlet brocade robe, holding a horsewhip in his hand, and he was full of spirit.

The guests came and went, drinking wine and wine, but Lu Sheng became more and more at a loss, thinking: "I'm actually married, what should I do, Ah Rong?"

Lu Yuan was calling him ahead, but Lu Sheng turned his head, and saw a lone figure looming at the end of the misty street. When he looked closely, there was not even a single figure.

He didn't know whether it was sorrow or joy in his heart for a moment, he thought for a moment: It's human nature for me to get married and have a child, Ah Rong must be able to understand.A few fat boys will be born in another day, and they will be recognized as godfathers... Cheng Huan will also care for him until the end of his life.For a moment, I thought, Xie Rong has a lonely and arrogant personality, how can he tolerate another new love, I am afraid that he will never have any contact with him.

After thinking about it like this, I just feel sore and painful in my heart, it's hard to express it, and my feet become heavier and heavier.

However, all the guests crowded up and pushed him into the new house involuntarily. Through several golden and red gauze curtains of different shades, they saw the bride sitting on the bedside. Lu Sheng became more and more flustered, and said in a low voice: : "No, no." While turning around, he wanted to run away.

Unexpectedly, someone behind him laughed softly, grabbed his wrist, and said softly, "Where is Lu Lang going?"

Lu Sheng turned his head in horror, and he saw the phoenix crown and Xiapei, the unparalleled beauty of the bride, with Xie Rong's face impressively.

A rooster crowed from somewhere, startling Lu Sheng to open his eyes.

The dream seemed real and illusory, which made him feel lingering fear, and now he suddenly woke up, feeling relieved that he had just woken up from a big dream and escaped a catastrophe.

The servant on duty outside the door was very vigilant. Hearing some movement in the room, he asked in a low voice, "Master Baoyang is awake?"

Lu Sheng answered absent-mindedly. He was still in shock. He just felt that his heart was covered by clouds and clouds, and he didn't know where he was, let alone what night it was.

But two maids came in from outside the door, they were still Ruo Shuang Ruo Yu, one of them lit the lamp, and the other brought a mother-of-pearl black lacquer bowl with a cover in the tray to Lu Sheng.

Lu Sheng seemed familiar with this scene, only to realize that he had returned to the Xie Mansion again, and he said with a bitter face, "What medicine do you want to take again?"

Ruoyu chuckled, "Don't be afraid, Mr. Baoyang, this is not medicine. It is the Qi-replenishing Ten Treasures Soup that my son specially ordered the cook to prepare. Dried cuttlefish, deer tendon, and squab are made by simmering over a small fire, and there is absolutely no medicinal smell."

She lifted the lid of the bowl, and suddenly there was a slightly bitter and strange fragrance, which whetted the appetite, all the medicinal materials were removed from the bowl, only half a bowl of milky white soup and pieces of meat remained.Lu Sheng sat up, turned to the side table and sat down. He tossed and tossed for a long time yesterday, but he didn't eat any rice, and now he was hungry. The bowl of Shizhen soup was at the right temperature, and the dried cuttlefish was stewed so chewy and refreshing that it was shaped like ice crystals. The deer tendon was soft and tasty, and the pigeon meat was even more tender and fragrant. Lu Sheng drank a bowl of soup to the bottom, but he was not even half full.

Fortunately, Ruo Shuang has already sent a food box, and the breakfast meal is sent out one by one: pearl japonica rice porridge with distinct grains and the fragrance of lotus leaves; Spinach, carrot juice, and white fish are mixed with flour to make thin skins in red, green, yellow, and white. They are fried until crispy.On the snow-white and tender snake meat soup, there is actually a layer of black garlic oil poured on it.

As long as Lu Sheng didn't touch ginger, he wouldn't be considered a picky eater. What's more, Xie Mansion always has rich dishes, but the amount of each dish is very small. Xue Ya, aware of the lost strength, recovered bit by bit.

After he finished washing, Ruo Song came to pass the message and asked him to see Xie Rong, he remembered everything that happened yesterday.

If we meet each other rashly, I'm afraid we will feel ashamed.

It's just that he can think of it, Xie Rong can also think of it, Ruosong said again: "My son specially told me that this matter is related to the life of Mr. Baoyang, please don't do it rashly."

Lu Sheng had no choice but to bite the bullet and go to see Xie Rong.

Xie Rong was painting in the flower hall again. Next to the tables were rows of rabbit hair and wolf hair fine brushwork, and filled with various color boxes, and she was rarely painting a color ink painting.

Lu Sheng stepped into the flower hall, and vaguely saw that Yue Mo was painting a portrait, but when Xie Rong heard him come in, he put down his pen and turned around, but covered the portrait impartially, Xie Rong opened the beaded curtain and came out, but it seemed Feeling extremely happy, he said with a smile: "Baoyang, sit down quickly."

As soon as Lu Sheng heard his voice, all the lingering, embarrassing and embarrassing things from last night came to his mind, and his face was red, and he sat at the table in embarrassment, not daring to look up at him.

Xie Rong waved the crowd away, and then said with a smile: "Fourteen is a gentleman's wife, and she has never lost her shame. She bowed her head to the dark wall, and she never called back once a thousand times. I just opened my eyes today, and I turned out to be so shy."

Lu Sheng became annoyed and said, "Shut up!"

Xie Rong responded with a smile: "Okay." Then said: "Extend your hand."

Lu Sheng looked at him vigilantly, Xie Rong saw that he was like a frightened sika deer, but he acted too hastily in the past to get to where he is today, and in the future he needs to figure it out.

Xie Rong then sighed: "Last night... it was just that you were bewitched by Huanxi Buddha, and you were confused for a while, and you never made a big mistake, so why bother to worry about it."

Lu Sheng recalled clearly now that he was so emotional, he lost control and hugged Xie Rong to make love with him, and when he lost his love, he talked sweetly non-stop. There are several vital points in him, the thing under his crotch is hard and soft, soft and hard, and he has vented it countless times, enjoying the bliss of the world.He could even recall that when Xie Rong's utensil was on his abdomen, it was as hard as iron and as hot as coal, and he even tortured each other to please them, doing all kinds of embarrassing things.

Seeing Xie Rongyun's indifferent and insignificant appearance now, I can't help but feel a little sad about the coldness of the world and the indifference of human feelings.

He couldn't help but sneered and said, "Young Master Xie doesn't think it's wrong, maybe others think the same way. That being the case... Lu is not a person who can be difficult for others, but..."

Xie Rong suddenly looked weird, and interrupted Lu Sheng's angry questioning, and asked instead: "Baoyang, do you think I did something to you last night?"

Seeing that he turned his back on him, Lu Sheng stood up abruptly, slapped his palm on the table, and said angrily, "You, you, what did you do!"

Xie Rong finally burst out laughing, the soft expression on her face became more and more radiant, she wanted to tease the young sergeant again, but she was afraid that the young sergeant would be furious and it would be difficult to end, so she had to comfort her: "Baoyang, calm down!" You were coaxed by the sun last night and almost became the holy son of Jieluo. I just relieved your desires. As for the harmony between husband and wife and the way of making love between dragon and yang, I didn't touch it at all. What are you worried about?"

Lu Sheng was taken aback for a moment, and then Xie Rong said with a narrow smile, "If I really did something to you, you won't be able to get up right now."

Lu Sheng was ignorant and knew very little about things in bed, but when he woke up in the morning, he didn't notice that there was anything wrong with his body. Now seeing Xie Rong's expression calmly, he denied it. Thinking about it, he really didn't do anything wrong Things.Feeling embarrassed for a while, "Ah Rong, I..."

Xie Rong didn't want to entangle him with this matter, but still said softly: "Extend your left hand."

Lu Sheng did as he said this time, and put his hand on the table, but Xie Rong only gently shook his wrist, and a string of bluestones appeared on Lu Sheng's wrist.

The blue-gold pebbles are no more than the size of mung beans, and they are carved into the shape of lotus flowers. The lines of each flower are clear and lifelike, [-]% of them are closed into buds, about [-]% are fully bloomed, and the remaining [-]% are in different degrees of blooming.Condensed in this small string, it is really a wonderful craftsmanship.

Something flashed in Lu Sheng's mind, and he felt that the bracelet looked very familiar, and he muttered, "This is..."

Xie Rong said: "You have the water spirit flower to defend yourself and calm your soul, so you are afraid of some kind of magic sword, worrying about the sky for no reason, causing more troubles."

As soon as he let go, the bracelet gradually faded away. Lu Sheng touched his left wrist, but couldn't find any trace. He couldn't help frowning and said, "This is, you gave it to me?" When you break that spring..."

Xie Rong said: "Exactly."

Lu Sheng rubbed his wrist, recalling the times when the phantom of green lotus appeared above his head, and the number of times he lowered the Baoguang bodyguard, he couldn't help but trust Xie Rong a little more, and said in a low voice: "If that's the case...why didn't you say it earlier. "

Xie Rong hummed: "I don't like to talk about it."

Lu Sheng was speechless, picked up the tea on the table and drank half of it, and then asked, "Using the magic sword to kill me, and then sending the spirit flower bracelet to save me, isn't it contradictory? What are your intentions?"

Xie Rong made a straight face and said: "You keep the hanging pot, and subdue it...the monster is of great use to me. If you can't subdue it but you are subdued, it will be bad. Naturally, I will send a spirit flower to save you."

Lu Sheng glanced at him, and sneered coldly: "It's clear that I hurt someone first, and then regretted it, but the magic sword recognizes people, but I can't get rid of it, so I have to give me a spirit flower to make up for it."

Lu Sheng scoffed at Xie Rong coldly, but it was five or six points similar to Xie Rong. Xie Rong seemed to be talking about the central thing, and remained silent all the way.

Seeing that he was speechless, Lu Sheng sneered again, "What else do you want to say?"

Xie Rong said bluntly: "...The holy son of Jieluozong served the eminent monks with lust, and said that he wanted to see the Buddha. If you don't want to be a holy son, it's better not to meet the sun in the future."

He turned the topic clumsily, but Lu Sheng was still moved by his shock, "How can this kind of evil sect be regarded as a guest of honor by Xingshan Temple?"

Xie Rong said: "It's just that the teachings are bad, not to mention that the Holy Son has a high status, everyone is eager to go after it, but they can't ask for it. Jingyezong takes killing as a bounden duty to disrupt the court, but Jieluozong guards the Western Regions and resists bandits. , is my first shield in the Western Regions, and I will naturally treat it with respect today."

No wonder Sunshine also reminded him that Jieluo teachings and etiquette were incompatible with each other, but it was Lu Sheng's ignorance that put him in trouble.

He not only sighed: "I was careless... I just won't see him in the future."

In just a few days, Lu Sheng reneged on his promise and became fat, seeing the sunlight in the palace.

At that time, the Shangyuan Festival had just passed, and all the officials returned to their positions. Wei Su led Lu Sheng to the palace to face the saint. Tracing back to the source, the cause was still the matter of the Chuyu Palace.

Before the festival, he was ordered by his elder sister-in-law Zhou to send Sixth Lantern Festival to various houses.The Sixi Lantern Festival is Zhou's specialty again. The fragrant black sesame filling is mixed with ground dried fruit, which is sweet but not greasy; the clear and crystal cherry fruit filling is sweet and sour; the crispy perilla flax filling is Salty and slightly numbing; fragrant and sweet, the Longjing tea sugar filling is made from the above-mentioned Mingqian Longjing extract, mixed with flour and sugar syrup.The Zhou family makes a lot of them every year, and they are full of praise as gifts to relatives and friends.

There are several more this year, and Xie Rong's house is naturally among them.Lu Sheng was dissatisfied at first, and when Mrs. Zhou asked him to send the Lantern Festival, he would inevitably hesitate, but Mrs. Zhou misunderstood, and said with a downcast face: "Although Mr. Xie's son bears the name of evil star and evil son, he has never done anything. If something bad happened, you got to know him once, the friendship of a gentleman, sincerity and sincerity, how can you be swayed by rumors?"

Lu Sheng sighed: "Sister-in-law wronged me. Although I also went to Xingshan Temple to worship Buddha, the old monk said who was wrong, so what does it have to do with me?"

Zhou said: "In this case, why don't you just push back and block the Lantern Festival to Mr. Xie? Could it be that there was a quarrel?"

Lu Sheng dared to say "that guy did all kinds of bad things to me", so he could only swallow his anger and went to Xie's mansion with the food box.

This time, Xie Rong confided with him and made it clear.

Xie Rong said: "In my life, I have never made friends with others, so it is inevitable that I will worry about gains and losses. Lu Sheng, before you had childhood sweethearts and comrades-in-arms, you can share the same robes with your son, and later you have beautiful wives and concubines, children and relatives, who can raise your eyebrows. I agree with you." You have known each other late, you are unknown, I am afraid that you will not be able to take care of me at that time, and you will forget about me, thinking about it, the only way to do this is to make you only have me in your heart."

Hearing his frankness, Lu Sheng's previous depression had long since dissipated. He laughed and said, "This is not a bad strategy. It is clearly the worst strategy of the worst strategies. It is so stupid. Xie Rong, the world says that the white hair is as new as it is, and it is as old as before. I and you are also the same. Life and death are like foam, experienced tribulations, and friendship is deep, how can I be willing to leave you behind?"

Xie Rong just smiled and said nothing, but Lu Sheng was really relieved, even when he left Xie's mansion, his steps were much lighter.

Lu Sheng's happy mood lasted until after the Lantern Festival, when he was ordered to enter the palace.

The Holy Majesty originally planned to recruit Xie Rong into the palace and asked him clearly, but because of the name of the evil star and evil son, he gave up and ordered him to wait for orders at the post outside Taicheng.However, Lu Sheng followed Wei Su to the central hall of Taicheng where the Holy Majesty was.

For this reason, Lu Yuan was worried and worried in every possible way, so he asked Lu Sheng to comfort him repeatedly, and said: "I'm just going to report some trivial matters. There are as many people in the past dynasties who have been lucky enough to meet the saints as crucian carp crossing the river. Wherever you need to be afraid Longtan and Tiger's Lair?"

Lu Yuan sighed: "This is different from the past, Baoyang, let me ask you, how many emperors have we changed in ten years?"

The two brothers had less scruples when they talked in private. Lu Sheng thought about it carefully and said hesitantly, "Three, three..."

Lu Yuandao: "In the whole world, is it possible that the emperor of the king's ministers is more diligent than the ordinary small officials in the government office? When the situation changes, if there is any contamination, with your little Simin meritorious service, you may die ten times and live nine times." .”

Lu Sheng was speechless, but he was in the middle of the game and couldn't help himself. Even though his elder brother was so worried that his hair turned white all night, Lu Sheng had no choice but to follow Wei Su into Taicheng.

The Son of Heaven was young and straightforward. Fortunately, the Empress was by his side and asked Lu Sheng carefully about the cause and effect.Lu Sheng didn't dare to lift his head, he stood in the hall and reported everything in detail.

When it comes to the sudden and long death of King Chuyu, it will be considered as an end.

The little emperor took the queen's hand, turned his head and said: "There is such a miracle, what kind of treasure box wedding dress, really has the magical effect of stealing people's well-being? Queen, why don't you ask Zen Master Yuanjue, Zen Master Sunguang, and Master Qingfeng to try it too." Give it a try."

Lu Sheng was stunned, but he saw two monks, one old and one young, and a middle-aged Taoist priest, all came out of the side hall. The old one was Yuanjue, the current abbot of Xingshan Temple, and the young one was Sunshine. Luxurious red cassock studded with jewels.The middle-aged Taoist priest was only wearing a blue Taoist robe, simple and elegant, with a demeanor of Taoism and immortality.Although Lu Sheng had never seen it before, the name of Daoist Qingfeng was like a thunderbolt, and he was the owner of Wuchen Temple.

He suddenly broke out in a cold sweat. He had discussed with Xie Rong a long time ago, and made up the affairs of Prince Chuyu's mansion impeccably, but concealed the matter of Longgui and Yuji from the past.At that time, everyone in the palace was bewitched by Concubine Yu, so they were not worried about her revealing the story of the dragon and tortoise, but they never thought that the emperor would invite experts from the Buddhist and Taoist families to listen. I'm afraid that my master, brother and sister-in-law will be hurt if I commit the crime.