Great Sui Guoshi

The two fins patted the bulging belly, and a chill ran through the limbs and bones of the whole body. Taoist Toad stretched out his fins, and the purple-gold and black-patterned gourd that was quietly leaning against the corner appeared in his hand out of thin air.

"Ha ha....."

The gourd leaned on the couch, Taoist Toad chuckled and gradually raised his head, with one webbed on his waist, looked at the oil lamp on the table, and laughed wildly.

"......Hahaha!"

"Hmph, hahahaha——"

Rampant laughter mixed with demonic power shook the cave, the whole cave trembled slightly, and at the same time as the dust fell down, the birds that had just fallen from the branches in the forest outside flew into the sky in panic again.

Far and near, among the rolling hills, Taoist Ha's voice reverberated majestically.

"The old man is back!!!"

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A flurry of birdsong rang out, and many people in the village at the foot of Qixia Mountain heard the echoing words, straightened up from the field, raised their faces and looked around.

"Who is speaking?"

"It's coming from all directions, won't there be another monster?"

"I'm really not afraid of death."

"Don't worry about it, there is a good student here, and you will be caught if you come. Hurry up and work, go home early and have a warm meal."

The Taoist and Zhu Gangli in the field were more sensitive than them, so they naturally felt the difference. Sun Yingxian took a hissing breath.

"It seems to be the voice of the old toad... Could it be that the Tao has recovered?"

Immediately, he dropped his hoe and ran to look for Lu Liangsheng. After asking a few men in Gou Shuigou by the river, he found out that the scholar had gone to Beicun with Hong Lian. When he passed by, Lu Liangsheng was talking to Li Zheng. When the Taoist and Zhu Gang came running, they greeted them after a few words.

"Scholar Lu!"

Sun Yingxian stopped, pointed sideways to the hill to the west, paused in his words, gasped for breath, opened his mouth but still didn't make a sound.

Lu Liangsheng nodded his head first, with a smile on his face, and interrupted his words.

"I also heard that it should be repaired by Master Yaodan, and it is about to be released, let's go and have a look together."

Seeing the Taoist slumped, Hong Lian couldn't help but chuckled, then raised her long sleeves and walked back behind the scholar with lotus steps.

"No, I ran all the way here, so I have to listen to my own words, right? This is etiquette, do you understand?!"

Seeing the two leaving quickly, the Taoist stretched his neck, and shouted again: "Don't go so fast, wait for me!" He waved his hand and called Zhu Gangman, and followed.

Lu Liangsheng told his parents and sister on the other side of the field that he had something to do to go to the mountain, so he kept turning around the path outside the village to the small wooden bridge in the west of the village, and walked up the mountain road.

There was a black mass of birds above his head, screaming and lingering, not daring to fall down. Lu Liangsheng pushed aside the drooping green branches, and came to the huge rock standing outside the grotto. The group of people who came up had smiles blooming on their faces.

"Old demon, I arrived first! But the little toad is still inside."

The scholar nodded to her in response, facing the huge stone gate standing still, he shook his sleeves and arched his hands: "Master!"

Taoist, Zhu Ganglian, Hong Lian, and Qiyou stood on both sides, and waited for a while, but the stone door did not move away.

After a while, Sun Yingxian and the pig demon couldn't bear their temper, waved their sleeves, sat or squatted down, the Taoist bit the tip of the grass, looked at the motionless stone gate, and spat it out on the ground again.

"I said, don't we look like we are waiting outside the prison of the Criminal Ministry to pick up people?"

Hong Lian rolled her eyes and poohed at him: "You took it?"

"Not to mention, I really took it."

The Taoist originally wanted to say that he had waited for Uncle Hua outside the prison of the Ministry of Punishment of Tianzhi, but when he saw the scholar over there, he forcibly held back his words, squatted on the ground, shrunk his neck, and put his hands into his sleeves.

"When I didn't say it."

How could Lu Liangsheng over there not be able to hear it? After so many years, he didn't mind mentioning it in his heart.

"Say what you want, no one will shut your mouth."

"Whose mouth should be sealed?!"

As soon as the scholar's words came out, Taoist Toad's voice sounded from inside the stone gate at the same time. This time, a strong wind blew up in the open space, and the forest wildly swayed wildly. .

Lu Liangsheng used the spell of dispelling the wind and stood in front to make everyone feel better.

In an instant, a rumbling sound of heavy movement was heard in the ears, and the giant rock was slowly moving away from the ground in the eyes of everyone, accompanied by a monster aura, and heroic laughter.

Hahaha--

"Liangsheng, my teacher has recovered from his injuries!!"

The moment the sun shone on the dark hole, and the heroic voice pierced through, everyone, including Lu Liangsheng, held their breath.

In sight, a foot stepped over the edge of the shadow, stepped on the ground, and kicked up a small circle of dust.

However, Lu Liangsheng and the Taoist were stunned for a moment, and the one who walked out of the cave was still a toad standing there with a white belly and a pair of webbed feet, striding forward.

Still the same as before.

Taoist Toad's face was serious, and his bean-sized toad eyes showed a cold light. He seemed very satisfied with Liangsheng's expression, but after a while, Lu Liangsheng's face gradually showed a strange look, and the Taoists on both sides also showed weirdness, even the tree demon As if about to laugh.

"What kind of expression do you have?"

"Master, you didn't take care of the mirror?" Lu Liangsheng gritted his teeth, as if holding back a smile, and pointed to both sides of his lips.

Taoist Toad moved his eyes down and looked at the nose and mouth. The bean-sized toad's eyes suddenly widened, and the mouth opened wide to the extreme.

"Bi Qimian's... where did these two hairs come from?!"

Below the nostrils, a pair of whiskers droop on either side of the upper lip.

"Ahhhh-"

While panicked shouts resounded through the forest, Taoist, Qi You, Hong Lian, and Zhu Ganglian couldn't hold back their laughter anymore, and even Lu Liangsheng was infected and laughed out loud.

Hahaha......

The spring day is brilliant, pouring down from the gaps in the branches, taking photos of the laughing people, the toads walking back and forth touching their faces, and sprinkled on the mountain wall.

Chapter 4 and Seven

The last ray of sunlight fell on the mountain, and the darkness came like a tidal wave.

The brightly lit mountain village gradually extinguished the light. During the spring plowing season, the villagers were tired and went to bed earlier than usual, and occasionally there were a few dogs barking in the middle of the night.

Wang Wang Wang --

The night wind was blowing in the fenced yard, under the swaying cypress trees, Lu Liangsheng brought out the food from the kitchen, walked under the eaves and returned to the room, and soon, the dim light illuminated the window lattice.

"Master, it's time to eat."

In the warm yellow room, Lu Liangsheng put the meals filled with rice and braised pork on the table. Next to the pillow on the couch, Taoist Toad, who was covered with a quilt, sat up, with a black scarf around his face, and climbed onto the table. Looking at the rice and fat meat slowly in front of him, he smacked his lips, but sat down and sighed dejectedly.

Seeing the disciple's eyes, he quickly covered the black scarf and waved the other web.

"Turn aside, don't look."

The scholar smiled, and sat on the edge of the bed behind Taoist Ha.

"Master, if two beards grow, they will grow, and they will be regarded as two beards. Don't you see that the old grandson has two tufts hanging from his lips?"

Someone outside seemed to have heard it, the voice of a Taoist.

"Old Lu, don't make fun of your own way, I'm listening."

In the room, Taoist Toad looked at the food and wanted to eat but couldn't eat it. His two short legs stretched out straight, his fins hugged his chest, and his cheeks shrank in anger.

"It's not on your mouth..."

Afterwards, he let go of the web, and pointed at his face with anger: "The teacher is Toad! Where does Toad have a beard? Let other monsters see it, isn't it a joke?"

Lu Liangsheng tried his best to scrape away the comforting words in his head, thought for a while, organized his words, and said, "Aren't Laozhu and Xiyou demons? I'm not kidding you. Don't worry too much. Let's eat. It's me inside." The braised pork that mother is good at will be cold after a while."

"The two of them?" As soon as he talked about going out in the afternoon, and then returning to the village, Toad became even more angry: "It's the pig demon who laughs the most, and the tree demon who touches his beard as a teacher if he has nothing to do... ...I don't know what went wrong, but a pair of beards grew out."

While speaking, he also glanced at the delicious braised pork, swallowed a bit, and reached out to grab the chopsticks.

Lu Liangsheng, who was sitting on the edge of the bed, had actually thought about this question, and when he brought it up now, he couldn't help frowning, staring at the black scarf covering Taoist Ha's face, and suddenly slapped his leg vigorously.

"Master, it may have something to do with the Ke Yuyao Pill, and the pair of whiskers are probably also fish whiskers!"

The scholar suddenly opened his mouth, and the toad, which was stretching its webs, became unsteady in fright, and fell directly on the table. Lu Liangsheng moved closer and stretched out his hand to help him up: "Master, in fact, he has two fish whiskers, which are quite beautiful." , show majesty!"

Hearing the word 'majesty', Toad leaned against the bowl, rubbed his chin suspiciously, narrowed his eyes, touched the two whiskers at the corner of his mouth, and glanced at the apprentice next to him.

"Liangsheng, are you serious?"

Lu Liangsheng smiled and nodded: "It's absolutely true."

Over there, Taoist Ha took off the black scarf and took a photo of the bronze mirror. After looking at it for a long time, Toad grinned and made a few expressions. He seemed to think it was pretty good. Fin sat back by the bowl, took the chopsticks, and began to eat in a comfortable mood.

Da Da took a few mouthfuls of rice and swallowed it, rolled his long tongue, dragged the braised pork on the surface and ate it into his mouth, the aftertaste of chewing and swallowing was so fatty, I saw the apprentice still sitting there, vaguely He asked, "Liangsheng... what else is there?"

Taoist Toad's mouth was full of food, and he spoke vaguely, which made Lu Liangsheng next to him smile a little. Seeing that Master was fine, he felt much better.

"It's okay... just take a look."

Watching the master eat is actually quite interesting, but after that, the scholar told him everything that happened in the past two months. Taoist Toad knew that he was not married. I was busy with my marriage, so I didn't talk about dealing with the Painted Skin Demon in detail.

"As a teacher, I know that thing is weird, and it is a magic weapon to keep it away from the monster in the future."

After eating, Toad lay down on the quilt, scratched his belly, and remembered that it was the beginning of spring, so he sat up again: "By the way, are we leaving Qixia Mountain, remember the promise you made with that emperor last time? "

"Ah."

Lu Liangsheng cleaned up the bowls and chopsticks, and took them to the water tank outside to wash. He had promised Sui Emperor Yang Jian earlier, and naturally he would go there. It is rare for an emperor to treat him so courteously.

But before going to Chang'an, there is one more thing to do, that is, last year promised to the various sects, to go to Luohe Town, not only to erect a monument, but also to pile up and carve stones one by one, so as to appear to pay for the master's sins, of course These are definitely not enough, and there is still something that can be done, the only way is to return the magic weapons that Master looted back to others.

'Anyway, let's make up for it one by one. '

Back in the house, and talked with the master for a while, Hong Lian also came over from the temple, and the two leaned together under the eaves, quietly watching a branch protruding into the corner of the eaves swaying in the wind.

"It may take a long time to go out this time, and you will have to worry about things at home."

Hong Lian in a plain white dress tightly held the man's hand on his lap, leaned on his shoulder, looked at the branch that stretched down, only hummed, and then spoke.

"When you leave, take Qiyou with you. Although she is in a daze, she is still capable. If something happens to her, she might be of great help."

"Then are you at ease?" Lu Liangsheng emphasized his tone, "Qiyou is extremely beautiful, and you trust me."

Hong Lian hesitated for a moment, leaned on her shoulder, and pursed her smile.

"Young Master Hong Lianxin."

Behind the window lattice, Taoist Toad, who was flipping through the cookbook in the room, poked out half of his face from the side of the booklet. He thought he was talking about something serious, but he just said this?

It's better to look at two more dishes... Well, this one is good, the southern sauce, permeated on the tender lamb, steamed for two hours, the taste is deep...

The lights flickered slightly, the men and women under the eaves talked a lot, and the barking dogs in the village became quiet. After sending Hong Lian away, Lu Liangsheng returned to the house. On the bed, Daoist Toad was sleeping soundly under the blanket. The closed little book was put on the table, then the lamp was blown on, undressed and lay down, thinking about the future, and slowly fell asleep.

Soon, Lu Liangsheng will travel far north, and the news of going to Chang'an to become an official is spreading, and everyone in the village, old and young, knows about it before. Get together and chat about homework.

"I heard that Liangsheng is leaving, do you know?"

"It's time to leave, don't you know, bake a few more pancakes for him to eat on the way."

"...This is going to be an official. I heard from people outside that Chang'an is very big. You enter from the east gate and walk for a day before you come out from the west gate."

"Oh, so much bigger than Fushui County?"

"Well, if there is a chance, I really want to go out and see the outside world."

"That's right, Wang Banyan has passed away..."

"That half-blind man is Liang Sheng's disciple. There is a place to live over there, who should we live in? I heard that people are not allowed to sleep on the street."

When the parents talked about this, a woman who was rubbing her clothes yelled 'Ouch', wiped the water stains on the back of her hands and stood up.

"Isn't that a good student? How should I say it?"

The busy women and men around raised their eyes. On the road leading to the fenced courtyard, Lu Liangsheng in a green shirt and white robe led the old donkey and slowly came out with two bookshelves on his back, followed by Lu Laoshi and his wife.

Seeing people from the village looking over, he smiled and nodded at them. He actually didn't want to let go when he went out this time, so the time to leave was known at home.

"Father, mother, don't send it off, it's not the first time I've traveled far away."

Passing through the village entrance, Lu Liangsheng turned around and waved goodbye to his parents and Xiaoxian. The latter three had experienced it a few times, but they didn't feel too sad.