Great Sui Guoshi

The blue ink outlines lines along the cleaned stone monument, winding or stretching straight to draw the roof and eaves, and a wide street below spans the cracks between the bricks and stones.

Lu Liangsheng kicked his feet, jumped into the air, pressed the tip of the pen in his hand on the stone tablet and walked upstream. While pulling out the long street, his arm holding the pen swung quickly, drawing out the prosperity of the market, and the old tree beside the well.

After the painting was finished, Lu Liangsheng threw the brush, and it turned into a black shadow in mid-air. Mu Qi fell to the ground floatingly. The tip followed the market wells drawn in green ink, followed the drawn lines, chopping and chopping, and stone chips and powder flew around.

Snapped!Lu Liangsheng stood firmly on the ground, put his sword back into its sheath, and stretched out his hand to grab one side of the air. The Taoist, who was unscrewing the water bag, raised his head and drank it. The bag flew into the scholar's palm and took a mouthful. , Spray away the stele.

In an instant.

The relief statues on the stele started to move, the flags and banners of the wine cellar were slightly fluttering in the wind, and the steam was rising from the open steamers of the stalls on the street.

On the further street, the shaft of the car passed by, and the sound of wooden wheels came.

There are such coherent and non-repetitive relief carvings on all sides of the tall stone tablet, which seem to come alive at the moment, but unfortunately there is no figure walking around on it, and it looks mysteriously empty.

"The last step is left."

Lu Liangsheng looked at this ten-foot-tall stone tablet, and his originally chaotic mood finally found peace. The materials for the stone tablet were all broken bricks and stones from this town, and they were polished and built by himself. a home.

He put down the water bag, and bowed to the figures stretching out in the shadows of the surrounding forest.

"Lu Liangsheng came here to atone for Master in Xia Qixia Mountain. My Master was guilty of what happened back then..."

Taoist Toad, who was leaning on one side, glanced at his mouth, leaned over and wanted to stand up and speak, but swallowed the words back on his lips, and sat down again.

Lu Liangsheng didn't pay attention to Master's actions. He found usable sacrifices from the bookshelf and the Taoist's pocket, put them in front of the stone tablet, lit a few talisman papers and burned them to ashes.

"...But the master is the master after all. As a disciple, I naturally don't want to see him lose his life, but this crime must always be paid for. It has been 100 years. Today, Lu Liangsheng came here and tried his best to do something for you I don’t expect you to forgive me, but I hope you can have a new shelter and don’t have to wander around as lonely ghosts outside.”

The burnt ashes drifted slowly, Lu Liangsheng spread his palms, pinched out the magic spell with his fingers, and pulled it towards the distant forest. Hundreds of ghosts turned into dark winds visible to the naked eye and flew into the rays of the sun, following the magic power Lead away from the square stele and drill into the relief carvings.

On the empty street, a figure appeared, a peddler picked up a wooden spoon at the steaming stall, and a figure walked in, shoulder to shoulder, chatting and laughing at the door of the restaurant. The window was open, and the clerk pulled the rag off his shoulder and smiled. Go up, behind the counter, the chubby shopkeeper is counting the books with a smile.

Adjacent streets, unmanned carriages, with the driver waving his whip and tightening the reins, children in twos and threes chasing and playing ran past the horses, causing people in the carriages to open the curtains and shout. The girl waiting to be married out of the pavilion sits in front of the bronze mirror, smearing rouge, and the mother next to her has a kind face, inserting jade beads and gold hairpins for her...

The cold relief came alive, unfolding like a scroll of prosperity and peace in the world, telling their stories.

......

The mana gathered in his eyes, and after watching this scene for a long time, Lu Liangsheng cupped his hands and bowed again, then picked up Taoist Toad on the ground and put it on his shoulder.

"Master, we should go."

As for the stele, let it stand on the ground of Luohe Town, which is the hometown of these people who died in vain, and it should be regarded as starting a new life.

Early the next morning, I packed my bags and left the place where I had been staying for a few days. I took the old donkey, Lao Sun, and Lu Pan out to the main road. Occasionally, I would meet some passing business travelers and greet each other in a friendly manner. Each went his own way.

The terrain of this road is undulating, connecting several county towns, but there is a strange Luohe Town, and few people choose this place. However, a group of business travelers who just passed by came to a higher place and saw a forest in the distance. There are black monuments standing among the ruins of the past.

"What's the matter? I didn't pass by here before."

The caravan stopped, and some bold people touched it quietly, wanting to find out. Most of the ruined houses and walls that were scattered all over the place were missing, and a square ten-foot stone tablet stood in the sky, with carvings drawn , Seeing it makes people feel a little hairy, and feels that the motionless people and things above are alive.

The man immediately told the people in the caravan what he saw. Anyone who encounters such a mysterious thing will naturally be used as a talking point for others to listen to. The former site of Luohe Town in Luohe Town gradually became popular, and some people even lit joss sticks and money papers to worship.

"Some time ago, I was still farming nearby, but I didn't see any."

"It may be that the gods have manifested their spirits. I don't think it's because of the people who died in vain that the monument was erected. Otherwise, why is the coldness here gone?"

"Yeah, if you don't say it, I don't think so. It's true after all."

"Ouch, then hurry up and burn more, who the hell, you have extra paper money, sell me some."

"Of course there are. When I come here, I will prepare some more."

"I also want!"

"Take enough, don't squeeze, hey!"

"Brother who sells incense candles, you look so familiar."

"Hey, I'm selling money paper joss sticks in the temple..."

In a few days, the exquisite stone tablet suddenly appeared, and the carvings of Luohe Town painted on it. The government wanted to write a special book and report it to the prefectural government. , I am afraid that I will wake up laughing when I dream.

Chapter 4 Seventeen

The breeze caressed the forest and fields beside the road, and the tinkling copper bells came from the west of the official road.

On the main road going east, passing business travelers and pedestrians, I saw eight burly men from a distance, avoided them from left and right, and watched them pass by.

Behind the 'human wall', a scholar in a green shirt and a white robe sat sideways on the back of an old donkey, holding bamboo slips and reading every word on it carefully in the sunshine.

On the swaying back of the donkey, through the small door slightly opened on the bookshelf, a little green smoke drifted out. Daoist Toad lay in the middle and supported the side of his head, shaking his flippers hanging outside the door, humming a little song, and smoking a cigarette from time to time. mouth, comfortably blowing out a smoke ring and drifting outside.

"Master, the next itinerary should be to go to Qishan, and return the magic medicine pill left there to the sects to ease the relationship."

Lu Liangsheng raised his face from the bamboo slips, waved his sleeves to fan the smoke, and looked at the road and fields. The figure of the Taoist was digging a hole in the mud, as if he had caught something, and stuffed it into the cloth bag at his waist.

The scholar looked at it for a while, then looked away, and when he looked at the bookshelf, outside the small door of the cubicle, the short legs hanging outside stretched and stretched, and then hung down weakly. After a while, Taoist Toad's lazy voice came.

"It's up to you. The teacher is yours. If you want to give it away, you can give it away."

"Relationship is also a science."

Hearing these words, Lu Liangsheng was afraid that his master might misunderstand, so he rolled up the bamboo slips and patted them on his palm, explaining: "There is a saying in "Strategy and Countermeasures", which is to be driven by profit, just as a sharp weapon, treat it with courtesy, cut it People's tongue... In fact, in simple words, it is 'eat people's mouth is short, and people's hands are short.' But these things are originally other people, and they can be returned to their original owners, and they can also fall into good fortune."

After coming out of Luohe Town and building the stele, Lu Liangsheng found the river to wash, changed his clothes again, tied his hair in a neat bun and put on a scarf. He was sitting on the back of an old donkey, holding bamboo slips and talking eloquently. Let the passing travelers look over, then shake their heads and leave, and continue on their way.

"What a handsome scholar, talking to himself, I'm afraid he's crazy."

"I've walked a lot in the back road, and I can see everything. I just came from Wanglongya, and there was a dragon there... just a crazy scholar, don't pay attention to it, and leave quickly."

Hearing the words of passers-by in the past, Lu Liangsheng stopped talking, unfolded the bamboo slips again with a broken smile, and flipped through them in the palm of his hand. This is already the second volume of "The Record of Protecting Spirits of Wanchuan Mountains and Rivers". Lu Liangsheng has never seen some of the content in "The Boundless Mountain and Sea". According to the previous considerations, it should be the magic circle that was eliminated.

'That is to say, aren't these three volumes useless?However, this Qin Xu family is a capable person. Could it be that he conceived the Myriad Spirit Formation on the Boundless Mountains and Seas? '

But in terms of time, it is not right.

"Scholar Lu, it's almost time to start the fire and cook!" Sun Yingxian came back from the field over there, jumped over and landed firmly next to the old donkey, and patted the yellow cloth bag on his waist, which was so bulging that it made the bookshelf The toad in the house also pushed open the small door and stuck its head out to take a look.

"frog?"

"It's not summer yet, where did the frog come from?"

The Taoist waved his hand, pulled out palm-sized crabs and eels, and stuffed them back in.

"These things have been burrowed for a winter, and if you throw some bait, you will dig through the soil desperately and get out, and you will catch every one."

Seeing the good harvest, Taoist Toad nodded, "Then eat them later, it's better than nothing."

Withdrawing his protruding head, he bangs and closes the small door.

Lu Liangsheng looked at the sky, the sun was right above his head, and the sunshine at the end of spring was warm. For some reason, when he got here, the air was less humid, which made him feel a little hot.

"Uncle Pan, let's just find a place to rest nearby, and then go on our way after lunch."

"I'm waiting for your words!"

Lu Pan took a sip of water. Although his body was different from ordinary people, he was still not out of ordinary people. A group of eight people rushed out from Luohe Town and walked on the main road. They didn't rest on the way, and immediately called everyone to the edge of the forest ahead to rest and recuperate. , carrying the weapons and burdens on his back, threw them on the ground, sat down on the grass, and lay down comfortably.

Lu Liangsheng also pulled the old donkey over, let go of the rein and patted it on the head: "You are also a little wise, find grass to eat by yourself, don't go too far."

Seeing the old donkey flicking its bald tail and gnawing grass leisurely nearby, Lu Liangsheng took a sip from the water bag, sat down under a tree and took the bamboo slips to continue watching. After the bonfire was lit, Lu Pan helped to set up the stove and set up the pot. He was still a little confused about what happened in Luohe Town before, and he didn't know how to speak, so he made two random gestures with his hands.

"Liangsheng, the place before always felt gloomy. Is there a ghost? Finally, the stele was completed. I seem to see someone flying into the stele in the wind."

"Indeed there is."

In Lujia Village, monsters appeared twice before, and Lu Liangsheng didn't need to hide them from them, "However, ghosts are different from monsters, they have no entity, and it is difficult for ordinary people to see them, especially Uncle Pan and your uncles are too yang , it is even more difficult to see, and even avoid you from a distance, so as not to be hurt by Yang Qi."

Hearing the scholar's answer, Lu Pan stared wide-eyed, pointed at himself, and opened his mouth slightly: "How many of us are that good?" He clenched his fist, slammed it on his palm, and licked it thoughtfully. lips.

"What kind of ghosts will we encounter in the future, can the eight of us pounce on them?"

Lu Liangsheng laughed and nodded: "Didn't all the uncles try it in the deserted house in Weishan Town that day, wouldn't the yellow leather child escape the power of uncle's siege and be caught in his hands?"

"That's true, hehe."

Lu Pan's rough face showed a hey laugh, he got up and walked to the campfire, looked at his arms and chest from time to time, and put two fists down, turned back to his nephew to show his muscular arms, and greeted the other seven people Come here, tell them what you know, immediately elicited bursts of laughter, in front of the Taoist, showing off his hard and thick muscles.

The spring breeze is gentle and the spring is pleasant.

There are still many pedestrians and traders on this official road. Seeing a group of rough men, they didn't dare to stop at first, and they all fled away.

After resting for a while and having lunch, everyone started to start again. After walking the official road in front, it was another section of undulating mountain road. However, Lu Liangsheng discovered an interesting thing. Many merchants who came here would sometimes turn to the mountain road A small road next to it, went into the woods, and then came out from the other side, and returned to this side to continue on the road.

I was somewhat curious in my heart, so I followed the past for a while, anyway, it was on the way, and it didn't delay the trip. The forest is not too big, but once inside, it is much cooler. There are many people gathered on the other side of the cliff, all from three mountains and five mountains Travelers, merchants, and green forest knights stood standing with their swords in their hands, and the voices of people were noisy.

"I heard that there is a deep blue pool under the cliff, and there is a dragon lying in it."

"Who told you that? I've been here a few times, but I haven't seen it, but once I saw a water mist flying past like an arrow."

"...Alas, this brother, that is the water sprayed by the old Jiao, playing at the bottom of the pool."

A man in the green forest holding a knife spat out the grass roots around his mouth, snorted, and laughed: "I don't believe it. If there is a dragon, wouldn't we all be meat in its mouth if we stood on the edge of this cliff? Come to eat, most of the people said nonsense, and spread rumors."

Someone next to him quickly waved his hand.

"Oh, you can't talk nonsense about this. Someone really saw it. At that time, they saw a pair of dragon horns sticking out of the water."

hiss--

There was a sound of breathing all around.

......

Lu Liangsheng led the old donkey and stood outside the crowd, listened to their vivid descriptions, and took a few glances outside the cliff. The scenery was the same as that of the Zhou Dynasty, and there was no dragon or monster aura.

'It's just a legend...'

Just as he was about to call Lu Pan and the others to leave, out of the corner of his eye, he suddenly saw a middle-aged man with a dignified beard, dressed in a dark robe, standing not far away with his hands behind his back, listening like a spectator Everyone's words seemed to notice that Lu Liangsheng was looking at him, turned his face away, a little surprised in his eyes, and then nodded slightly, as if to say hello.

'This man...'

Since Lu Liangsheng entered Taoism, he has observed carefully, but when he came in, he didn't notice that there was such a person. Judging by the posture of the other party, he was not a business traveler or a traveler, but he seemed to be bored and came here to listen to stories.

"Scholar Lu, what are you looking at?"

Seeing that his expression was different, the Taoist leaned over, followed Lu Liangsheng's averted gaze, and looked around.

"Nothing?"

"left already."

In the direction Lu Liangsheng was looking at, the middle-aged man who was standing there had disappeared the moment the Taoist called him.

'Could it be that there are still flood dragons? '

With puzzled eyes, he cast his eyes on the so-called Wanglong Cliff again, and suddenly found that there were wisps of white air above each person's head, floating up and flying out of the cliff.

Chapter 4 Eighteen

The setting sun hung on the top of the mountain, and the red afterglow covered the foot of the mountain with a layer of clouds.

The wandering birds in the distance returned to the forest and fell into the last afterglow. In a forest not far away, the light of the bonfire was burning. The Taoist fanned the flame, lifted the lid of the pot, and blew on the hot air of the rice porridge.

"Old Lu, what are you doing here? You don't really believe what those people say. There really are dragons in that deep stream?"

In the direction of the blown heat, on a stone, Lu Liangsheng put down the bamboo slips, stuffed them into the bookshelf, took out Taoist Toad, and put them on the hem of his robe.

Seeing that the eight people around Lu Pan also cast puzzled eyes, the scholar talked about what he had seen before.

"Whether there is Jiaolong or not, but that person is indeed a bit strange. If so, I don't want to be nosy, but he absorbs the yang energy of past business travelers and pedestrians. Although there are not many, it can still make people seriously ill. Now that we have met, Let's take a look..."

Lu Liangsheng has his own ideas. He once mentioned in two sea classics in "Shanhai Tuzhi": "Jiao, a genus of dragons, is several feet long, has a fish body and a snake tail, four feet and a thin neck, with a single horn or no horns. The feet sound like a cow's cry, and they don't swell when eaten."

But if you really want to fight the dragon, it is also difficult. The monster has a big body, and its magic power is stronger when it meets water. Even if you don't use the monster power, the opponent's size is also extremely difficult.

After thinking for a while, his tone paused, and then he added: "...if you can't beat it, then withdraw."

As he spoke, he glanced at the toad on the hem of the robe, the latter was coiled into a lump, his eyes met the apprentice he was looking at, he blinked his eyelids, moved his limbs a few times, and turned in one direction.

"Don't look, as a teacher, I don't bother to fight with a little demon."

"Little demon?" Lu Liangsheng raised his eyebrows.

Toad closed his eyes and turned around again.

"That year... yes."