Great Sui Guoshi

"I have something to go back to Qixia Mountain, passing by here, I just want to talk to you old man."

Lu Liangsheng sat on the edge of the bed, lifted the quilt, and touched Zhou Zhen's hand. The skinny touch made the scholar feel sad. He was about to give the old man some more mana, when a weak voice came intermittently.

"Don't waste... waste...."

The old man squeezed out a smile, and instead patted the back of the scholar's hand lightly.

"Old man... this is the end of his life, finally... we are going to leave... don't delay the time that this old man has devoted his life to."

Unexpectedly, at this time, the old man was still talking and laughing, disrupting the originally sad atmosphere, and Lu Liangsheng also laughed.

"Yes, a few days ago, I sent the late emperor Yang Jian away. Before leaving, I chatted and laughed with the courtiers, and all the atmosphere was disturbed. I think Mr. Zhou and the late emperor are heroes among people. I can see through it. life and death."

"People are dying, and... what can't be seen through." Zhou Zhen spoke with difficulty, halfway through, rested for a while, and then continued, looking at the scholar sitting in front of him with cloudy eyes.

"This old man... in this life... taught a national teacher... but also lost a good son-in-law... I don't know if it's worth the pride."

After saying this, the old man was extremely exhausted, as if he had exhausted all his energy for the past few days, he patted the back of Lu Liangsheng's hand and told him to leave and go home.

"Let's go home first...don't look at the old man...the old man has a son and a daughter to die...not lonely...good life...remember the future Go a little farther...go higher...Let Shuhua Gong and the old man go down...with those ghosts...you have the money to brag... ...must be promising..."

After saying a few words intermittently, the old man fell asleep in a daze. Mrs. Zhou also heard the old man's words and did not leave Lu Liangsheng behind. She glanced at her daughter next to her. After a few words of advice, he closed the door of the mansion.

Lu Liangsheng walked out of the high gate of the mansion, cupped his hands and bowed to pay respects, pursed his lips and looked at the pine branches sticking out of the wall, they were already withered and yellow.

oh~~

The scholar sighed, led the old donkey, turned around and walked to the bustling long street, walked out of the city gate, bathed in the slightly slanting sunlight, became blurred in the light in the blink of an eye, and went several miles away in a flash, passing by the place where he used to study. In Fushui County, the Taoist was already waiting by the side of the road. He wanted to chatter a few words, but seeing the scholar's expression, he swallowed the words back.

The two of them silently followed the official road to the south of Fushui County, and went to the winding mountains. The sun was setting, and the red rays of light illuminated the withered and yellow forests all over the mountain. On the way to the mountain, the mountains moved backwards are patches of farmland, and then further back.

Located in the mountain village in the sun, smoke rises from the kitchen.

Lu Liangsheng finally had a smile on his face, parted his lips lightly, and said, "Go home."

On the mountain road in the distance, a woman in a white dress kicked away a stone on the road with her hands behind her back. Standing in the sunset, she tilted her head and looked at the scholar who was leading the old donkey. A pair of beautiful pear dimples appeared on her cheeks. The corners of the red lips evoked a playful smile.

Chapter 549 Lonely Lantern Tree Shadow Moon Shakes Branches

"Son—"

The woman standing in the middle of the mountain path, with a smile on her face, put her hands to her mouth in the shape of a trumpet, yelled over there, walked up quickly with lotus steps, and threw herself into Lu Liangsheng's arms regardless of the Taoist beside her. , with both arms tightly wrapped around the scholar's neck, as if to melt himself into it, his pretty face was pressed against the man's ear, and the whole body was hung on the scholar.

"Young master, you are finally back."

Seeing Hong Lian in front of him, Lu Liangsheng was in a much better mood, hugged her and hummed lightly: "There was a little delay on the way, otherwise the return would be faster."

cough cough~~

Sun Yingxian squinted his eyes, stroked his mustache and coughed dryly, and then shocked Hong Lian out of the scholar's arms. A smile appeared on his sharp-mouthed monkey-cheeked face, and he stretched out his arms: "Is there still a way?"

"Not for you!" Hong Lian snorted at him, heard the creak of the old donkey bookshelf, the smile on his face remained undiminished, he squatted down with his arms around the hem of his skirt, and opened the small door opposite, Taoist Toad saw the stall The woman with her arms open, toad's face was stunned, she moved her buttocks and turned to the side.

"You little ghost, you want to take advantage of the old man? I won't give you a hug!"

Hong Lian covered her mouth and laughed softly. When she looked at the scholar over there, Lu Liangsheng stretched out his hand to pull her up, and led her towards Lujia Village. The old donkey looked down at the rope hanging on the ground and groaned. Panting heavily, the Taoist who came over picked up the reins.

"Come on, let me lead you!"

Inside the small open door of the bookshelf, Taoist Ha knocked on the cigarette rod, and the old god was leaning against the threshold, looking at the towering mountain wall, "Let me, don't be afraid..."

As soon as the words came out, Toad's eyelids twitched, and the moment he covered his mouth, the old donkey neighed loudly, raised his hooves, and fell to the ground with a swish, his figure turned into a streamer.

Then......

The rein was pulled and tightened. The Taoist who was walking with the rein was dragged and disappeared in an instant. The toad sitting on the small door of the bookshelf was also blown out by the wind in an instant, tied by the rope around his waist. floating outside.

"Ahhhh-"

The Taoist didn't dare to throw the rope and float in mid-air, screaming and screaming. Outside the swaying bookshelf, there was also the hysterical shouting of the toad Taoist. One person and one toad were dragged by the old donkey and walked away from the front pair of Bi people. .

"Daozhang Sun and Master Toad had a great time..."

Hong Lian lowered her face slightly, she hadn't seen the young master for a long time, felt a little shy as her hand was being held at this time, listening to the two different shouts going away, she said something casually, trying to open up the conversation.

The corners of Lu Liangsheng's mouth twitched, watching the disappearing streamer in front of him, with Taoist cultivation, Master...should be fine, he followed the woman's words, "Should...should I am very happy to be home after all.”

As he spoke, he turned his face to the side and looked at the woman who had been lowering her head, and her hands tightened even more.

"Hong Lian, do you miss me?"

"what?"

Nie Honglian never thought that the scholar would say it so directly. After all, she was a bit thin-skinned. She bit her lower lip shyly, pecked her head, and the sound between her red lips was as thin as a mosquito.

"think."

"Not for you."

Hearing this, Hong Lian raised her head and looked at the scholar with a teasing smile on her face, and punched the scholar's chest with her small fist in embarrassment.

"Young master, bad!"

The little hand that was beaten was pinched by Lu Liangsheng. The shy woman resisted a few times, and was led obediently. The corner of her mouth secretly curled up into a chuckle, and she followed the scholar's footsteps and walked briskly through the front corner. Acres of fields were in sight Unfolding, the large fields have been harvested, and on the ridges of the fields are only a group of shirtless villagers who are bargaining with the vendors who collect the fish. In the fishing nets pulled up, a large white fish is struggling vigorously.

"gentlemen!!"

Lu Liangsheng looked at the farmland harvested in autumn, and a crisp child's cry sounded on the side of the cliff. When he turned his head, there was a sound of rocks rolling down the cliff, and a barefoot child hugged a small gourd from above. He jumped down, landed on the big rock by the side of the road, quickly jumped to the ground, threw the gourd aside, knelt down in front of Lu Liangsheng, and kowtowed.

"Mingyue greets you, sir."

"Ghost and clever, I just came back for a while, and I found out." Lu Liangsheng went up to help the little man up, and patted the dust on his pants, "When I saw you, sir, I remembered that on the Wujiang Mountain in the northwest, there are still This little boy of Qingfeng is also well-behaved and clever."

"Is it also the boy you received from your husband?" Mingyue raised her face and blinked curiously, "Is it more cute than Mingyue?"

"It's not from the husband, it's worse than Mingyue."

Lu Liangsheng laughed, he could see that this little man was thinking of comparison, he touched Mingyue's little head, and walked to the entrance of the village with Hong Lian. The villagers working in the fields had already flocked to the roadside. Go here and you'll know who's back.

"Good life!"

"Oh, Liangsheng is back, hurry up and inform Mrs. Jinhua!"

There is such a person in the village, who doesn't want to get close, hula la swarms, greets the scholar, asks questions, mostly cares about whether he is wronged outside, anyway, it is always good to say a few good words, and there is no disadvantage .

Entering the entrance of the village, Lu Taigong was helped out of the house. Now that he is old, walking is difficult, his eyes are not good, and he needs someone to support him all the time. As soon as Lu Liangsheng entered the village, he went to see him as soon as possible.

"Father, Liangsheng is back." A woman in her fifties who was supporting her next to her wanted to visit the old man's daughter-in-law.

The old man was sometimes confused and sometimes sober. When he was reminded, he took a closer look at the scholar, but fortunately he recognized him. After seeing clearly, he opened his toothless mouth and couldn't close his smile.

"It's good to come back...you are promising...you are in Lujia Village...this capable person...a great blessing..."

"Bring the grandfather back, he's talking nonsense again."

Someone shouted with laughter, and then he was slapped by the man at the side, which caused more people to laugh. After the excitement was over, everyone dispersed one by one as the evening approached.

Lu Liangsheng looked back: "Where is the old grandson?"

However, as soon as the words fell, there was a sudden sound of 'Hum! ''ha! ' After a few loud shouts, the Taoist shouted, "I just came back from this Tao, I haven't seen Xiaoxian yet... ah ah..."

The Taoist was instantly submerged in the eight big men.

"Let's go home first, I'm afraid the old sun won't be able to leave for a while."

Lu Liangsheng looked over there and forced a little smile. The figures of the eight uncles were more sturdy than when they left. It seems that there is a big problem with the body training method he found in "Qing Huai Bu Meng", go home You have to ask the master.

Back to the fenced courtyard, Li Jinhua, Lu Laoshi, and younger sister Lu Xiaoxian were already waiting there at the gate of the courtyard. When the woman saw him coming back, she picked up a willow branch and swept his robes. Take care of Lu Liangsheng's collar.

"Still so thin, I don't know how to eat more outside."

Seeing his son being scolded by his wife, Lu Laoshi stood beside him and didn't know what to say, he just smiled, while Xiaoxian who was beside him talked a lot and looked out of the alley from time to time.

"Brother... Where's Sun Yingxian? Why didn't you come back?"

"Uncle Pan and the others left behind."

This is already a common thing. Who told the Taoist to trouble others when he had nothing to do, but it turned out that the eight people practiced the method of body training, so they naturally grabbed the Taoist.

"You came back first!"

Lu Liangsheng saw that the old donkey was already rolling on his side on the hay in the donkey shed.Chewing the forage comfortably, he squeezed his father's donkey into a corner, not daring to lift his head.

"Don't bully it!"

With a word of advice, Lu Liangsheng lifted the bookshelf on the ground and brought it into the house, took out the unicorn cloak and books inside and placed them in various parts of the room one by one, Taoist Toad ran back and forth between the bookshelf and the bed, happily placing the recliner , small closet, and gourds one by one, and put them in a familiar place.

Soon, the Taoist came back from the outside in a loose robe, and was dragged by Xiaoxian's ear to the room, where he yelled at him again.

As the sun set, night shrouded the mountain village.

In the bright kitchen, Lu Liangsheng was on fire, and Hong Lian was busy cooking. The Taoist put the bag on the table, took out the presents he bought, and bought rouge powder for Li Jinhua. Lu Laoshi took a bright red dress and shook it off for a look. He saw that it was not something a good person should wear. He was so angry that he took the hoe behind the door and ran after the Taoist in the village.

In the lit candlelight, the deserted small courtyard became lively.

The night was dark, and the courtyard became quiet. The Taoist squatted on the ground with his ears stretched, while Lu Xiaoxian, who was opposite, took the soles of his shoes and slapped him on the head.

The light was flickering, and the window lattice downstairs showed that Taoist Toad was lying on the bed, showing his white belly undulating slightly, his open mouth spitting out blisters, which grew bigger and smaller with the sound of snoring, sleeping comfortably.

The flickering candlelight illuminated two shadows of people writing on the window lattice.

On the stroked paper, the pen and ink wandered, Lu Liangsheng hugged Hong Lian, holding her hand and writing brush stroke by stroke, Hong Lian looked at the scholar who was sticking to the side of his face, then looked at it, and said softly nagging.

"A solitary lamp, tree shadows and moon shaking branches, red sleeves and green silk buttons lovesickness...

...... Don't forget the golden and jade marriages, I only hope that the mandarin ducks will not be immortals. "

The candlelight is warm and yellow, and according to the shadows of the people, they are cast in the small courtyard under the moon.

5 Chapter Fifty

oh oh oh~~ oh~~

The rooster is loud and clear, resounding through the mountain village in the misty water, and the smoke rises from every household. The golden light pushes the edge of darkness and wraps the fenced courtyard.

In the courtyard, the doors of the upper and lower rooms creaked softly and were pushed open one after another. Lu Liangsheng and Sun Yingxian walked under the eaves and stretched together. Picking up the bowl to scoop up clear water, holding a slender wicker stick between his lips, going back and forth twenty or thirty times, took a sip of water, and wrapped it in his mouth.

'Gululu~~'

The two of them face down Qiqi'hoo! ’, under the eaves over there, Lu Laoshi dragged two wheels that had already been built, and called the passerby to help install the frame behind the house.

Li Jinhua in the kitchen had already cooked breakfast, when she heard the voice, she poked her head out and shouted, "What are you busy with, eat the food first!"

Lu Laoshi looked at the wheel he had been pondering for a long time, and went back to the stove with his head down. Lu Liangsheng packed up the twigs and pottery urn, and when he saw the Taoist who had nothing to do, he was following his father to the stove, he called him in a low voice. live.

"I won't have breakfast, I have to go out first."

After saying hello, the scholar glanced at his mother in the kitchen, then pushed open the door and went back to the room, knocking on the scroll hanging on the wall.

"Hong Lian, later you go back to the temple by yourself, I'll go around."

As she said that, she went to the closet to change a set of clothes. From the picture hanging on the wall, a beautiful head poked out, rummaged through the back of the robe, floated down from above, and walked to the side with lotus steps.

"Young master, let Hong Lian come, I usually put the clothes away."

Hong Lian took out a light blue outer garment from the middle layer of clothing and bedding, and took an inner robe, and handed it to Lu Liangsheng.

"My lord, don't you need Hong Lian to accompany you?"

"No, it's trivial, a little complicated, I'll tell you later." Lu Liangsheng changed his robe and came out from behind the screen, while tying a scarf, he spoke to the master who was still sleeping soundly on the couch.

"Master, I'm going out to inspect the Spirit Gathering Formation, check for omissions and fill in gaps, and modify some places. Do you want to go together?"

The toad, who was sleeping comfortably, opened its back, scratched its belly, turned over, and seemed to hear the voice of its apprentice, raised its flippers and waved it casually twice.

Seeing Taoist Toad waving his hand, Lu Liangsheng continued to sleep without disturbing his master, said goodbye to Hong Lian, went out of the room, pointed his finger at his younger sister Xiaoxian who had just woken up next door, and glanced at his mother in the stove room Without paying attention, he quietly left the yard.

Walking through the village, the eight people from Lu Pan who were doing morning exercises greeted each other from afar, and surrounded them in a 'majestic' manner, regardless of whether Lu Liangsheng agreed or not, they followed and walked outside together.

"Liangsheng, you don't know how uncomfortable we've been staying in the village since we came back."

"That's right, when will you take us to Chang'an again? Uncle Qing rubbed and polished that armor, and it's almost worn out."

Out of the village entrance, the eight people gathered around Lu Liangsheng excitedly waving and saying, thinking of the outside world, they wished they could go home immediately to pack their luggage and go out with their nephew.

"By the way, Liangsheng, what about the big toad, why didn't you bring it out?"

"I'm sleeping in the house." Lu Liangsheng smiled, "I don't know how long I will stay this time, if the eight uncles still want to go out, it doesn't matter to me here, but at home, I still have to ask the aunts first. OK."

"Ask these old women what they are doing, we can decide for ourselves!" Lu Xi patted his chest and shouted, Lu Pan, who was walking beside the scholar in front, turned around and laughed loudly: "You make the decision? What do you choose to kneel on and talk to?"