111 Chapter 109: The Emperor's Tomb (2)
Lu Sheng survived the night, and woke up the next day when the morning light was light. A few servants, old and young, stepped forward to serve him to freshen up, how could Lu Sheng bear it, he just said that he didn't have to, so he went to fetch water and wash himself.
After washing, a thin little manservant in his early teens came to invite him to dinner, and the breakfast was also very delicately prepared, the pearl porridge with minced chicken was fragrant and soft, and the color of the fried food was golden and transparent, as if it had been sprinkled with a layer of gold leaf.
Lu Sheng tasted it in turn, there was a fried bell wrapped in tofu skin and meat filling, and the pork filling was mixed with fresh shrimp, diced winter bamboo shoots, and diced okra, which was fragrant and not greasy, crispy and delicious. There is also a flat round fried sugar cake, crispy on the outside and soft on the inside, just take a bite, and the slightly hot transparent sugar juice is mixed with crispy walnut kernels and peanut kernels to flow out, sweet and refreshing. In addition, fresh aquatic products such as small whitebait and large prawns that were caught in the early morning were wrapped in a thin egg coating, fried crispy and crispy, and piled up on a plate with fragrant fragrance. With a plate of balsamic vinegar radish puree, the greasy is gone, leaving only a mouthful of aftertaste.
The food and use are naturally not as fine as in Xie Ying's mansion, but they also put a lot of thought into it. Later, someone sent a small tea bowl, which was filled with steamed egg custard, and the black porcelain tea bowl was yellow and clear, clear as a mirror, with rich milky aroma, smooth and delicate, and the sweetness was just right. Lu Sheng tasted it, pondered for a moment, and asked curiously, "What kind of milk is used in this sweet custard?" The flavor is distinctive, with aromas of pine nuts. ”
The person who delivered the food was an old servant who looked to be in his early sixties, and he arched his hand tremblingly and said: "Lord Lu has such a powerful tongue, you can know that there is something else when you taste it." This custard is made with deer milk. He saw Lu Sheng's eyebrows raised, as if he was interested, and lowered his head and said: "This deer is also an unusual mountain thing, but the owner of the village stole it from Kunlun Mountain...... After coughing cough and taking in the fairy deer, they were raised in the back mountain, these deer have been fed on pine nuts, chestnuts and other nuts since childhood, and the taste of meat and milk is excellent. If Lord Lu is fine, it is better to go to the back mountain to finish a swim, in addition to this group of fairy deer, the back mountain also raises all kinds of rare birds and beasts. ”
Lu Sheng just didn't hear the word "steal" from the old servant, only nodded, and after breakfast, he went to the back mountain.
He was just upset in his heart, and he had nothing to do, and it was not a taste to sit in the room, so he simply went out for a walk. Sure enough, I saw that the birds and animals in the back mountain were all rare, the colored pheasants and peacocks were walking leisurely, and the sika deer were sitting peacefully by the stream.
He didn't dare to go far with a heavy treasure, and after a little play, he was about to return to his room after his heart was disturbed and calmed, when he suddenly heard a thin woman's cry from behind the rocks of the mountain road.
Lu Sheng held the hilt of the sword vigilantly, and heard the weeping woman complain: "You are impatient, you dare not beg Mr. Xie, you should always go and ask the owner of the village, and find some help to find it before you can die." ”
Another old man spoke in a loud voice, sighed deeply and said: "Alas, in this chaos in the Western Regions, I don't know how many monsters have lost their lives, don't say that our Tu family, even the Hu family, the Lang family, the Xiong family, the Shi family, and the Xiang family will not escape the catastrophe, the whole village is panicked, and the world is about to be in chaos, who can take care of a rabbit spirit?" Asking for it is nothing more than adding to the chaos. ”
The woman mourned and wept again, "I only ask Dalang to be alert, dig a few more holes in the ground, and God will protect him from this fate." ”
The man reassured: "But today, the news can reach the capital, and at that time, the human army will be overwhelmed, and no matter which way he goes, the demon gods and bodhisattvas will be driven out." At that time, I will accompany you to the west and slowly find out the whereabouts of Da Lang. ”
Lu Sheng finally couldn't hold it back, took a few steps forward and turned the rock, and asked, "...... out of the Western Regions?"
Without finishing his sentence, he saw two black rabbits at the foot of the rock panic and bullet out like arrows, one to the east and the other to the south. It's just that the one to the south panicked and rushed straight in front of Lu Sheng, Lu Sheng's eyes were quick, and he took a step forward to grab it in his hand.
The rabbit was fat, fat, and weighty, and struggled with all his might, squeaking and screaming, "Xianggong save me!" Xianggong save me! This man is going to roast me and eat me! ”
It was so powerful that Lu Sheng had to hold the rabbit's ears with both hands apart, lift it in the air, and said, "Don't be impatient, I won't eat you, but I have something to ask." ”
The other black rabbit went and returned, and shouted in a panic as he ran, "Thank you...... No, no, Lord Lu! Lord Lu is merciful, and his wife ...... The old wife has been practicing for more than 200 years, and her skin is coarse, her old muscles and bones are dry, and it is very unpalatable! ”
Lu Sheng couldn't cry or laugh, and he didn't entangle with them, so he only said: "What happened in the Western Regions, what demon god bodhisattva, what chaos?" Talk carefully to me, and after speaking, I will let your wife go. ”
The black rabbit sat upright in fear, his ears were erected, and he replied: "Lord Lu is serious, Lord Lu has something to ask, and the little one naturally knows everything and says everything." ”
Although this rabbit tried his best, he actually knew very little, and many details were vague, but despite this, Lu Sheng still listened to it and frowned deeply.
It turned out that the night before, the southwest territory of the Great Jin Dynasty, from Yanggaoyi to Pinglang County, more than 300 miles of frontier, four cities, were attacked one after another overnight, the city was broken and destroyed, and even the monsters could not escape a catastrophe.
The surname of the black rabbit family is Tu, and the name of the male rabbit is Tu Bai, and the eldest son Tu Zibai went out to collect medicine and practice, so he temporarily lived in Pinglang County. He has a close friend, the two families are world friends, but he is a swallow spirit, named Yan Sheng, and the two little demons have been trained together and take care of each other.
When Pinglang County suddenly changed and protruded, Tu Zibai was collecting medicine in the mountains outside the city, and he agreed with Yan Sheng to spend the night in the mountains. In the second half of the night, there were countless rattans shaped like pythons that climbed the city wall, devoured the soldiers defending the city, and then attacked the people.
No matter how mortal monsters are, if they are entangled in that rattan, they will no longer have a way to live, and they have all become the fertilizer of the vine demon. And face down rooted into the ground, face up to grow flying sky, like a net of heaven and earth, even if you have the ability to fly to the sky, you can't escape.
The swallow spirit relied on his original petite body, risked his life to break out of the city to find friends, but found that the inside and outside of the city, far and near dozens of miles had been occupied by rattan, and after absorbing enough flesh and blood nutrients, it blossomed and fruited, sowed seeds everywhere, and spread very quickly.
There is also a column of monks patrolling around, if they catch a fish that slips through the net, they kill all of them and throw them into the cane bushes, and when they kill, they look pious and muttered scriptures.
Yan Sheng was afraid of being discovered, so he didn't dare to take a closer look, and the mountain where Tu Zibai went to collect medicine was covered with demon vines from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain. Although Yan Sheng wanted to search for more, he was accidentally discovered by the denser rattan, and then came to catch it.
He tried his best to escape, but he was seriously injured, and then flew back to Dawangzhuang overnight regardless of life and death, only to have time to briefly talk to his parents about what he saw and heard, and then passed out.
These experiences fell into Lu Sheng's ears, and there were only two extremely useful pieces of news left, one was the bloodthirsty demon vine, and the other was that when the monks and soldiers recited the scriptures, they had mentioned the name of a fanbang and called Zhao Duluo. If you want to ask more, I'm afraid I have to see Yan Sheng himself.
After Tu Bai finished speaking, Lu Sheng let go of the rabbit in his hand, frowned and asked, "Then Yan Sheng really can't be saved?" ”
Tu Bai sighed and said: "He was swallowed by the demon vine half of his body, if it was an ordinary swallow, he would have died of anger a long time ago, and now he only hangs on one breath...... Medicine stone, that ...... without a doctor"
The other black rabbit was relieved, so he kicked and rushed towards Tu Bai, kicking and biting, and said angrily: "That child is clearly still saved!" You are hard-hearted, just for a elixir, and you can't watch Ah Sheng die? ”
Tu Bai was kicked and bitten by his old wife, so he had to dodge, and his ears were drooping behind his back, and he whispered: "That's ...... That's the 400-year-old heirloom of my Tu family...... How can it be easily wasted? There are many swallow spirits in that nest, and there is only one ...... It hurts, it hurts......"
Tu Bai was kicked in the left eye, and suddenly he couldn't speak, he squeaked, and saw that he was about to run into the grass, and took the opportunity to slip away, Lu Sheng lowered his face and called: "Yan Xiu!" ”
A tiger striped kitten slightly larger than a slap sprang out of the grass, meowing in the way of Tu Bai's retreat, Tu Bai couldn't hold his feet for a while, Taishan pressed down on the kitten's head, the kitten was dexterous, and jumped on the back of the black rabbit with an easy jump, and actually pressed the black rabbit to a muffled snort, lying on the ground.
The tiger-striped kitten was sitting on the back of the rabbit's neck, licking its paws with grace and slowness, and hummed: "A mere medicine rabbit demon dares to go against the young master." ”
Tu Bai was so painful that tears flowed for a long time, and he didn't dare to move, so he just kept humming and moaninggroaning, more and more sadness came from it, his wife Tu Jiao slowly jumped over, looked at it with tears in her eyes, and said sadly: "In charge, the sage Zeng Yun: the old and the old, the young and the young." Da Lang's whereabouts are unknown, Ah Sheng's life and death are uncertain, compare his heart to his heart, Brother Yan's family is not easier than us, it is just an elixir, why do you ...... Bear? ”
Tu Bai snorted and chirped again: "Hmph, Brother Yan, Brother Yan, you only have Brother Yan in your heart." Where have you put me? ”
Tu Jiao saw that he was becoming more and more ignorant, so she couldn't help but be angry, turned around with a kick of her legs, shook her small round tail and stood up in front of Lu Sheng, raised her head and shouted: "Lord Lu, the concubine knows where this old thing hid the elixir, and asked Lord Lu to help the concubine and take the elixir." ”
Lu Sheng really didn't want to meddle in the housework of this litter of rabbit spirits, but only 100,000 fire first responders...... To save the demon's life, but he couldn't delay, he had to say: "Heirloom elixir, can't be hasty, smeared white, this matter still needs you to make a decision." ”
Tu Jiao said sharply: "Old thing! Lord Lu has saved you a little face, don't know what to do! If you push back again, I, I will be reconciled with you! ”
Tu Bai's two ears stood up high again, and his four legs struggled, and he could kick the grass and stones on the ground, but he was pressed by the tiger striped cat that was a few circles younger than him, so he couldn't get up, so he had to nod again and again: "Madame Mo Qi, Madam Mo Qi, I will take the elixir and send it to the swallow's nest." ”
Yan Xiu got the signal, and then jumped down from the black rabbit, Tu Bai was like being amnestied, and hurriedly ran away, but Tu Jiao stayed and said: "Lord Lu, please also ask Lord Lu to go to the Yan family with the concubine to testify, if that old ...... If the concubine rebels, the concubine will be reconciled with him. ”
Lu Sheng had to smile bitterly: "I have something to ask Ah Sheng, I must go this way." ”
A man and a cat were led by the black rabbit and went down the mountain to the swallow's nest in the village.