Hegu County is only more than 100 miles from Fushui County, and the five county towns under its jurisdiction are relatively rich compared to the southeast corner.

Lu Liangsheng took the Taoist and the pig Gangguan, led the old donkey into the boundary of Hegu County, along the way you can see a lot of people carrying burdens, on the wheelbarrow, the children happily clapped their palms to sing nursery rhymes to the walking father, at a glance, everywhere is the figure of dragging the family.

When I came to the military camp outside the city of Hegu County, someone went in early to inform my general.

The door was wide open, Han Baohu came out to greet him in armor, although the national teacher has no official rank, in a sense, he is one of the people who have approached the emperor recently, sometimes the emperor employs people and governs, and he will also ask the opinion of the national teacher, and at the first time, he naturally wants to come out to greet him.

"National Teacher!"

Before Han Baohu could leave the door, he arched his hand from a distance, and then, he gestured to the Taoist on both sides of Lu Liangsheng and the black man who was fighting the nail rake on his shoulder, and invited the three of them in.

"No, this is the case, I have to go back to Beijing. Lu Liangsheng also went to salute, looking at the old general's sight, and Yu Guang also saw a human head hanging on the high flagpole of the military camp.

It was the rebel general Cao Shouren.

Thinking of the intersection many years ago, he walked all the way to Tianzhi, he was also heroic and eye-catching, and it was his personal life to get to this point.

With a complicated sigh in his heart, he said goodbye to Han Baohu and was about to leave, but the latter stretched out his hand, "National teacher, I'll send you." ”

Lu Liangsheng smiled, and also made a 'please' gesture, letting Lao Sun and Lao Zhu go to the front first, and then led the old donkey to walk slowly side by side with this fierce-looking old man.

After walking for a while, Han Baohu, who was next to the scholar, took the lead and said with a smile:

"The national teacher has a spell in his body, I'm afraid I won't be there in a few days when I go back to the capital, right?"

"Exactly. Lu Liangsheng looked at the old man sideways, a little surprised why the other party suddenly asked this sentence, slightly swinging his wide sleeves, brushing away a few stones on the ground in front of him, "The general wants to give me a letter from home?"

Haha –

The old man laughed and waved his hand, and the general in the army had his own heroism, walking beside the national teacher, and reached out to stroke the thick beard under his chin.

"National teacher, the old man has been fighting all over the world, and he has never sought personal interest in official business, anyway, the class teacher can see his family when he returns to the court, and what kind of family letter he writes, if he is numb, he should respond! I asked just now, but I was curious, a hundred years of life, the old man is about to end, and I am inevitably a little reluctant in my heart, so I will ask more and see more. ”

With a heroic wave of the big hand, the nail leaves on his arms rang out.

"The future of the province will go to hell, and when I see those old subordinates who died in battle, I don't have to brag about it!"

Lu Liangsheng, who was walking aside, was stunned, looked at the old man's generous and heroic laughter, and then laughed and arched his hand at him.

"The general is in a better mood than many people...... Then, I have been fighting and killing all my life, have you ever regretted it?"

"Regret? Hahaha, if the old man was in a young state, he might regret it, but he would regret it when he was old, what's the use? Before his death, he went to the pillar country and went down to the underworld, how could he occupy a high position, right? Gather the old department, occupy a few mountains for him, and be a king!"

When the Northern Zhou Dynasty was still alive, he was appointed as the governor of Hezhou, and followed Yang Jian and Yang Su to pacify the Northern Qi Dynasty, and the Sui State was the first to attack the Chen State as a pioneer and take the lead in breaking through the Vermilion Bird Gate.

has made outstanding achievements in his life, and now he has put down the thieves, but he is also older, and he is less angry in the past, but more like a majestic old man next door.

Yesterday there was a heavy rain, the road was muddy, and after walking for two miles, the old man stopped and held up his hands: "National teacher, the old man has been sent here, and no one has been able to talk to me like this for a long time, bothering me." ”

"The general is polite, please go back. ”

"The road is far away, and the national teacher is slow!"

The two talked for a while, Lu Liangsheng took the old donkey and walked to the Taoist and Zhu Gangguan who were waiting in front, turned around and arched his hand to the old man, and then said goodbye and left, passed through Fulin Prefecture, walked through Tianzhi, the capital of the Chen Dynasty, and on the official road outside the city, Zhou Yu, who was dressed in a white robe, stood in the pavilion, as if he knew that the scholar was back, and showed his figure and prepared a thin wine to see him off.

Chenghuang Zhou Yu raised the wine glass with both hands, and saluted with a smile: "Daoist friends have to meet the master, and finally be able to show their talents, Yu can't leave the place under his jurisdiction to congratulate Daoists, and I hope I don't want to dislike it when I prepare some wine." ”

"How dare you, the governor has a heart. ”

Lu Liangsheng became a national teacher, sacrificed to the sky, and tied to the dynasty, the world city god is sensible, and the two are also old friends, and now they want to return to Chang'an, so they come to practice.

In the pavilion, after laughing for a while, Lu Liangsheng did not delay any longer, accepted Zhou Yu's two jars of wine, said goodbye and left, and rushed all the way to the river section where Lao Jiao was.

The willows sway slightly across the water, there are few boats on the river, and occasionally sail past, mostly the nearby fishermen hold up the lonely boat, and a few ospreys comb their feathers at the bow, pass through a certain place in the river, flap their wings in panic, and wait until the past, before they are quiet again.

After taking a jar of wine, Lu Liangsheng patted open the mud seal and walked to the shore, towards the river, and the white wine poured down, causing Zhu Gangguan to bite his fingers, and quickly waved his cuffs to turn his body away.

"It's really a waste to give that old Jiao for nothing, and I don't want to let me taste it first, hey, it's true. ”

"Accompany me on a trip, you have to drink some wine, just borrow flowers to offer Buddha. ”

After Lu Liangsheng finished pouring a jar, in the middle of the river in front of him, a series of bubbles gurgled up, pushing the ripples and quickly swimming towards this side, and the turbid water surface suddenly turned into a blue and black, like a long dark cloud.

The dragon in the water has its own magical talent, and can separate the water that does not belong to the river, and pour the drunken blue flowers into the river for a while, and the water surface is 'booming-' at once, splashing white waves, and the old Jiao poked out half of his head.

"Daoyou has a heart, is this going back?"

Lu Liangsheng and his entourage want to go back, but the three of them plus a donkey, it is inconvenient to ride on his back, so they can't make a raft and squeeze on it.

"The three of us still take the land route, and you will go back to Chang'an first along the waterway you came. ”

"Well, the one who listens to the Taoist. ”

Lao Jiao didn't say much, his head retracted into the water, rolled up a big water nest, and dived into the bottom of the river.

"You have drunk, swim slowly, beware of hitting the reef!" The old pig roared at the river, picked up the empty wine jar on the ground, smelled it, and threw it into the water, and saw that there was still an altar in the Taoist's hand, and hurriedly made a look, which probably meant 'Look at it, don't let the scholar cause trouble.' ’

Sending Lao Jiao away, Lu Liangsheng turned around and snapped his fingers at the two of them.

"Let's go, go back to Chang'an. ”

The old donkey, who seemed to be able to understand human speech, neighed excitedly, kicked his hooves briskly and followed behind his master, and in the squeaking and shaking of the bookshelf behind him, the toad man pushed open the small door, looked at the rising morning light, drooped the confused toad eyes, and stretched out his webbing to tie the rope.

Behind, the Taoist held the blade of grass in his mouth, carried the jar of wine and muttered to the old pig in a low voice, gestured with his fingers, and was talking, in the afterglow, the scholar walking in front suddenly shook his body, staggered out a few steps, and held on to a tree next to him to stabilize himself.

"Scholar Lu (Lu Daoyou), you also drank?"

In the words of one person and one demon in unison, in the bookshelf, the toad climbed onto the back of the donkey with a rope, and the perched ghost turned into black smoke and fell to the ground, running over.

The moment he went to help the scholar and shouted, "Old demon, what's wrong with you?", Lu Liangsheng supported the body of the tree, his body trembled violently again, the blood on his face faded, and dense beads of sweat were secreted.

"Red ..... Red Mang......"

Lu Liangsheng gritted his teeth and squeezed out this sentence, reached out and grabbed Qi You's shoulder, turned around to look back, looking at the sky, the white clouds wandered away, the red light became huge at some point, and the front end of the long tail dragged out was a huge sphere.

The mana seemed to be affected, and it was difficult to say the word, Lu Liangsheng couldn't support it, and leaned on Qi You's arms, and the person became confused.

"Go back to Chang'an..... The catastrophe is coming. ”

......

Meanwhile.

The bustling northwest of Chang'an, between the heavy mountains, a certain foothill, has the same scenery all year round, the forest is like a quilt, the waterfall hangs high on the mountain wall, the occasional crane chirps across the sky, there is a big tree in the distance, under the lush branches and leaves, flashing crystal fruits.

The breeze blew, and the baby-like fruits swayed slowly, and a childish laughter sounded.

Hehe.....

...... Hehehe......

The laughter spread to the deep and narrow road, a section of bluestone went up, several palace buildings stood, in the middle of the main hall, the incense was hung high around the incense, and under the shrine with colorful colors, a figure held the dust and sat down.

At a certain moment, he opened his eyes, got up and walked out of the temple door with his sleeves on his shoulders, looking at the red light in the sky, and the long white beard on his chin stroked in the wind.

"Demon Star, it's finally here. ”