This village has been relying on the mountains for more than ten generations, and it is the duty to farm and raise people, and it is difficult to produce one or two people who can read and write.

The news that Lu Liangsheng could read and write was spread, and Lu Laoshi regretted it a little after his anger subsided, after all, his son was his own, and he didn't ask clearly, in case he went to court, he couldn't say a reason for a long time, not only was he embarrassed, but he also had to be punished.

When he hurried home, in Lu Liangsheng's room, the toad Taoist sat on the edge of the bed with his flippers on his back, looking at the young man writing and painting over there.

"As a teacher, I also know that you are hesitant in your heart, but you have to understand that most of the people in the village are your relatives, and there is often a sentence outside: help not help relatives, not to mention, this side is both pro and reasonable, if you don't stand up to help everyone, you can't say it, for the good, you should uphold justice and stand in heaven and earth, and do not hesitate to do so. ”

Over there, Lu Liangsheng put down the brush, raised his head, looked at the master, pushed by the thin wind cocoon, and showed a wry smile: "What the master said, why don't the disciples want to, but I have never been to the court, and I have seen the biggest official, that is, the township official, and I have seen it once from afar." ”

"Go, the biggest official you've ever seen is the county magistrate. ”

The Purple Star Daoist sat on the edge of the bed, dangling and kicking the toad's legs, the thin frog webs on his forelimbs twisted, and he tried to stretch out his fingers and point at himself: "Think about the decades of cultivating for the teacher, if you hadn't taken a step at the beginning, how could you have cultivated so advanced today? You are nothing more than cowardice, but you can be a man, how can you hide behind for a lifetime." ”

"Cultivating to a high and profound ....." Lu Liangsheng looked him up and down.

The toad withdrew his hand and skipped behind him: "For the teacher refers to the past." ”

The words paused, and the apprentice choked and almost forgot the following words, reorganized his words, stood up, walked around on the edge of the bed, and continued: "Anyway, this trip, you have to go, cultivating the Tao and cultivating the Tao is the way of cultivation, and the cultivation is the right heart, if you don't do this, it will be against your conscience, and it will be difficult to move forward in the future." ”

The ...... of his mother The old man even moved out these words, and you still don't go?

After the Purple Star Daoist finished speaking, he looked straight at the young man who was pressing the table over there, his lips were pursed, and after a long time, Lu Liangsheng's pursed lips were released.

Nodding at the master: "What the master said, Liangsheng wrote it down!"

The Purple Star Daoist also let out a long breath, jumped on the dilapidated table, stretched out his frog flippers and patted the young man's arm: "It's good to figure it out like this, let's go to the court, and calculate it for the teacher, you still have a strange fate, don't worry." ”

Looking at the young man who was said to be moved in front of him, a pair of red dotted toad eyes bloomed fiercely: The old man added another sentence to attract you, I don't believe you don't want to go.

Over there, Lu Liangsheng also left affirmative words.

"Yes! ”

At this time, outside the house, Lu Laoshi also rushed back, and when he heard the sound, the Purple Star Daoist hurriedly crouched on all fours, and the door was pushed open.

"Dad, what's the matter?" the boy looked at his father who walked in in some surprise.

Lu Laoshi, who walked into the room, looked at his son, rubbed his calloused palms with some guilt, and Wen Tun's temperament came up again: "Liangsheng..... go to the yamen.....

Before he finished speaking, the son over there had already preemptively said, "It's okay Dad, I'll go." ”

".....Are you really going?"

Lu Laoshi was also a little stunned by his son's answer, and after thinking about it, Liangsheng has become more and more sensible over the years, and he should understand that if the village suffers injustice, he is afraid that many people will starve.

After this was decided, the village elder gathered eight men, told Lu Liangsheng the whole story, and discussed some of the arguments for going to the court before dispersing in the middle of the night.

Early the next morning, each family gathered some dry food and some coils on the road, and Lu Liangsheng also rode the old donkey at home, brought dry food and bits and pieces of copper, and embarked on the road that had walked through Fushui County with eight big men from the same village.

In the cry of the old donkey, the hooves slowly stepped away, and in the package of the young man's cross-body back, the Purple Star Daoist curled up a lump, shook and swayed, and bumped with the copper coin.

His eyes were closed, but his mouth was humming softly.

"At this rate, I'm afraid it will be the next day when I get to the county seat......"

The team walked very slowly, firstly, the road leading to the outer mountains was rugged and not easy to walk, and secondly, this time it was not as casual as when there were many people, so be cautious and beware of robbers.

When the sky darkened, there were still about fifteen miles away from Fushui, and although the distance behind was relatively easy to walk, it was feasible for a day, and people would always feel tired and sleepy.

The eight people discussed with Lu Liangsheng that they would deal with it outside for one night, the people in the mountains are not so delicate, as long as it doesn't rain, even if they sleep in the barren grass, they can close their eyes, but the situation is not so bad, the people in this village have also walked many times, and there are several thatched houses in the hills in front of them.

It used to be inhabited, but then it moved away for unknown reasons, or died, so it was always empty, and the fields were not taken care of, and sometimes I didn't want to go at night, or when it rained heavily, I would borrow it there for a night and then leave.

Lu Liangsheng raised his head, and the hills as far as his eye could see were shrouded in black woods, and the clouds in the night sky swam, revealing half a clear moon.

Whew—

The wolf's voice sounded in the distance, and in the woods, rustling footsteps over the fallen leaves, and by the moonlight shining through the gaps in the trees, the eight walked in front, towards the dilapidated hut they spoke.

Lu Liangsheng led the old donkey to walk behind, constantly observing the surroundings, the outline of the distant mountains in the dark was like a crouching giant beast, and the moonlight sprinkled between the trees, accompanied by the occasional wolf howl, was terrifying.

"The front is there. ”

There was a sound in front of him, which made Lu Liangsheng feel a little relieved, but the old donkey in his hand was a little restless, snorting and unwilling to follow, but he was still dragged by the young man to catch up.

Walking up a gentle slope, in the cold night, on the slope is a small thatched hut with a half-collapsed earthen wall, which has not been taken care of for a long time, and after the wall falls, the roof also collapses.

Pushing open the crooked door, dust fell on his shoulders with a creaking moan.

Lu Liangsheng choked and coughed a few times, and the musty smell in the house was very strong, but the pile of burnt wood on the ground proved that there were indeed people who borrowed money here occasionally.

Soon, the fire was lit again, and someone took out a clay pot and put it on it, broke the dry food in everyone's hands into several pieces and boiled it, and added water to save a lot of boiled dry food.

The eight big men who went all the way with Liangsheng all volunteered to come out together, there is not much farm work in the village, so they naturally want to come out to see the world, if they are lucky enough to get a good job, then they don't have to go back, at least they will not come back until the Chinese New Year.

After a makeshift meal, the eight fell asleep around the campfire.

Lu Liangsheng didn't dwell much at this time, holding another book of "Qinghuai Makes Up for Dreams" and flipping through it, the bonfire crackled twice and bounced sparks, the night insects hissed in the corner, and in the quiet, the package placed on the wall swelled a few times and loosened, and the creeping figure crawled out quietly.

The Purple Star Daoist swept the back of the book, quickly drilled out of a gap in the corner, stood in the moonlight, looked at this barren mountain and wild mountains, as if he felt something.

Running on four legs, the frog's webs crackled and stepped on a thick layer of fallen leaves, and the open mouth and long tongue were dragged outward and backwards with the run.

Along a stream to the mountain, jumped over a lying rotten tree, stood in front of a large bluestone, the pair of toad eyes excitedly stared at the mountain wall where the stream flowed, between several moss-covered rocks, the gap was deep, and there seemed to be more space inside.

"Come out ....."

The toad man stood up, held his bulging belly, and raised his face slightly: "The old man has something to tell you, little demon!"

The sound echoed in the mountains and forests, and the quiet forest leaves suddenly swayed wildly, and the sound became loud,

There was a rustling sound in the cracks of the overlapping rocks, and in the depths of the deep cracks, a pair of scarlet colors lit up.

"Hmph..... a psychic demon. ”

The Purple Star Daoist carried his forelimbs and pointed in the direction he had come.

"The old man asked you to kill people, and it doesn't hurt to eat it, it's a small gift for your juniors. ”

In the crack of the rock, two long black shadows poked out, thinking that they were branches and bamboo poles, but when they reached the range of the moonlight, they were a pair of pale red insect whiskers, dangling in the air.

After a moment, a hoarse and sharp voice accompanied by the cry of the insect came from the crack: "You are also a demon, why don't you go?"

Purple Star Daoist frowned, this guy would even ask rhetorically.

However, before he could speak, the sharp voice over there turned into a low laugh: "A little toad, dare to point fingers at my mountain..... hehe..... your little gift, I will accept it..... but you also look delicious." ”

The Purple Star Dao man's heart suddenly twitched.

“...... How can this psychic monster be so smart?" his mind flashed through his head for a moment, turned around the toad, turned around and jumped off the big bluestone, spread the pair of frog flippers and ran wildly.

Behind him, there was a loud bang, the mountain rock cracked and splashed, and the moment it fell into the stream and splashed, the deep place, the scarlet eyes moved out quickly, the cold moonlight swept through the links, and on the broken stones, dense insect feet spread over, and the pincer-like mouthparts 'clicked' and let out a long hiss.

The running toad glanced back, and the little short legs stepped away frantically.

"Why is the old man so unlucky....."

In the back, a huge centipede swam in its wambles.