The sun is shining over the city, and on the edge of the hibiscus pool, the reeds are swaying gently in the wind.

A carriage came and stopped at the mountain gate, Lu Liangsheng got out of the car and went straight back to the Taoist temple, Yan Chixia pulled Li Sui'an to discuss sword control skills in the square by the pool, and when she saw the master coming back, the latter hurriedly stepped forward to salute.

Lu Liangsheng held his palm and let him get up, his eyes swept around, and there was no toad under the attic basking in the sun like usual.

"Where's your master?"

"Oh, Shigong and Sun Daochang, as well as the old pig are all in the room, I don't know what they are doing. Li Sui'an shrugged his shoulders and went back to continue to discuss kendo with Yan Chixia, and Lu Liangsheng went into the attic and looked for the room Sui'an said.

Push open the door, what catches your eye, there is a small pot on the big round table, boiling hot, Sun Yingxian squatted on the table, pinching a fire talisman and blowing flames towards the stove, the pig just sat on the chair to defeather a wild duck, the toad tied an apron, lit on the flippers, took a wooden spoon to stir the soup in the pot, and the bamboo basket covered with blue cloth was placed next to it.

When the three of them heard the door open, they all stopped and turned their heads to look.

"You" Lu Liangsheng looked at them speechlessly.

Ahem!

The toad coughed dryly, threw the wooden spoon aside without a trace, jumped off the pad with his double flippers, and moved his mouth to the Taoist who was squatting next to him.

"This mushroom has been left for a long time, and the taste is not good, so I want you to do it before you come back, and you can eat it as soon as you come back, you see that this way thinks more about you"

On the table, the toad Daoist glared at him, took off the apron on his chest, and turned the conversation away: "Liangsheng, why did you come back so early when you went to the palace?"

Lu Liangsheng looked away from the basket, in fact, the mushrooms in it were not impossible for everyone to eat together, after all, the old mother gave them to him, he washed his hands on the basin rack in the past, came back and sat on the stool, took out the magic ball from his sleeve and held it in the palm of his hand.

"Master, old grandson, old pig, you should all be familiar with the things in this, right?"

Sun Yingxian looked closer, and then looked at the toad, who showed seriousness on his face: "Liangsheng, this is the breath of the demon star, through the mana, you can smell it as a teacher, how did you get it?"

"It's Yang Guang, the king of Jin"

As he spoke, the scholar told the three of them about the matter, and Zhu Gangguan also sat down with him, and after talking for a while, the toad Taoist walked back and forth on the table with his webbed, squinting his bean-sized eyes.

"It's not a ghost, it's not a demon, it's not a demon, and there is a certain amount of wisdom, it's a little difficult to find the spilled pieces, what is the origin, I don't know as a teacher, and I haven't tasted it."

Lu Liangsheng stopped his movements, turned his head to look at the master, the Taoist and Zhu Gangguan also cast their eyes, and the toad Taoist who was walking back and forth with the flippers and talking stopped and looked at the three of them looking at him in unison, his expression frozen.

"Look at what the old man does"

As he spoke, he took the wooden spoon on the table again, and set the spoon for the meaning in the eyes of the three people, "Even if the old man ate countless things back then, he never tasted this thing, so forget it." ”

"How can you forget it, you can know the origin of this thing as soon as you taste it"

Without waiting for the Taoist to finish speaking, Lu Liangsheng raised his hand to interrupt, and he always felt a little rebellious when he tried this kind of thing with his master.

"Let's talk about this later, first stew the mushrooms and the old duck given by the old mother, and call Yan Daoyou and Sui'an to taste them together. ”

Hearing the owner's approval, the Taoist and the pig continued to do what they had just done excitedly, and after plucking the duck feathers, the old pig went to the window and roared outside, and the three people who discussed the way of the sword roared up urgently, together with Qiyou, gathered around the table and looked at the mushrooms and ducks in the pot.

Soon, the night fell outside, and the house was noisy and noisy about drinking soup and laughing, and the toad was holding the red rooster bowl and taking a sip of the thick soup, and the old god was patting his knees and humming a little song he had learned from the red mercy.

The lights flickered, Lu Liangsheng put down the bowl, thinking about the demon star, and suddenly remembered one thing, and slapped the table, and the room suddenly quieted down, frightening the Taoist, Zhu Gangguan, Yan Chixia, Li Sui'an, and Shelong to look at the scholar with the bowl.

"Master?" Li Sui'an whispered.

"One thing comes to mind. Lu Liangsheng talked about going to the palace today, and heard Han Baohu talk about Zuo Zhengyang, the latter's character, the scholar knows very well, since he wants to come, he will definitely arrive, and now the fleet of the Southern Expedition has returned to Chang'an, but Zuo Zhengyang is nowhere to be seen.

"Shangzhuguo returned to Beijing, Zuo Qianwei originally returned with him all the way, it is said that the demon star descended, left the fleet, and came by land alone There is always some worry. ”

The Taoist turned sideways with the bowl, looked out the window and took a sip of soup: "I'm tired of this long journey, and I don't want to move around recently." ”

Snorted, took the wooden spoon on the side of the pot, scooped a bowl again, looked at Lu Liangsheng and said:

"Besides, he's such a big person, do you still need to worry about it?"

Lu Liangsheng frowned, according to what the Taoist said, it is not wrong, Zuo Zhengyang himself was born as a head-catcher, and now he has also stepped into the path of cultivation, and he has a fire spirit bead by his side, how can he suffer.

But there is no callback for a long time, which is always unsettling.

On the side, Yan Chixia spit out a duck bone: "After eating later, Yan will go out of the city to look around, and it happens that he is not comfortable staying in the city, so he goes out to breathe." ”

Anyway, Lu Liangsheng still has to think about the method of the demon star fragment in Wanshouguan, check Yang Guang, and make sure that he is not entered by the evil qi, since the Taoist is unwilling to go, Yan Chixia is the most suitable, after all, he is more familiar with Zuo Zhengyang.

Before dawn the next day, Yan Chixia put on the wooden box on her back and said goodbye to everyone.

Lu Liangsheng, Toad Daoren, and Sun Yingxian sent him to Quchifang, and watched the bearded man walk through the long street towards Nancheng, until he couldn't see it, and then went back to the Taoist temple.

The morning light broke through the clouds, and the golden south stretched away, and among the rolling mountains, there were all the bonfires, and the green smoke wafted, and on the nearest tree, the leaves hung with dew and swayed, and the wind blew and fell straight down.

It was hard to hear the soft sound of 'pop', and the figure who was sitting against the tree and resting pretended to sleep, raised his only arm to wipe the water stains on his forehead, opened his eyes and woke up.

Squatted down next to the extinguished bonfire, rekindled the flames, took out a few pieces of dried meat and put them on the branches to bake, and looked at the flames that were burning.

On the way to Chang'an in the west and north directions, the demon star fell into the world, and Zuo Zhengyang was also helping around, so he delayed a lot of time.

'The demon star is gone, I don't know what happened to Chang'an, what happened to Lu Daoyou. ’

Turning the branch in his hand, the dried meat was hot and fragrant, and he tore off a shredded piece of meat in his mouth, and was about to untie the wine bag around his waist and pour a mouthful.

In the direction of coming, the birds and finches in the forest, which were originally chirping softly in the morning light, suddenly screamed in panic, flapped their wings and flew out in black pressure, wandering in the forest.

Under the tree, Zuo Zhengyang, who was tearing the jerky, stopped chewing, turned his face slightly, and looked at the direction of the birds' restlessness.

The other party also seemed to see the one-armed figure under the tree, stopped his steps, and his eyes flashed fiercely.