On April days, the waterfront is lush and green, and the peace of several years has made the trade road smooth, with traders and travelers gathering, and people coming and going on the official road, and passing cars can be seen everywhere.

On each section of the old river, there are tens of thousands of young and strong laborers in the vicinity who are working day and night to open, dredge, and reinforce, and after a day of hard work, there is also appropriate hard money to pave the way, just three months ago, I heard that His Majesty is going to make up two meals for the young people who build each section of the canal, and they will be more energetic when they start working.

There are many people, and there is money to be paid, and the traders of various sections of the river and canal are constantly coming and going, looking for business opportunities, and there are also flexible brains, and there are tea shops, wine shops, and hidden places for people to have fun.

The Qihe Canal from Xindu to Zhao County is also in such an atmosphere, on one side is the hot digging of the river section, a basket of mud and sand fine stones in the hands of shirtless men sent to the riverbank, loaded into a donkey cart and pulled away, dry sweating profusely, and less than two miles apart, is a variety of thatched huts and grass houses built of the market, after work and no mother-in-law and children get paid, linger in this dirty and noisy, into the nearby wine shop, scalded a pot of rice wine, gnaw on half a chicken, that is called a comfortable, the gods do not change.

The crowd is crowded, the hotel with open doors and windows is noisy, the rising heat is mixed with the shouting of Xiao Er, and the store is full of travelers from three mountains and five mountains, and merchants dumping goods? There are also knights of the green forest who carry swords and rest and drink.

“....... Is the world too peaceful? Still tossing, I heard that not only our north? The east and south sides are also being built at the same time? You say, "Why are you doing so wide?" If you can go on a boat? It's really uneasy. ”

"Know what? Anyway, Your Majesty also paid the people below, and it is difficult to find a job on weekdays? I've been doing it for two years now? I saved a lot, and I will be him for another year, and this time next year, I will almost be able to ask for a mother-in-law. ”

"Exactly? The section of the river over there in Luoyang now? I've already started serving two meals, and I've heard that there's meat too. ”

"Oh, is it true? Then Your Majesty is a great benefactor. ”

A group of people who traveled from south to north, or who worked nearby, gathered and sat together, and it was indispensable to talk about the words of repairing the river today? When someone said that they were excited, a table not far away sounded the sound of a pottery bowl falling heavily on the table.

A young man dressed as a chivalrous man puts down a wine bowl? It seems that when you hear these words, there is anger on your face? There are also female dependents next to her, and the warrior who is also girded around her waist and wrists is covered with a cyan silk robe? Reach for the back of your partner's hand? Shook his head.

The knight just nodded? Seeing the two tables of travelers who spoke before, he snorted coldly.

In the Southern Dynasty of that year, impeachment was necessary, and the emperor of the present day was surrounded by some flattering scholars. ”

Most people didn't dare to refute when they saw him dressed, but some people were not happy.

"Brother Tai's words, it is inevitably a bit one-sided, you look at the people on this side, how many people have been fed by the construction of the canal, and how many people have work? It's better than being idle all day long and not finding money, and finally ending up stealing chickens and dogs, right?"

Someone took the lead, and suddenly many people had the courage to echo it: "What this brother said is that not only Your Majesty Shengming, but also in our Great Sui Dynasty, there are many capable people, but some high-ranking officials and nobles are not happy, and they have sent many people who do not know the details to slander everywhere." ”

Bang!

The chivalrous man couldn't hear the sarcasm in his words, and slapped his palm on the table, and the shocking wine spilled out of the bowl, and the shopkeeper was afraid that the fight would ruin the business, so he hurriedly glanced at the guy, who put on a smiling expression and stood in the middle of the two tables to persuade him.

"You all put out the fire, and then eat and drink......

While speaking, I saw an old man outside holding a shabby flag coming to the door of the store, hurriedly got out and left, saw that the old man's eyes were half-closed, knew that he was a blind man, and diligently helped to take the flag with 'Immortals don't ask' in his hand, and his eyes swept around, only there was a vacant seat at the guest table in the green forest.

"Hero...... Can this old gentleman sit here?"

The green forester glanced at the old man with white hair and dressed in Taoist robes, and saw that he was blank, so he nodded, picked up the previous words, and continued to reason with the people at the table.

"You say that the court is virtuous? Why did the Son of Heaven kill several meritorious ministers in a row for several years, do you know Yang Su, the Duke of Yueguo? A good man plotted to rebel and was killed, isn't it the crime of the current emperor unloading the mill and killing the donkey at will? And Wu Jianzhang was also killed, causing his son to die in the rivers and lakes, this is what you call the son of the Holy Tomorrow? If you want me to say, there is almost no one in the court. ”

The tables around him were speechless, but after a moment, a cough interrupted the silence, and the old man across the table coughed twice, wiped his hand twice on the flag, turned his eyes to the past, and laughed.

"Your Excellency's voice is sonorous and powerful, full of energy, but there is a faint anger hidden in it, it seems that Your Excellency is very dissatisfied with today. ”

The chivalrous man was stunned for a moment, at first he thought that he was just a fortune teller walking around the rivers and lakes, the kind that eats everywhere, but he can simply poke his heart with a single sentence, and he can't help but look at the past again, the light blue robe with the open collar, the meticulous combing of the bun, and the slight chin caress the white beard under the chin, there is a feeling of being a hidden master.

Immediately, he raised his hand and clenched his fist: "The old gentleman still asks for advice!"

"Hehe......" Over there, the old man stroked his beard and laughed, his eyes were blank but mysterious, he laughed for a moment, and said: "There is no need to teach, the old man is just a tour of the old way, and he will give people guidance if he has a fate, and he is not in a dilemma. ”

"Oh?"

The knight took a sip of his drink and frowned.

"Old man, who else do you think is in the court?"

Around, the resting travelers and merchants couldn't help but prick up their ears, and leaned slightly to this side, wanting to hear what the name of this blind old man could say.

Hehe.

Lao Dao took a sip of the tea handed by the man, and swallowed it with a 'snort' in his throat, which made the woman next to the chivalrous man nauseous.

"Jing Qiu, let's go. ”

"Wait!"

At the same time as the woman spoke, the old man also spoke, "Now in the court, the old group has gone, and the new group rarely knows a person, and the people in the world have heard it more or less, you don't know if you can still remember that there is still a national teacher in the Great Sui." ”

"Lu Liangsheng!"

The hand of the knight on the opposite side on the table couldn't help but tremble, and the female companion next to him looked at it, stretched out his hand to hold it, and the man calmed down, "I have heard of this person that the old gentleman said, but in the past few years, it seems that he has never shown up again, I am afraid that he has been harmed by the emperor, and he deliberately hides and does not make noise." ”

Speaking of this, the people around were in an uproar, how much they knew that there was a national teacher in Chang'an City, and in their impression, he was still a polite scholar, according to his age, he could live for seventy or eighty years, but unfortunately there has never been news in the past few years, if he is alive, he will at least show up.

Hearing the noise, the old man was not annoyed, drank tea and put a penny of tea money, got up and took the flag next to him, "National Teacher Lu Liangsheng is not so speculative that the National Teacher Immortal Law is profound, but the land immortal is general, he went to the overseas Immortal Mountain a few years ago, how do mortals know, hehehe......"

Shaking his head and laughing, he walked out of the wine shop with his flag, and in the crowd of people coming and going, there was a faint old voice singing.

“...... Heaven and earth were placed on my body, and I went to the south and north of the world to find people....... I am an old man, I have known for 500 years, and I have known for 500 years..... If you don't have a chance...... If you are a fairy, you don't ask or answer~~~"

The out-of-tune singing voice was ethereal, and disappeared into the street outside, and soon, the man and woman checked out and walked out, looking at the direction where the old man had disappeared, and the chivalrous man turned his face sideways with a complicated expression, looking at the female companion.

"Xue'er, it turns out that Lu Liangsheng has gone overseas in the past few years, no wonder there is no news to the world. ”

The woman hummed, raised her face as if she had something on her mind, and looked at the man in front of her with some concern.

"Then are you still going to Chang'an?"

Boom Boom –

The thunder roared among the black clouds, and the roaring rain fell.

"Go...... Get the Xuanyuan Sword and kill Yang Guang and Yuwen Tuo!"

Walking down the street, Chen Jing looked at the pedestrians running in the rain on the street, muttered softly, and looked up at the rain curtain of the sky.

"Mr. Lu......."

.......

The rain clouds in the north are dense, stretching along the boundless sky to the south, and the scenery is still sunny among the mountains.

The spring breeze is slow, drifting down the leaves, gently falling to the flowing water surface, swinging a circle of ripples and spreading far away, the splash splashes and flips to both sides, a wooden board breaks through the river and rushes away, rolling up the weeping branches on both sides of the wind to blow.

A pair of flippers stepped on it obliquely, the short-sleeved gown of the color was open, and the wind was blowing, and the toad Taoist raised the two fish whiskers at the corners of his mouth, pulling the taut rope, laughing and echoing the river.

"Hurry up, hurry up!!"

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In front of the taut rope, the waves swirled, and the figure swinging his waist let out an excited moan, raised his upper body and sank, pulling the plank behind him to quickly row across the small river.

The water became turbulent and the speed became faster and faster, and the toad, who was pulling the rope, looked at the severed river in front of him, puffed out his eyes, and pulled into the rope with all his might.

"Turn around! Turn back—"

Ahead, the water waves splashed, and a slender figure dragged the sparkling water light to break through the water surface and rushed to the sky, the wet hair flew and sprinkled, with 'woo wow~~' in the excited scream, jumped out of the broken waterway and swung the huge fish tail, falling straight down the waterfall.

The rope tied to his waist was tight, and the toad Taoist lowered his head and held the rope around his waist, followed by a long sound: "Ah-" A long sound, and an afterimage flew out, leaving only the plank to slow down and flutter on the water.

"Ahhh~~"

The short black shadow fell down the waterfall, and with a bang, the waterhole splashed half a foot high, and the toad Taoist lay on the surface of the water with his limbs on all fours, and slowly sank to the bottom of the water with his tongue crooked, and a few bubbles rose up 'gurgling'.

After a while, the wet toad crawled out of the water, sat on the stone by the pool, looked at the little mermaid swimming around in the water as if there was no annoyance, the footsteps behind him rustled closer, Rouge wrapped a towel around the toad Taoist, the latter wiped his cheeks, pushed away boredly, got up and whistled, not far from the woods, a bald old donkey came out, ran to the front and stopped, humming and stepping on the hooves twice.

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The sound of the merman playing in the water was noisy, and the rouge in a red dress pursed his lips, holding back a smile, watching the toad Taoist jump on the back of the donkey, walked to the head of the donkey and grabbed two ears, and left slowly with the old donkey.

"Master Toad, I'll have to play again when I'm free. Rouge waved it as she held up the towel.

The sky exploded with a thunderclap, and the brilliant sunlight gradually darkened in sight.

The toad man sitting on the donkey's head raised his head, and a large area of lead-gray rain clouds gathered, and another thunder rolled through the sky, and the electric snake writhing in the clouds, as if reflecting the figures of the people standing in the clouds and flashing.

The slightest line of rain falls on the face of the toad who looks up, cutting away the spring rain to get cool.

"The ....... of his mother"

Then, driving the old donkey slowly in the rain to the western foothills, under the cliff and lonely tree, the figure covered with fallen leaves and dust, in the thunder, his fingers suddenly moved.