The sun was shining in the east, and gold shone down through the clouds.

The old donkey was chewing grass in the pen and hissing, and the big black dog was wagging its tail in the yard early, looking at the Taoist who was boxing not far away.

Lu Liangsheng walked out of the door and squinted at the morning light, stretched his waist comfortably, and found that the master was lying on the stone steps under the eaves.

"Master?"

The scholar whispered, and over there, the toad moved twice, and the two little short legs twitched subconsciously, muttering like a dream.

"..... slow down..... it's coming, it's coming......"

Lu Liangsheng came to the courtyard a little confused, also rolled up the sleeves of his robe, raised his Qianyang palm, paused occasionally, turned his head and whispered to the Taoist next to him.

"What's wrong with my master?"

"Who knows. ”

Sun Yingxian waved a white crane with bright wings, and then wiped the pair of mustaches under his nose.

"I saw him lying there early in the morning, and I must have pulled off in the middle of the night and fell asleep there. ”

Pull-off force?

Lu Liangsheng was also full of doubts, wasn't he okay last night?

"If you really have diarrhea, you just don't know, Langzhong in the city, will you see a toad.....

Thinking about it, in the past, the master picked it up, brought it back to the house, put it on the bed and covered him with a quilt, and then returned to the courtyard, just like in the past when he was in Lujia Village, the Taoist beat his fists and feet for a while, and after washing up, even if he was busy all night yesterday, he was still very energetic now.

After eating the breakfast sent by the maid in the house, I took a book and went to the front yard to find Scholar Zhou Yao.

The morning breeze blows with fresh air, and the rustle of flowers and trees in the courtyard of the mansion is soft.

Now that everything has been put down, the so-called nothing is light, and walking is much brisker than usual, of course, using spells is another matter.

When the servants in the house saw him, they would greet him respectfully, Lu Liangsheng would respond with a smile, and occasionally one or two maids would meet, and they would secretly look at him from time to time, and their cheeks were pink with shyness.

It's a pity that the scholar with brisk steps understands these meanings, and with the pen and ink of the book, he walks quickly through the eaves of the porch, and his robe flutters, so that the maid who has just walked a few steps turns back frequently.

Come to the front yard.

A few servants waiting outside in the distant aisle whispered, since the beginning of the practice, especially when entering the foundation building, the eyesight and hearing are excellent, and before they have passed, the words have entered the ears intermittently.

"That shameless Zhang Liancheng is in the hall, and I saw it. ”

"...... master is not angry?"

"Angry, why aren't you angry, you dropped all the teacups, Zhang Dongming was also there, and he didn't dare to come out. ”

"Phew..... who told his son to do something like that. ”

"Don't say it, Lu Gongzi is coming this way. ”

The sharp-eyed little guy saw the scholar who was walking slowly, and hurriedly bowed down and laughed with the tray.

"Lu Gongzi, is this looking for my master?"

Lu Liangsheng vaguely heard a familiar voice in the door behind the living room, and after a moment, he looked at the little guy and said with a smile:

"Since Elder Zhou is meeting guests, I'll see him later. ”

"Don't, Master Lu, don't be in a hurry to leave. ”

A servant hurriedly caught up with two steps and said: "What kind of guest is the master meeting, it is clearly the enemy." He floated to the door and snorted.

"It's the father and son of the Zhang family, who came to make amends to the master, and my young lady is also inside, so I guess I'm crying angrily at this time. ”

It turned out to be a household matter.

...... Then I can't go in.

Lu Liangsheng thought about it, and was just about to leave, when the door creaked open, and Zhou Rong, who was dressed in a plain white calyx dress, walked out first with a close-fitting maid with red eyes.

Seeing the scholar outside, he hurriedly wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, showed a smile, and suddenly bowed to Lu Liangsheng slightly, then lowered his face and quickly went to the end of the eaves with lotus steps.

"It seems that your young lady can be regarded as a person who can see clearly. Lu Liangsheng said with a smile, there was a faint aroma in the air, which smelled good.

The little guy next to him nodded: "It's not, if you change to the eldest lady of other mansions, you can't look for death and life." ”

The door was open, and Zhou Yao, who was inside, also saw the scholar talking to the servant, and even recruited him in.

In the living room, the father and son of the Zhang family did come to make amends, and the gifts alone were half a person high, and when they saw the scholar who came in, Zhang Dongming pulled his son forward.

"Honestly, thank you for your kindness. ”

Zhang Liancheng's body is thin and weak, even if he continues his life after the fox demon, he is still weak, and he probably knows what happened from his father. In the face of scholars younger than him, the etiquette is still thorough.

"Grace is above, please accept the honest worship. ”

Lu Liangsheng thought it was just a kind of trick, and as soon as he stretched out his hand, Zhang Liancheng suddenly snorted, knelt down, and looked at him stunned in place.

There's still the end...... Why does this family like to kneel so much......

"Hurry up, you don't have to be so polite....." For a while, Lu Liangsheng was so shocked that he couldn't find suitable words, and after helping Zhang Liancheng, he accompanied Zhou Yao and the father and son.

The previous marriage may have been talked about, the father and son knelt and greeted each other with smiling faces, even if Zhou Yao had a hot temper and let them sit down and talk after venting.

After a while, sending the Zhang family's father and son away, Lu Liangsheng breathed a sigh of relief, and suddenly felt that being kneeled down didn't seem to be a good thing.

In the time after that, he officially put down the trivial matters and asked Zhou Yao for the topic of the township test, and the scope was not wide, after all, next year's spring, there will be a ceremony in the Ministry of Rites.

During this time, it was enough for Lu Liangsheng to eat the books thoroughly, for more than two months in a row, and no one came to disturb him, and occasionally Zuo Zhengyang would come to sit, usually not too long,

Master Toad Daoren has also become lazy recently, either quarreling with Sun Yingxian or lying on a custom-made small recliner to bask in the sun.

There is another thing that makes Lu Liangsheng have a headache.

Since that time I met Zhou Rong in the gallery, this Miss Zhou Mansion would come over almost every day, saying that she missed this side courtyard for a while, and asking Liangsheng if she could paint a portrait of her.

As soon as the word 'portrait' came out, the sky in the side courtyard changed, gloomy and gloomy, and a cold wind blew.

Soon, I heard that there was a haunt in the backyard.......

Of course, there are some things that make the scholar feel comfortable, a few days ago the family sent a letter, the page is crooked words, it was learned by his sister Lu Xiaoxian in the private school, after Lu Liangsheng came here, the village invited a gentleman to teach, think about the current situation in Lujia Village and Beicun, everyone is embarrassed to see people without a few dozen taels of silver in their pockets, and the money for inviting a gentleman must be out.

The content of the family letter, there are not too many words, most of them are asking him how he is doing here, whether the silver taels on his body are enough, and now there are caravans to sell the grain and fish and crabs grown in Lujia Village here, if there is a shortage of money, look for them.

In the end, it may be what Lu Xiaoxian wants to say.

"Brother...... I miss the ghost sister, and I miss you, and the big toad...... When will you be back? ”

The feeling of being read in his heart, even the toad Daoist was quite emotional, and Nie Honglian, who read the letter next to him, was even more crying and thinking about going back......

"I'll go back when I'm done with the exam. ”

Lu Liangsheng comforted her, his eyes looked through the window lattice, the old tree in the courtyard, a leaf withered and yellowed and drifted down.

In two days, it will be autumn.