Jingle bells, copper bells ring on the official road.

From Hegu County to the west, among the business travelers and pedestrians in the past, a scholar in a clean green robe led an old donkey leisurely.

On both sides of the donkey's back, the bookshelves swayed gently, and there were a few scrolls inserted in them, and most of the luggage was in the pavilion under the bookshelf.

Lu Liangsheng looked simple and simple, a poor scholar with nothing of value, and the only thing of some value was probably the Pisces with pearls and jade pendants on his waist.

On the side of the road, there was also a Taoist who walked with him, and from time to time he ran to the ridge outside the road, dug something in the mud cracks, and took it to the small ditch next to it to clean, and then stuffed it into a dirty leather bag, and ran back to continue walking.

In the sparsely populated section, the toad road people will also slip out, sitting cross-legged on the head of the old donkey, and the old god is in the arms of the old man, enjoying the surrounding pastoral scenery.

“...... The fireworks in the world are very good. ”

Lu Liangsheng looked back at him.

"In the past, Master went high and high, and the scenery he saw was different. ”

The old donkey shook his mane, and the toad Daoist above looked solemn, looking at the outline of the distant mountain with his chin tilted.

"When you come to the realm of being a teacher, you will naturally see that thousands of mountains and rivers are like a landscape painting, prostrate at your feet, and after looking at it for a long time, it is not as good as it is now. ”

"Bragging there. Sun Yingxian ran back from the field on the other side, the leather bag on his waist was heavy, it seemed that he had gained a lot, the toad Taoist stared at his bag, snorted, got up and walked over the donkey's back, pulled the bookshelf and slid into the cubicle.

"Catch less field chickens and create evil. ”

With a bang, close the door to the cubicle.

The Taoist didn't bother to pay attention to the toad, and all the way out of Hegu County, he ate the happiest than anyone else, shouting for more spices.

Muttering a few words, Sun Yingxian walked briskly and walked next to the scholar.

"I said, how does it feel to be a lifter?"

"Nope. ”

Lu Liangsheng told the truth, he didn't go to hang flowers and ride horses to parade the streets, nor did he accept the congratulations of the government office, so he naturally didn't feel anything, but during the time at home, the gentry from various townships came to visit, and most of them married their daughters and hung on the fields.

This is also one of the reasons why Li Jinhua kept urging him to get married quickly.

"For now, it's better to go to the capital early, meet my mentor, and then go to the northwest for a trip, it would be great if I could do something. ”

"The northwest side is very chaotic, and I'm afraid I can't finish what I have to do. ”

While the two were talking, the road behind them trampled horses' hooves, and the sound of clattering wheels came from far and near, Lu Liangsheng led the old donkey to the side, and a somewhat old carriage drove in front of them, and there were four strong men on horseback next to them, dressed differently, but with swords tied to their waists.

Sun Yingxian waved his sleeves and scattered the rolled up smoke.

"Running in such a hurry, rushing to reincarnate!"

At this time, it was close to noon, the autumn sun was still a little hot, and it was rolled up by dust, and I had no intention of hurrying, so I walked for a while, two people and a donkey, plus the toad Taoist who pushed open the bookshelf.

Just under a big tree on the side of the road, a fire was lit, and a small pot was set up to cook food.

The Taoist took out a few loaches from his bag and shook them in front of the toad.

"A change of flavor today. ”

Three times and two times, the loaches were skewered with branches, and roasted by the fire, Lu Liangsheng took advantage of the time to spread out the drawing of Nanchen Guandao, and in his own position, he dotted it with pen and ink.

"I have to pass through one state, seven counties, according to the normal journey, not two or three months, I'm afraid I won't be able to get there, after eating, I still use spells to catch up first, and then slow down along the way. ”

"You can do whatever you say, and you only have to eat as a teacher. ”

The toad Taoist pinched the branches with his flippers, flipped the loaches on the strings, and turned his head to look at the Taoist: "Quick, smear a little oil, sprinkle some salt, it's going to burn." ”

Raised from the fire, he blew twice quickly with his face puffed out his cheeks, sat down next to the apprentice quite comfortably, leaned on the scholar's thigh, and took a bite of the roasted loach, and his face was full of the word comfortable.

After eating this lunch, Lu Liangsheng waved his robe to attract soil, extinguished the bonfire, cleaned up the pots and pans and turned over the old donkey, and let the Taoist follow him.

The sky is slanting, after passing a county seat, the sides of the road are becoming more and more desolate, and gradually even the fields are not visible, and there is more than one official road, Lu Liangsheng weighed the route he came over back and forth.

Then, they seemed to be lost.

"Old Sun...... When you come back from the northwest, don't you know the way?"

Sun Yingxian blinked in confusion and pointed to the ground: "This way knows a fart, I used the escape technique to drill directly in one direction below, and I don't know how much faster than your donkey." ”

"Okay, blame me. Lu Liangsheng put away the drawings of the official road, but fortunately, it was not dark yet, so he got off the back of the donkey, found a stone and threw it to the ground.

The stone rolled twice, and suddenly deflected, as if pointing in a direction.

The scholar patted the dust on his hands, pulled the reins and went over there, and the Taoist followed, walked for a while, and vaguely saw the outlines of several houses.

When he approached, outside the fence wall, an old man was standing there, not knowing what to do, staring blankly at the sunset.

"Go over and ask for directions. ”

Lu Liangsheng let go of the reins, walked over quickly, and arched his hand: "This old man, may I ask how to go to Fulin Prefecture?"

As if the old man hadn't heard it, Lu Liangsheng opened his mouth and asked again, and the other party suddenly turned around and opened his mouth slightly.

"Eight ......"

Lift your finger to the mountains where the path stretches beneath your feet.

It turned out that he couldn't speak.

Lu Liangsheng didn't look at the old man much, so as not to cause misunderstanding, and after thanking him, he pulled the old donkey and Sun Yingxian to leave together, and walked along the dirt road under his feet, the scholar couldn't help but look back, the old man was still standing there, smiling.

"See what?"

The Taoist also looked back, "That old guy feels weird. ”

Lu Liangsheng shook his head and continued to move forward.

"There is no demonic energy, and there is no yin energy...... Maybe the old man has a strange personality. ”

At this time, behind the two of them, a couple walked out of the house next to the roadside, saw the old man standing in the road, and hurriedly stepped forward to help him back, complaining to each other.

"Dad is a little demented, you don't take care of it, why did you let him run out, what if he loses it?!"

"As soon as I turned around, it was gone, how did I know, you patronized and slept. ”

.......

The setting sun swept over the western clouds like a tidal wave, and the mountains were dyed red.

Wow - Wow Wow -

The old crow stood on the branch and cried, and in his blinking eyes, he saw two people and a donkey walking below.

"Ahh

Sun Yingxian's scream startled a bird among the withered yellow barren grass, black and pressed to fly into the sky, surrounded by dead trees and old forests, a desolate, a rugged path rarely walked was overgrown with wild grass.

"Just go back to him, he deceived us, and he can just use it for a meal!"

On the side, Lu Liangsheng didn't think about it so much, looked at the sky, simply put the reins, and still let the old donkey gnaw the grass.

"It's getting dark, so I'm going to sleep outside for the night. ”

On that side, there happened to be a big rock, and there was a hole underneath it, which could accommodate four or five people, so they took down the pots and pans from the bookshelf and lifted them over.

"Still stunned for what to do, cooking in a pot. ”

The Taoist sighed, jumped into the forest, crackled, and in a moment, came back with a bunch of dead branches, and lit a bonfire.

Cooking the meal, the faint fragrance of rice wafted up, and soon, the two of them finished eating a toad, and Lu Liang was afraid that they would be bored, so he took out a pair of chess pieces that he had bought in Hegu County before.

By the light of the fire, he was fighting with the Taoist on the chessboard, and the toad was watching with his hands.

The sky sank into darkness, and the sound of gold and iron clashing sounded on the road several miles away.

Woo Woo Woo .......

In front of the carriage guarded, the horses were frightened, and with a neigh, they pulled the carriage and galloped wildly, deviating from the road and rushing into the wilderness.

"Protect the people in the car!"

One of the four guards shouted, and the remaining three immediately broke away from the warband and chased after the mad carriage.