The autumn wind blew the yellow foothills.

The news of the emperor's funeral has also spread with the county government officials these days, and the business travelers who come and go to the road, and the people who set up stalls on the side of the ferry to beg for life, are somewhat regretful, and it is too difficult to meet a good emperor.

At the roadside tea shop where they stopped, someone read the official document sent by the officer, and the business travelers who were drinking tea and waiting to cross the river or go north talked in low voices.

"Is the emperor dead?"

"Didn't it write it above, and asked! It's a pity, I finally met an emperor, and the world has only been peaceful for a long time. ”

"The new emperor heard that the second prince is not the original crown prince. ”

"Alas, the original prince, I have heard some wind comments below, he loves poetry, calligraphy and painting too much, and often gets drunk with literati, if I am me, I will also let the king of Jin be it!"

“...... Don't talk nonsense, just say 'change for you' like a turtle. ”

......

In these years, the spread of news all relied on the business travelers who went south to the north, or the official documents of the government, and it was already late autumn in the south.

The Taoist who followed him touched the mustache on his mouth, and looked forward at the boats on the ferry with a big burden on his back.

"Lao Lu, Yang Jian is really popular. ”

"Since ancient times, the sages and gentlemen have been passed down through the ages, whether they are scholars or ordinary people, they all remember it in their hearts. ”

Lu Liangsheng looked at the north, said this with a smile, and led the old donkey to the ferry, this time he did not meet the father and son of the boatman a few years ago, but got on another boat to cross the river, and gave the old donkey a mountain and stone technique, then rolled up his sleeves and walked to the side of the boat, facing the river breeze, Qingsi gently stroked in his ears, looking at the prosperity of the boats coming and going on the river for a while, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help laughing.

"Yang Jian is indeed a good emperor, I hope Yang Guang can continue like this. ”

Soon, across the river, Lu Liangsheng pulled the old donkey and the Taoist to set foot on the homeland, and there were no accidents on the way, all the way south through Tianzhi, on the way to visit the city god Zhou Yu said about the spirit of the demon star, let the other party beware of one or two, if it meets to help capture.

"Chang'an Chenghuang Ji Xin only truthfully reported to Taishan Yinfu, even if the demon star is eliminated, it will slowly breed elsewhere after that, and then it will be attached to people, stimulating the dark side of human nature, and then they will be sealed in the body first, temporarily suppressed with Haoran Qi, and returned to Qixia Mountain to stabilize the ...... with the help of the Spirit Gathering Array."

Lu Liangsheng and Zhou Yu walked on the official road leading to Fulin Prefecture in the south, and the two of them looked like scholars traveling together, not so much to attract the attention of past business travelers.

"Since Lu Guoshi said so, Tianzhi's side will definitely cooperate. ”

"Liangsheng thanked the governor. ”

Lu Liangsheng stopped, turned around and arched his hand to Zhou Yu, who was standing within the realm of heaven and earth, and then turned over on the back of the old donkey, called the Taoist on the side, and patted the donkey's buttocks: "Let's go!"

Sun Yingxian, who was about to climb on the back of the donkey, saw the old donkey's hooves, hovered his hands and feet, quickly shook his head, and took out two magic talismans and hit them on his legs.

"It's better to rely on yourself.....

"It's up to you. ”

Lu Liangsheng didn't care about him, he turned over such a big person, so he wouldn't run away, not to mention that it was not far from Qixia Mountain, and he arched his hand to Zhou Yu, who was standing in the realm of heaven and earth behind him, and said: "Farewell!" There is no need to shrink the ground into inches, the old donkey excitedly scraped off his hooves, and with a kick, his body instantly turned into an afterimage, and he went south like a lightning speed.

Along this official road to Hegu County, there were many people on the way, and before they could react, a long line of smoke swept into the sky from the middle of the road, and the horses pulling goods in the wind blew in panic and neighed.

Pedal Pedal ~~~

The four hooves were running wildly and couldn't see the afterimage, Lu Liangsheng crouched on the back of the donkey and looked ahead, and he could already see the outline of the stretching city wall of Hegu County, so he patted the donkey's head, the old donkey hissed twice, slowly slowed down, and the bookshelf that shook violently on his hips also stabilized.

"Since you are passing by, I will stop by to visit Mr. Zhou. ”

Lu Liang was born on the back of a donkey, and when he saw that the old donkey was still a little restless and stepped on its hooves, he reached out and patted it twice on the head.

"Wait for the return to Qixia Mountain, run with you all over the mountains, but here is almost to the city, don't hurt pedestrians, be obedient!"

When they reached the road at the foot of the city wall, the people and merchants who passed by saw that the scholars were talking to the old donkey they were leading, and they avoided them one by one, and when the other party passed, they couldn't help sighing.

"It's a pity that this handsome scholar is a fool. ”

"Someone else talks to a donkey, what does it matter to you, and walks away. ”

Over there, Lu Liangsheng led the old donkey into the city gate, the market was bustling and lively, pedestrians were disturbing and shouting, the guy with a rag shouted loudly to attract customers, and on the upper floor on the side of the long street, water splashed down, drenched the vendor, and a man ran out of the door with his head in the scolding voice.

In the open window lattice of the attic, a woman with a tiger's back poked her head out, and the man running away on the spicy street shouted: "Just like you, you still have an outer house, and wait for the old lady first!"

There was laughter on the long street.

Lu Liangsheng felt the unique liveliness of this world, pulled the old donkey through the arch fire to watch the lively crowd, followed the location of the Zhou Mansion past the quiet streets and alleys, the long green brick walls were crawling with moss, and the old pines were still growing luxuriantly in the courtyard wall.

Walking up the mossy stone steps and knocking on the courtyard door, an unfamiliar old man in the porter opened the door and frowned at the scholar in front of him.

"This son, who are you looking for?"

"In Xia Lu Liangsheng, Zhou Lao can be there?"

Lu Liangsheng arched his hand at him, and the latter looked at the scholar outside the door, but still let him in and took him to the gatehouse to wait.

"Yes, Childe is here for a while, I'll tell the steward. ”

The porter went to the front yard slowly, and when he came back soon, there was an old servant in the house beside him, who saw the scholar standing under the eaves, and raised his sleeves and arched his hands before he passed.

"Lu Gongzi come in quickly, this new doorman doesn't know you, offended. ”

Lu Liangsheng has lived in this mansion for almost a year, and he doesn't know any of the original maids and servants in the mansion, so the old servant in charge hurriedly invited the scholar to go to the front yard, but his expression was a little anxious.

"The son came at the right time, the old man was sick on the couch a few days ago, and he hadn't eaten for three days, so he drank some soup and went down to his stomach. ”

"Sick?"

The scholar who used to be on the eaves of the front yard glanced at the old servant slightly, and suddenly fell silent, remembering that the old man was disturbed by the rebel siege before, and his body caused a lot of problems, and he gave him some mana to nourish his internal organs, and from that time, the old man's body and bones were almost at the end.

The eaves of the corridor turned to the water pavilion, and when they arrived in the backyard, there were several maids guarding the door of the room, one of which was a young woman wearing a calyx white dress, sitting under the eaves with her face drooping, pinching a silk handkerchief to wipe her tears, hearing the sound of footsteps, turning around, on the path between the flower beds, a scholar in a green shirt and white robe was coming.

Hurriedly wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes, buried his face again, and waited until the scholar approached, then slowly got up and bowed slightly.

"Lu Gongzi. ”

"Zhou...."Lu Liangsheng originally wanted to reply with 'Miss Zhou', but he remembered that the other party was married, and the husband's family didn't know what his surname was, so he hurriedly stopped the two words behind him, turned around, and asked, "How is Old Zhou?"

Zhou Rong didn't dare to look at him somehow, and just shook her head with her face down.

"Dad, he is still the same as before, he can't eat anything, and he is getting weaker and weaker day by day. ”

"I'll take a look. ”

Lu Liangsheng comforted her a few words, went to knock on the door, and then was invited in by Mrs. Zhou, and saw the skinny old man leaning on the head of the bed, his cheeks and eye sockets were sunken, and when he saw Lu Liangsheng coming in, Zhou Yao grinned and smiled silently.

Hoarse and weak squeezing voice.

"Good life...... Why are you back?"

"I have something to go back to Qixia Mountain, passing by here, I want to come and talk to your old man. ”

Lu Liangsheng sat on the edge of the bed, uncovered the futon, and touched Zhou Yao's hand, which was the touch of skin and bones, which couldn't help but make the scholar feel sad for a while, and he was about to give the old man some more mana, but over there, a weak voice came intermittently.

"Don't wave..... Fee..... Finish. ”

The old man squeezed out a smile, and instead patted his hand lightly on the back of the scholar's hand.

"Old man...... It's the end of life, and it's finally a ...... I'm leaving...... Don't delay the old man to devote his life. ”

Unexpectedly, when the old man came to this time, he was still laughing, which disrupted the originally sad atmosphere, and Lu Liangsheng also laughed.

"Yes, a few days ago, I also sent away the first emperor Yang Jian, and when I left, I also laughed with the courtiers, and all the atmosphere was disturbed, I see that Zhou Lao and the first emperor are heroes among people, and they can see through life and death. ”

"People are dying, and there are ..... What you can't see through. Zhou Yao spoke hard, halfway through speaking, and rested for a while before continuing to speak, looking at the scholar sitting in front of him with cloudy eyes.

"The old man is in this life...... Teach a national teacher to come out..... But he also lost a good son-in-law..... I don't know if it's worth the pride. ”

After saying this, the old man was extremely tired, as if he had exhausted his strength in the past few days, patted the back of Lu Liangsheng's hand and asked him to leave and go home.

"Let's go home first..... You don't have to look at the old man...... The old man has children and daughters to send to the end...... Not lonely...... Good life...... Remember to go a little further back...... Go a little higher...... Let Shuhua and the old man go below...... With those ghosts, demons..... Have the money to brag about...... There must be a ...... to make a living."

After saying a few words intermittently, the old man fell asleep in a daze, Mrs. Zhou also heard the old man's words, did not leave Lu Liangsheng, glanced at the daughter next to her, the old woman sighed, sent Lu Liangsheng to the gate of the hospital, and said two words to close the door of the house.

Lu Liangsheng walked down the gate of the high mansion, bowed his hand and bowed, pursed his lips to look at the pine branches sticking out of the wall, which were already yellow.

Call~~

The scholar sighed, took the old donkey and turned around and walked to the bustling long street, walked out of the city gate, bathed in the slightly inclined sunlight, in the blink of an eye, it became blurred in the light, and went to a few miles away, walking through Fushui County, where he had studied, the Taoist was already waiting on the side of the road, and wanted to nag a few words, but seeing the scholar's expression, he swallowed the words back.

The two of them and a donkey silently followed the official road to the south of Fushui County, going to the winding mountains, the sun was setting, the red glow shone on the withered yellow forests all over the mountains, countless dead leaves fell one after another, and there were also mountains that drifted to the mountain road and moved backwards, which were patches of farmland, and then back.

Located in the glow of the mountain village, smoke rises.

Lu Liangsheng finally had a smile on his face, opened his lips lightly, and said, "I'm going home." ”

In the distance, a woman in a white dress kicked a stone off the road with her hands on her shoulders, stood in the sunset, tilted her head to look at the scholar holding the old donkey, her cheeks showed a pair of good-looking pear vortices, and the corners of her red lips hooked up a playful smile.