The toad Taoist stood in the open lattice, watching the dusk sprinkle in the forest, the birds falling on the branches chirping, and occasionally a few old donkeys snorting leisurely in the forest.

The short figure was carrying frog flippers, and slowly turned around with his clothes open, jumped to the desk below, and sat down with Mo Yan to look at the wolf demon opposite.

"The old man can leave at any time if he wants, but it's too boring outside, the old man has seen everything he should see, and he has experienced everything he should have experienced, so it's better to be a good master here. ”

"Your demon pill has been repaired?"

Over there, Gongsun Fang put down the tea set he was playing with, looked at the toad sitting on the ink inkstone on the table, his thick eyebrows frowned slightly, stretched out a finger, and a wisp of demonic power extended into the toad Dao's body.

The slightly frowning brows suddenly expanded, and the pupils shrank slightly: "Old toad, how do you repair the demon pill?" The words stopped abruptly, thought of something, and lowered his voice.

"Demon star?"

The toad nodded, got up, took his flippers and stepped on the table and walked slowly.

"The old man sucked the demon star and helped me repair the demon pill. ”

The flippers took a few steps and stopped, and the bean-sized toad looked out the window at the occasional birds that crossed the dusk, his open clothes being caressed by the wind on both sides of his belly, and he snorted twice in his mouth.

“...... has already recovered to the peak of the year, and even faintly feels that he has touched the realm of the demon king, so you should go back to the northwest, you don't need to help here, and you don't have to think about letting the old man go back. ”

Regarding the old toad's answer, Gongsun Fang was probably expected, he was silent for a moment, got up with his knees pressed, took two steps, and turned his face slightly.

"Old toad, beware of the erosion of the demon star, your apprentice has a righteous heart, people are not oblique, and his body can be suppressed by Haoran Qi, you don't have it, it's best to pull it out as soon as possible. ”

"Got it, got it. ”

Hearing the toad's unconcerned tone, Gongsun Fang pursed his lips, arched his hand towards the other party, opened the door and flew along the corridor into green smoke, and disappeared in the northwest of Chang'an in the blink of an eye.

As the night gradually darkened, the toad Taoist stretched out his head to look out the window, felt the breath of the old demon go away, and half-closed the majestic toad eyes, and stared at him suddenly.

It's gone. ’

Muttered, spread his flippers, quickly climbed off the desk, ran to the bookshelf, turned out the small pot, and set up the candle.

"Whew..... Finally, there was no one, and the old man wanted to boil some soup, but he was sneaky. ”

Cut the seasoning brought out from Qixia Mountain into slices and threw it into the pot, when the heat rose, the toad Taoist hummed a small tune, stood on tiptoe and sniffed in, found a soup spoon and scooped a spoonful into his mouth, felt the taste, and smacked the toad's mouth: "The soup tastes good...... I just don't know what the food that the good students brought back from the palace. ”

Outside the window, the sky is dark, and the houses and buildings that are spread out one after another are lit up with dense lights, and the lights are brilliant in the majestic imperial city.

The night breeze ran through the eaves of the palace, the red lanterns swayed within the range of light, the slender palace maid dragged her long skirt and came from the end of the eaves with a wooden plate, and the eunuch waiting outside the door hurriedly opened the door carefully, and the yellow candle shone out from the inside, and the emperor's voice laughed loudly.

"When the national teacher returned to the court, I was very happy, haha...... Today's tributary envoys, the national teacher didn't see it, after the fighting method, one is more modest than the other, thanks to the national teacher coming back in time. ”

"Your Majesty has a good reputation, even if the minister didn't arrive in time, there was also the Duke of Yueguo, and when the minister came back to Chang'an, he saw many cultivators wandering in the city, and he must be waiting there to make a move. ”

The palace maid holding the wooden plate gently put the dishes on the table, and her lowered eyes secretly glanced at the scholar who was talking there, her cheeks flushed crimson, and the eunuch outside the door urged her to exit the side hall with the rest of the sisters.

The door was gently closed, Lu Liangsheng put down the wine glass, took the wine jug and poured it, responded to the words of the Son of Heaven, and also poured a full wine for Yang Su, the Duke of Yue Guo on the side.

"Yue Guogong, you and I have a drink. ”

"Haha, the national teacher's wine, can the old man not drink it!" The old man also changed into his regular clothes, his gray hair was combed neatly, he picked up the wine glass and touched the wine handed by the scholar, raised his head and drank it all, wiped off the wine stains hanging between his beards, and shouted comfortably: "Happy!"

"Yue Guogong, don't accept the old. ”

In the first place, Yang Guang's face was flushed, I don't know if it was because today's fighting method made him excited, or because Yue Guogong was on his side, he pulled Lu Liangsheng to drink several cups one after another at the banquet.

"Backwards..... I still rely on Yue Guogong a lot, by the way, there is also a national teacher...... In the coming year, I will take the Silk Road back into my hands..... I want to drive the ...... I want to learn from the first emperor......"

After several cups of drinking in a hurry, Yang Guang was a little drunk, holding the cup, the wine was slightly spilled, Lu Liangsheng reached out for him to take the cup and put it on the table, the emperor waved his hand and grabbed the scholar's arm.

"National Teacher..... You've been away from the court for two years, so leisurely, I'm very distressed......"

After a pause in the intermittent drinking talk, Yang Guang raised his face and looked at the old man opposite with drunken eyes: "Yue Guogong, I will be in person in the coming year..... Don't stand in the way...... Stopping the ...... of the Emperor of the First Emperor of Learning"

"Your Majesty, you are a little drunk. ”

Yang Su put down his chopsticks, glanced at Lu Liangsheng over there, raised his hand and clapped it twice, and called the guards and eunuchs waiting outside to come in.

"Your Majesty is drunk, so you can help Your Majesty go back and rest. ”

"Yes. ”

The eunuch led by him responded in a low voice, leading the guards to help Yang Guang retreat to the apse, as soon as he left the palace gate, the cool night breeze spread on his red face, Yang Guang opened his eyes, pushed away the two guards who were supporting, and waved them down, and the eunuchs who came with him still stepped forward to help, piling up sneers, and the powder smeared was falling down.

"Your Majesty..... You're not drunk, but you're scared to death. ”

"How can I get drunk so easily, it's just that the Duke of Yue Guo is here, and I don't like it. ”

Yang Guang exhaled, walked from the eaves of the corridor to the garden path with the help of the eunuch, and stretched out his hand to pluck a few buds, "By the way, hint at the national teacher, Yue Guogong can be described as arrogant in the past two years, but I don't know if the national teacher can hear it." ”

It was like whispering to the eunuch next to him, and it was also like talking to himself.

“..... You should be able to hear it. ”

........

In the side hall of Daxing Palace, Lu Liangsheng had no interest in continuing the banquet at this time, the emperor left, and it was inconvenient for him to stay in the palace for a long time as a courtier, the bronze lamppost candle flame was swaying, and the old man on the side of the round table ate the last bite of food with a smile.

"I didn't expect Your Majesty to drink so shallowly, the old man hasn't finished his fun, Lu Daoyou, why don't you go to the house with me and drink again? ”

Lu Liangsheng followed the old man out of the side hall, and nodded with a smile, "It just so happens that I also have something to talk to Yue Guogong, and I will talk about it while drinking." ”

"Oh?"

The old man walking in front was stunned, looked at the scholar in front of him for a while, then stroked his beard and laughed, and stretched out his hand: "National teacher, please!"

Lu Liangsheng stretched out his hand.

"Yue Guogong, please. ”