The sky was dark, and the lantern fire swayed and shone on a few pairs of cloth shoes, walking briskly across the rugged road.

"The three brothers, I really can't figure out why they are walking at night again. ”

“..... The sun is too strong during the day, I'm afraid I didn't go to Chang'an, the four of you and me, plus this Ning Brother Tai, I'm afraid that we will die violently together. ”

"But.... I'm not afraid of encountering unclean things again. ”

"It's not once or twice, I'm afraid, I'm only pretending to be sages, and I can always turn evil into good fortune, Brother Ning, don't you say?"

Among the four people walking with a paper lantern in front, one of them looked back at a scholar behind him as he spoke, Wenwen was weak, his face was delicate, and he heard Zhang Qi's voice and asked.

Ning Caichen looked at the blue sky around him, and the occasional wolf howl, squeezed out a smile, and nodded reluctantly.

"Brother Zhang is right, right. ”

"But speaking of which, half a month to get along, Brother Ning is also full of sage classics, why do you live by collecting rent? Why don't we go to Chang'an together, and wait for the four of us to get an official and a half position, and it will also be convenient for Brother Ning. ”

"It's still not good, it's just a substitute for someone to collect rent, and after I go back, I will study hard behind closed doors, and I will personally take the test for fame in the coming year......"

And then there: "..... If you don't win, go and take refuge in the four brothers......" The words didn't come out, and the four people in front of them stopped, carrying lanterns, you look at me, I look at you, turned around, and nodded in unison.

"Okay, ambitious!"

The four scholars looked at him appreciatively, and then continued on their way with the lantern.

“......”

Ning Caichen opened his mouth slightly to look at them, came back to his senses, and hurriedly stepped forward to speak: "In ..... I haven't said anything yet..... Oops....."

Catching up, his footsteps tripped over a stone in a hurry, and he almost knocked down the short Zhao Fu, Ning Caichen covered his toes and jumped on the spot twice, his slightly biased face, his expression of pain froze, he looked in a direction on the side of the road, and hurriedly called the four people in front of him.

"Four brothers, there seems to be something over there. ”

The four people who were originally in a hurry carried lanterns and heard the words 'there seems to be something', and their whole bodies trembled, and Zhang Qi lowered his voice: "That...... What is it? But a woman?"

"No, it's like a bead falling in the grass. ”

When these words reached the ears of the four people, they immediately breathed a sigh of relief, but fortunately, at this time, the east was white, and when they stopped, they saw that Ning Caichen had already walked to the side of the road, pointing to the weeds outside the roadside, and there were jasper mixed with red dots circulating in the dimness.

'Scholar, it doesn't matter, just bend down and go all the way west to the boundless mountains.....

The Holy Flame Mingzun's consciousness flowed, and he noticed that there were still footsteps approaching, and four scholars were approaching him with bookshelves on their backs and lanterns.

'Four more..... The deity is with the scholar..... Forget it, scholars are scholars, anyway, it's enough to lean over. ’

However, after waiting for a while, I didn't see the other party's hand come down and pick him up.

Instead, he looked around in a circle and probed his brain, and Wang Feng, the eldest of the four scholars, rubbed his chin and looked at the other three, as well as Ning Caichen.

"This thing looks like it's worth a lot, so let's ..... it for the five of us."

"No, you can't. Ning Caichen squatted and looked at the beads in the grass, and shook his head: "I, a scholar, how can I covet such a cheap price, set a precedent, and I can't help but continue to think about this kind of small cheap in the future." ”

The four of them nodded together in agreement, muttering and muttering.

"Cai Chen is right. "Yes, I am a scholar who wants to be an official in the future, and I am greedy for this cheapness, and there is a precedent, so I can't help but continue to be greedy in the future." ”

"Well, that's true, but what about the beads?"

The eyes of the five people fell on the round jade bead of jasper in the grass again, this kind of green and blue mixed with red dots is indeed rare, and it can be exchanged for a lot of silver when taken to the city, if you meet a rich gentleman who likes to collect, it can be sold for a good price.

'What do you think about you sours, reach out!!'

Seeing the five people squatting in a circle, they just looked around him, so angry that the Holy Flame Mingzun almost lost his soul, as he walked all the way through the soil layer, his mana is getting weaker and weaker now, and he can't move the bead to go farther at all, otherwise he wouldn't be waiting here.

"If you don't pick up the five of you, then hurry up, and let the deity wait for the next group of pedestrians?!"

His cry was not heard by the five scholars gathered on the side of the road at all, and Ma Liu thought for a while: "Since we don't want to, then we should just hurry." ”

"Yes, yes, yes..... Or rush to Chang'an as soon as possible, mix up an official and a half-job, we have too long a delay on the road, and the only thing that has not been filled is not worth the loss?"

"Hmm..... After going out for too long, his wife at home has been sick for a long time, and Caichen is a little worried. ”

"Then hurry up!"

The five of them muttered and made up their minds to get up and leave, and the eldest Wang Feng did not move, which made the Holy Flame Mingzun in the bead happy.

It seems that after all, I can't help but be greedy. ’

The scholar who was staring at Kusama above frowned, and suddenly opened his mouth to call the other four who were about to leave.

"Since you don't want it, this kind of thing is not a good thing for people passing by, greedy for small profits and corrupt virtue, and you will not be able to do other things in the future, and today you pick up a bead, and then you can't help but want other people's property, if you don't get it right, you will die and eat lawsuits, that is, you will harm two or even more people. ”

"When we study the doctrine of the sages, aren't we educating the unenlightened? We will also lick a brick and tile for the new dynasty of the Great Sui, and we should start from you and me, so that this Great Sui will become a dynasty of grand events that will not be forgotten!"

The words are impassioned, as if the words of cutting iron.

The Holy Flame Mingzun in the bead was speechless, and reacted, Rao is cultivator for many years, and his cultivated temperament couldn't help but scold angrily:

"Your mother's road is not forgotten, if you don't pick it up, can you hurry up!!'

The four scholars who had originally walked away came back, and Ning Caichen listened to Wang Feng's impassioned words, pondered for a moment, and nodded.

"Brother Wang's words are very true, then, it is better to bury it, so as not to let others pick up this scourge. ”

"Haha, I often say to others, my brother is heroic, quick-witted, and I just have a medicine shovel in my bookshelf!"

"Let's go, dig a hole!"

Zhao Fu and Zhang Wei pushed Ma Liu, who had turned out the medicine shovel, to a nearby tree, unloaded the bookshelf on their backs, and dug a small hole half an arm's length with their hands and feet.

'You sour Confucians, when the deity recovers the original spirit and physical body, you will be ...... one by one Ahh ’

Without waiting for the Holy Flame Mingzun to shout in his heart, Wang Feng kicked it over: "If you don't leave anything behind, you should start with us, and don't bother to take it in your hands." ”

The fist-sized soul bead rolled out half a zhang and fell into the small hole with a bang, and the Holy Flame Mingzun was confused, and he could still see a big round face outside the entrance of the deep cave poking in, and even smiled.

'You ...... You .....'

Outside the cave, Ma Liu probe looked at it, retracted it, and filled back the soil accumulated around it one by one, and the soil fell on the soul bead.

There was a trace of soul left on it, and he looked at everything outside the cave in despair, "You're back!!" and the dirt covered it tightly.

The three people who filled the earth walked up and stepped on it vigorously, moved another stone to press on it, and patted the dust on their hands.

"Did you hear anything?"

Zhao Fu and Zhang Wei glanced at each other and shook their heads: "No, maybe it's dawning, and the birds are calling." ”

After speaking, he walked back to the side of the road and put on the bookshelf with Wang Feng and Ning Caichen who were waiting there, and embarked on the road to Chang'an with the ideal of making great achievements in the future.

"If you can meet four young talents, if you can get fame in the future, you will not be alone. ”

Thinking in his heart, Ning Caichen had a smile on his face, looked back at the four figures under the sun on the official road leading to Chang'an, and bowed his hand.

It is to walk to the country road outside the city with a smile, the cicadas rise and fall with the sun, the blue sky and white clouds swim away, the north at this time is cloudy, the lead blue sky, the rain falls down the Ziling Mountain, washing a ground of masonry and stone wreckage.

In a certain attic, Lu Liangsheng was lying on the soft collapse, his eyes trembled slightly, he slowly opened his eyes, his consciousness returned, and the sound of the rushing rain became clear.

Whew-

Lu Liangsheng exhaled heavily, and was about to get up, his body was heavy, only to see the green silk spread out on him like a waterfall, and the black-dressed dryad was lying on his stomach drooling, and he fell asleep.

"Old Demon Old Demon ......"

Occasionally, I dream of a sentence and suck the saliva into the corner of my lips.