Past the Mingde Gate, snow stretches along the rows of rooftops, and orange cats jump over the eaves to climb over the branches of trees, overlooking the bustling streets below.

The first heavy snow in winter has stopped, the atmosphere of the New Year is approaching, the people who have been busy for a year put down their tiredness, take their wives and children to and from the streets in their free time, look at the festive stalls on the street to select New Year's goods, or cut a pound or two of meat, choose a few pieces of cloth, put them on the back of the donkey, and the children riding on it look at the sugar gourd in the past.

On the long and noisy streets, crowds of people gather around the stalls, and there are also hawkers shouting loudly to attract more customers.

"Take a look, the tofu you just ordered is white and tender, poke-resistant and not rotten!!"

"Write a couplet...... A pair of five cents. ”

"Give me a pair, I want to be full of spring!"

"Daddy..... Look at the monkey show over there. ”

......

The clanging of brass bells mingles with the noisy long street.

From Mingde Gate to Tongshanfang, among the pedestrians and traders, a young scholar in a clean robe led an old donkey looking around through the crowd.

The bookshelf creaked and swayed on the undulating back of the donkey, and there were also folded scrolls on it, looking like a poor scholar selling calligraphy and paintings, under the simple clothes, a thumb-sized scabbard at the waist, but it looked extraordinarily small and exquisite, and some people even asked the scholar if he was willing to sell it.

Not far from the scholar, there was also a Taoist, with a mustache on his upper lip and a short beard on his chin, who took a lazy breath of hot air, saw that there was a bustle over there, flashed quickly, and stood on tiptoe to look in.

Lu Liangsheng led the old donkey over, and looked inside through the gap between the inside and outside, an old man knocked on the gong, shouted a monkey to salute everyone, and then jumped to the wooden stick standing on the ground, chirped and yelled, took the small gun thrown by the old man and waved it, which caused the people watching the play to applaud.

"When I went back, I brought Master over to see the excitement, but I don't know if I can wake up. ”

After the winter, the toad Taoist wrapped the quilt and shrunk to the bed and did not want to get up, this even two months of traveling, did not want to get out of the bed, slept deeply, if you don't know, but also think that something happened.

As for the First Emperor, he hasn't come out again since that time, and Lu Liangsheng thinks it's good, it's almost the solar term, so he doesn't have to worry about it.

"Old Sun, let's go. ”

Thinking about it, the scholar snapped his fingers at Sun Yingxian, who was still watching the monkey show over there, "Go back and wash up first, change your outfit, and come out at night to visit the night market." ”

Over there, Sun Yingxian caught up with his footsteps and walked next to the old donkey.

"I said, what are we working so hard for? You have to treat yourself tonight and let the old pig cook. ”

"Okay, I'll treat you, as long as you can eat. ”

Lu Liangsheng smiled, he came back twice in the past two months, and the rest of the time he was basically in the barren mountains and mountains, and occasionally he could eat one or two hot meals when he met people in the mountains, as for why the Taoist said it was so hard, the scholar was not easy to answer, he silently looked at this lively and prosperous long street, looked at every life that walked in front of him, and he didn't need to answer if he thought about it.

If you have to cultivate the Dao Law, you must always do something to be worthy of the creatures of this heaven and earth.

Passing through several lively shops, just returned to the Furong Pond, a few fast horses happened to come from the side of the mountain gate, saw the scholars, Taoists, old donkeys, directly 'called', slowly dismounted and jumped down, it was Yuwen Chengdu, who had won the imperial order, dragged the friction sound of the nail leaf 'whoosh' and walked over quickly, arched his hands, and knelt down on one knee.

"Qi Qi National Teacher, the last general is looking for you. ”

Lu Liangsheng and the Taoist glanced at each other, let the other party go back first, and then raised his hand, "Get up, what are you doing to Wanshou Guan to find me?"

I went out with Lu Guoshi once, Yuwen Chengdu felt that he was also close to the national teacher, stood up respectfully, walked to the side, and said with a smile: "The national teacher doesn't know, it was His Majesty who asked the end to come, and I don't know what, just spread the word, if the national teacher comes back, enter the palace." ”

As he spoke, he looked left and right, got closer, and added in a low voice: "When the last general came out, he ordered the riders to come out, and I heard that the eunuch next to His Majesty said that His Majesty seemed to be angry." ”

"Angry?"

Lu Liangsheng frowned, now that the New Year is approaching, coupled with the big victory in autumn, how can the emperor not be angry, and now he ordered to ride out of the imperial city, instead of going to the two provinces of Menxia and Zhongshu, it seems that the problem is still a little serious.

Don't...... Is it for the Duke of Yueguo?

Thinking of the words that Yang Guang said drunkenly after the banquet that day, Lu Liangsheng's eyes were fixed, and he hurriedly looked at Yuwen Chengdu opposite, and ordered.

"You go back first, don't say that the national teacher is back, wait for me to deal with some things, and then go to the palace to face the saint. ”

"The end will know. ”

Being able to keep the national teacher secret, Yuwen Chengdu smiled on his face, arched his hand, turned over his horse, and beckoned a few cavalry under his command to run to the long street in the distance.

Watching this group of knights leave, Lu Liangsheng took the old donkey back to Wanshouguan, washed up, combed his slightly messy bun, changed into a brand new robe, looked at the master who was still asleep, covered the bedding for him, and then said hello to Honglian and them, and went out alone.

The long street was crowded and noisy, and the scholar cast a spell to obstruct his eyes, walked through the low eaves, followed the familiar street, and passed several streets in a blink of an eye, and came to the front of the Guogong Mansion, and did not call anyone to report, and went straight through the wall, and the servants and maids who passed by seemed to have not seen him, and were busy posting festive couplets and paper cuts, and the house was full of joy.

Passing by the gazebo, there were four scholars sitting in it with a sad face, Lu Liangsheng looked at the four of them, and wanted to laugh for no reason, but there was something to do at the moment, so he didn't stay here.

.......

In the study room with a charcoal fire, Yang Suzheng was writing on a blank book.

The room was warm, and when the rustling of writing sounded, the old man stopped his brush, heard the sound of footsteps, the familiar qi machine, raised his face and smiled and looked at the open window lattice opposite, in the empty air, it suddenly twisted, showing a figure in a green shirt and white robe.

"Huh..... It's almost the New Year, why don't Lu Daoyou take advantage of your free time to go back to Qixia Mountain?"

The old man walked out of the bookcase, took the boiling teapot from the stove and poured a cup of tea, put it on the small table next to it, the thick wall, there was a blurred figure passing through and slowly condensing, smelling the fragrance of tea, Lu Liangsheng bowed his hand: "I'm afraid that the New Year Festival will not be completed, there are still many children in the temple who need to be taken care of, and I will accompany my parents less once this year." ”

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and invited Yang Su to sit down together.

"I heard that Yue Guogong was idle all day, so I came over to take a look. ”

"Huh!"

The old man listened to the scholar's teasing, stroked his gray beard, and chuckled, "It seems that Lu Daoyou knows it, and there is quite a lot of trouble outside." ”

"Isn't Yue Guogong worried?"

"What are you worried about?" Yang Su smiled even more, and raised his hand to go in the direction of the imperial city: "Worried about Your Majesty?" said, and laughed again, "The old man is only worried that His Majesty is restrained, and he will lose the courage to make decisions on the spot, and he will lack the majesty of the king!"

The room was silent amid laughter.

Lu Liangsheng just laughed, didn't speak, was silent for a while, put down the tea cup in his hand, looked at the old man opposite with complicated eyes, and lost the previous smile on his face.

"Does Yue Guogong really regret it?

The stove burst into sparks, and the old man looked at the hot tea cup in his hand, sat there and thought for a while, and then smiled again.

"No regrets. ”